Archive for December 2009

Trading Options Strategies: Option Selling

A lot of traders want to buy options in an effort to maximize gains and limit losses. Trading options strategies becomes normal today. Limiting losses to the purchase price of the option seems ideal, except for one major flaw, which is time decay.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange has estimation that over 80% of all options is [...]

Stock Options Trading: the ‘lean’

Professional traders use the term “lean” to refer to one’s perception about the directional strength of the stock. When you own a stock and intend to hold it for a period of time, you are aware that you will probably be holding it while it goes up and while it goes down.
This means that at [...]

The Non Directional Trading Formula and Other Types of Trading

Some people may find financial market trading, such as foreign exchange trading, futures market trading, forex options trading, stock market trading, etc., as something very intimidating. This is for the simple reason that the terminologies and the processes may sound too complex. However, trading actually boils down to only three types. The levels of difficulty [...]

Forex Option Tips to Remember

If you have been thinking of trading on the foreign exchange market, you will no doubt encounter Forex options trading. Forex options can give you the potential to profit more from trading on Forex, without the huge risks. When you buy an option, the only risk you will be taking is the premium you put [...]

Non Directional Trading Formula For Many Trading Markets

Forex trading was conveniently threading a predictable and directional path not so long ago. Then came the unexpected turn of events and all of a sudden, the world is experiencing a terrible blow with the economic meltdown it is facing. The foreign exchange market became chaotic and nobody can surely say what is to come [...]

Demystifying Options Trading – Call Options Explained For Everyone

When it comes to options trading, most people have been mystified by what seems like a lot of mumbo jumbo. This article will explain the investment terminology for Call Option in everyday terms that anyone can understand and appreciate.
To illustrate the concepts, let’s go on a shopping trip.
You’ve been thinking about buying a [...]

Exotic Options Trading (The Wiley Finance Series) (Hardcover)

Written by an experienced trader and consultant, Frans de Weert’s Exotic Options Trading offers a risk-focused approach to the pricing of exotic options. By giving readers the necessary tools to understand exotic options, this book serves as a manual to equip the reader with the skills to price and risk manage the most [...]

Forex Trading Robot

The FOREX robot is an automated computer software that is basically marketed to traders who have little or no knowledge of complex forex trade market algorithms. The marketers claim that profits can be earned even when you are not in front of your PC; But are they really what they are marketed out to be? [...]

Options Trading

Have you ever lost everything in your options trading account?
The fact is, options trading is a risky business! There is always the chance that your options will expire worthless, losing all of your investment. But, at least when you are buying options as opposed to selling, your potential loss is limited - so you can [...]

How to Earn Money Through Trading Stocks

The first thing you need to know when you decide to trade shares by joining an online trading of stocks system is to visit the websites of the best online trading brokers available. These companies offer a wide variety of market flow previsions and developments in the online trading of stock futures. When you decide [...]