Now, let’s consider stock and stock options for a moment. Consider the ubiquitous XYZ Corp., currently trading at $95 per share on 2/1/03. If you pay $4 per share for a March call on 100 shares of XYZ at the $100 strike price, you have acquired the right to buy 100 shares of XYZ for [...]
Options are one of the oldest trading vehicles man has ever used. Around a 1000 B.C Aristotle Thales predicted by the stars that there would be a bumper olive harvest and bought options on the use of olive presses.
When the harvest did in fact prove to be a great harvest Thales was able to rent [...]
With so many options in trading and investment, it can be difficult to know which one is right for you. Forex trading is a great option for some, but before getting started you should be aware of the specifics of the Forex market. The biggest thing you need to avoid is getting involved in the [...]
Owning stock has only two, maybe three, possibilities. The stock goes up. Or the stock goes down. Or, as a third possibility, it does a little of both. If you buy a stock, all you want it to do is go up.
If you sell a stock short or close a position (or consider buying it [...]
Wouldn’t it be great if we could buy an option with five months left until expiration and sell an option with 2 months left until expiration for the same price? You couldn’t lose. Well we can’t. I love options spreads so much I realized something very important. We can buy a spread that has a [...]
GlobalTec announced today the release of the Wizetrade for Options software, a cutting edge options trading tool that combines access to a wealth of information with the latest navigation capabilities traders need to make efficient, effective trading decisions.
In conjunction with the release of Wizetrade for Options, GlobalTec also released an upgraded version of Option Hunter [...]
If you are trading the forex markets then a big concern will be growth forecasts and indications of when the various central bank stimulus packages will end. Growth has returned to the US, mainland Europe and is expected to return soon to the UK.Looking the forex markets, the US Dollar has been out of favour [...]
In a recent statement, Simon Denham of London-based Capital Spreads said, “Sterling remains popular for the moment and it is difficult to be too negative on a technical viewpoint as the downside is definitely an unproductive area for the moment. “The Euro continues to hold, in the main, to its gains over the last few [...]
Is there really such a thing as options trading strategies that work? Surely, there is. All you have to do is discover and learn a few of these trading principles and techniques. While some concepts give us a full view of technical terms, learning the following practices can very well give you tons of rewards [...]
Option trading is typically associated with three different investor types. There are hedging strategies employed by large institutional investors, income-producing strategies for cash flow investors, and more aggressive trading strategies favored by speculators.
But where the does the long term investor fit in? Are there any option trading strategies that the conservative investor can employ [...]