This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Equity and index options expire on the third Friday of each month. As that moment approaches, unusual market forces create option price distortions, rarely understood by [...]
Forex or foreign Exchange or FX involves the buying and selling of one currency against another currency. They are always traded in pairs e.g. EUR/USD, USD/JPY. So when you are buying Euro dollars (EUR) you are also selling the US dollars (USD) in exchange for the Euro dollars. If you want to buy US dollars [...]
When you start trading in the Foreign Exchange market, you will notice that the prices for either buying or selling a currency pair always come in a pair of price quotes. One is called the ‘Bid’ (or Sell) and the other is called the ‘Ask’ (or Buy). You will notice the same in any other [...]
Beginning options traders often make costly mistakes due to either a lack of knowledge or misinformation about the basic parameters of options and their exercise. Examples of common errors include being surprised that one is unable to close an index option position on the Friday before expiration, or being surprised by an unhedged option exercise [...]
In the late 90’s, many financial company dominated the Forex Exchange Market. In the past several years the Forex Exchange Market has show a dramatic development. Nowadays private company are offering access to the Forex Market via internet data feed trading platform.
Private investors are going into Forex Market, with access to the same market [...]
In the last article on “9 Reasons on Why You Must Trade Forex (Part 1 of 2)” You have understand the:
1. Round the clock trading 2. No need to choose from too many counters 3. Liquidity 4. Good Leverage
Next you will understand more on why you must trade forex.
5. No Brokerage fee or [...]
In this realistic world, to be successful in any trade or even in Forex Trading, you have to know the rules and learn to do it well. Learning Forex Trading is not like babies learning baby-crawl. It is more like babies learning of how to walk by the parent helping them by hold on their [...]
FACT: 95% of forex trader do not know what is forex options, 4% of forex trader know what is forex options but they think that forex options was too complicated for them and only 1% use forex options for trading.
Why Forex Options? Options allow you to have the right but no obligation to either [...]
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 [...]
To read a forex price quote consisting of two different currencies you have to note that the first currency is known as the base currency while the second currency is called the quote currency. Another point of note is that the first currency value is always 1 (one).
To further illustrate, the price quote or [...]