Stock markets are public exchanges on which company shares, also referred to as stocks, are traded. The London Stock Exchange (LSE), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Paris Bourse, the Deutsche Boerse and the Tokyo Stock Exchange are among the best known stock markets in the world. Stocks can be speculated on by a [...]
Quick access from a home computer opened online options trading to investors overlooked with the traditional brokerage firms. Online trading companies offer low cost accounts so that investors with a few hundred dollars can play along with the big traders from the capability of their lounge chairs. Even though the stock market is ready to [...]
Many people are searching for the secret to trading stocks and options profitably. Infomercials abound with a variety of schemes for unlimited wealth with minimal effort. In the options trading world, many firms promote a particular trading strategy as the “holy grail of trading” or the “low risk and high returns” options trading strategy. The [...]
With the global economy in recovery mode, many people are still questioning how the financial markets got so out of control. They are also questioning something a little closer to home, their own finances.Tax efficiency, planning investments, diversifying existing investment portfolios, opportunities in fluctuating markets are all priorities. After the credit crunch everyone should understand [...]
With the global markets still recovering, many people are still questioning how the markets got so out of control. They are also questioning something a little closer to home: their own finances.Tax efficiency, opportunities in fluctuating markets, diversifying existing investment portfolios and planning investments for the future are all priorities. Everyone, of course, should understand [...]
I received an email from one of my students a few days ago. He was frustrated with his trading over the past several months. He wasn’t losing money, but his account wasn’t very far ahead of the game either. He was convinced he must be doing something wrong.
Chris took my Advanced Options Strategies course [...]
Welcome to the wonderful world of equity options. You may have heard that option trading is high risk, and indeed it is, for much the same reasons that spread betting is high risk. The instruments themselves are derivatives from the cash markets, and are highly geared, but options themselves were originally introduced to the US [...]