What Are the Four Risks of Trading Stock Options?
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,...
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In the live futures markets, a trader has two basic choices: buy or sell. When you buy a futures contract, you are “going long” the market in the...
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WHAT’S YOUR MARGIN TO EQUITY RATIO?
A futures contract is a highly leveraged financial derivatives product. And, while the added leverage boosts the trader’s capital efficiency, it can...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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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...
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When to Use Short vs. Long Futures Commodity Contracts
A critical decision process when dealing in commodity futures contracts is knowing when to go short and when to go long. In the live futures markets,...
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