Are you interested in learning a bit about options trading? It is not exactly an old-fashioned approach to investing, but it isn’t entirely modern either. It began in the early 1970s when the Chicago Board Options Exchange began to publicly list options for investment. Until that time investors had only stocks, commodities, and bonds in [...]
In the past, trading on the movement and price direction of financial markets was largely the preserve of major banks, high net worth individuals and sophisticated investment houses. However, the advent of online applications like the Internet has now made it possible for retail investors with limited capital to trade worldwide financial markets in exactly [...]
Getting your start with options trading, like any successful venture in life, requires a road map. How do you know where you are going and how to get there without a map? The most successful people in the world take time to plot out their major moves, including career and investments. Being a novice with [...]
Most people understand that the various financial markets of the world are places where stocks, bonds, commodities and other financial vehicles are traded on a regular basis. In addition to the creation of income via the buying and selling of tangible goods or securities, however, the markets are also a place where someone can earn [...]
One of the best kept secrets in trading is that of reduced margin spreads. You cannot name a trading method that provides more safety or a greater return on margin than does a reduced margin spread, while also being one of the least time-consuming ways to trade. Have you ever asked yourself why it is [...]
In today’s chaotic stock market, the ability to make a profit trading long Option positions (Puts and Calls) depends on being able to capitalize on short-term moves in the price of a stock or index. Stocks are up one day, and down the next – and it’s anybody’s guess as to what the long-term outlook [...]
Can options trading be a gamble? Often it is for certain people who get the same level of excitement and adrenalin rush from the speculative market as in the case of any gamble. Sadly these people tend to lose more than they make due to their lack of knowledge of option strategies. This is where [...]
If you have never considered trading energy markets then think again – Because they can yield fantastic profits as the recent bull move in crude oil has shown.
Here we will go through the basics and show you how to trade energy markets for maximum profit potential.
The worlds most actively traded commodity group
The energy markets are [...]
Time-based charts (namely Candlesticks, OHLC Bars and Heikin-Ashi) fail to truly depict price. This article will help you realize that time-based pattern recognition is an unreliable method for stock option trading.Some retail training firms like to popularize the myth that, âEveryone looks at these patterns in the chartsâ. They are partly right. Though, their use [...]
When you have been trading futures, options, stocks and commodities for over 20 years, it can be easy to forget what it was like starting out. In this article I will share with you some of my secrets that I wish I had known when I started trading.
Much of what you read about Financial [...]