When it comes to trading stock options, traders defer to the Greek language to address risk. Are you familiar with “option Greeks?” In this article, we’ll teach you about the four Greek risk measures of equities options: delta, gamma, theta, and vega. 1. Delta Delta is the rate of change of a stock option’s price… Read more.
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Understanding the Impact That Stock Option Time Decay Has on Stock Options
Options contracts are unique financial instruments. One thing that makes them different from forex pairs, ETFs, or stocks is that they have a finite expiration date. And, upon reaching expiry, all option contracts become untradeable. Read on to learn more about stock options time decay and how it can impact your equities market risk exposure.… Read more.
Bearish and Bullish Options Trading Strategies
In the financial markets, you can have three opinions about price: bullish, bearish, and neutral. No matter the market, volatility, or news cycle, these three biases are the end products of market analysis. Here’s a brief look at each type of market bias: A bullish bias is one that anticipates rising asset prices. If you’re… Read more.
Making Money with Stock Options
Are you interested in making money with stock options? If so, you’re not alone. Traders from around the globe look to stock options to generate cash flows, sustain an income, and hedge risk. In this blog article, we’ll cover the basics of stock options and how they can help you achieve your financial goals. Stock… Read more.
What Is the Difference Between Market Orders and Limit Orders?
Being able to enter and exit the market efficiently is vital to sustaining long-term profitability. To achieve this goal, active futures traders use a variety of order types. Among the most popular varieties are market, limit, and stop orders. Read on to learn more about the difference between market order and limit order functionalities. What… Read more.
How Do I Get Started with Trading Stocks?
The U.S. equities markets are vast and feature a wide array of unique opportunities. Regardless of your expertise, there’s a sector, mutual fund, individual stock, or ETF well suited for your skillset. That’s one reason 55 percent of American adults participate in the NYSE, NASDAQ, or OTC equities market. If you’re asking, “How do I… Read more.
Stock Trading vs. Stock Investing: What’s the Difference?
When it comes to making money in the world’s equities markets, there are two strategies: stock trading and stock investing. Each has a unique functionality and a distinct collection of pros and cons. Read on to learn more about the stock trading vs. investing dichotomy and which may be best suited for your financial objectives.… Read more.
What Is a Zero-Commission Online Stockbroker?
The world’s equities markets are deep and diverse, each filled with countless opportunities. Among these venues is the leader of the pack, the U.S. stock market. Featuring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ, and the over-the-counter (OTC) market. American stocks are worth more than $50 trillion (2021). What Is a Zero-Commission Online Stockbroker? A… Read more.
Trading Corn Futures: What You Need to Know
Agriculture futures offer market participants a vast array of hedging and speculative possibilities. Whether you’re trading Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) soybean, wheat, or live cattle futures, there’s always a deep, volatile market at your disposal. Some of the best opportunities for ag traders are in the corn futures market. Read on to quickly get up… Read more.
Understanding Japanese Yen Futures
Understanding Japanese Yen Futures One of the world’s eight major currencies, the Japanese yen (JPY) is viewed as a mainstay of global finance. The Bank of International Settlements Triennial Survey (2019)[1] has the yen involved in US$1.1 billion in average daily turnover on the over-the-counter (OTC) currency markets. This lofty valuation earned the JPY a… Read more.