Option Trading Strategies

Many options trading investors do not take advantage of the great potential for a high rate of return because they do not know this secret. Before investors can use this opportunity, they need to know three things. These three things are what options are, why they are smart investments, and how to invest in this [...]

Capital Spreads has tighter spreads on most products but this is only very important to high frequency traders. If you use spread betting as a tax efficient way to hold shares then the spread isn’t that important. You may have say a dozen stocks you hold and roll them over once every 6 months giving [...]

Being Street Smart
Sy Harding
THE U.S. DOLLAR!  September 18, 2009.
The U.S. dollar fell to a 12-month low against most major currencies on Thursday, with by far the majority of currency traders believing it will continue its freefall. And on the fundamentals, the dollar doesn’t seem to have much going for it to reverse [...]

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Wall Street likes to suggest that investors can readily handle a bear market by simply selecting the right stocks or sectors, the ‘defensive’ stocks. That has never worked in the past, and did not in this bear market.
Even the best ‘stock-pickers’ in the world, like Warren Buffett, and mutual fund managers, were again [...]

Derivative contract is a contract whose value is determined by the changes in the value of underlying asset.  A Derivative includes three types of participants: Hedgers, Speculators and Arbitrageurs. Derivative includes: Forwards, Futures, options & Swaps. A forward contract is a non standardized contract between the two parties to buy or sell an asset at [...]

Trading preparation demands you know how you are going to trade the market the next day before it opens.  It means that you are mentally prepared to adjust your trading strategies intraday, and even go so far as to reverse trend after the market opens when necessary.Three basic steps to consider are:
First, analyze the [...]

To every investor, stock market is a challenge. One wishes to meet these, aiming high profits. Is it possible to stay on the pedestal of profits at all times? Is it possible to beat the market with your every move? The answer is clearly in the negative. Profits and losses are part of this game. [...]

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 [...]

Before this book, I had no idea about what were the true techniques to invest in the stock market. When I saw this book on the shelve of bookshops, I immediately turn its pages to check it’s content and was pleasantly surprised at the level of detail and coverage of investing in the stock market. [...]