Archive for December 2009

Understanding Options Trading Terminology

Options trading can be like a intimidating thing to get in but if you do your research and know at least the principles of what must be done, then you will find that it is not quite as intimidating as everyone considers it is. There are four basic things that you will need to know [...]

An Option Trading System for Anyone

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced options trader, it is likely that you see all kinds of offers, websites, and publications that promise to deliver the optimal option trading system. Do you think this is possible? Could a single set of steps be used over and over again to generate wealth and provide [...]

Financial Trading – so many markets, so little time

Would you like to make money from trading but don’t know how to trade?
Have you heard of others making a killing on the markets and wished yourself in their position?
Trading covers a multitude of sins, or at least a multitude of markets. Mention “trading” to a non-trader and they’ll probably think of stock and shares [...]

Currency Options – Four Simple Tips for Bigger Profits

Options in theory give you unlimited profit potential and limited risk. Sounds good? In theory it does, but keep in mind that 90% of options that are bought expire worthless, so that’s a 90% chance of losing your money – if you don’t know what you are doing.
Getting the Odds on Your Side
You can however [...]

Financial Trading – So Many Markets

Trading covers a multitude of sins, or at least a multitude of markets. Mention “trading” to a non-trader and they’ll probably think of stock and shares but there
are many other markets you can trade in. These include commodities, futures, indices, CFDs and options. They all have their pros and cons and some require specialized knowledge.
The [...]

Options Selling – 5 Simple Success Tips

If you buy an option, there’s a 90% chance it will expire worthless – therefore, the person who sold the option to you has a 90% chance of success.
Most traders don’t consider selling options, as they see it as too risky – but the odds of success are high, and if you do it correctly, [...]

Currency Options Give you Unlimited Profit Potential With Limited Risk

Options give you unlimited profit potential and limited risk. If used correctly currency options will give you staying power and huge leverage, but most traders don’t know how to use them correctly.
What you need to do is know how to use currency options correctly which the bulk of traders fail to appreciate.
Getting the Odds on [...]

Commodity Trading – A Brief Overview

Commodity Trading is strictly speaking the trading of physical commodities – such as soyabeans, wheat, corn, gold, silver, cattle, oil etc. – or their futures contracts on the established commodity exchanges.
Farmers use commodity trading to lock in favorable prices prior to an ensuing harvest. Hence, there are real commercial reasons for trading in commodities. [...]

Options Trading Strategies – Treat Implied Volatility of Calls Separate From the IV of Puts

The Implied Volatility (IV) of Calls needs separate treatment from the IV of Puts. Also, for specific options trading strategies treat the IV of both Puts and Calls as a combined bundle.Each option at each strike implies its own individual percentage value of the underlying product’s future volatility. This makes it unique from any other [...]

Using Option Credit Spreads to Earn 5-10% Month

sing credit spreads is a good way to make a consistent income using options without taking too much risk. However very few non-professional investors know how to use it and believe it to be too complicated. This article shows you how to write credit spreads.
The first thing you want to do is check the [...]