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Futures Trading

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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Futures Trading

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...

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Futures Options

What Is the Best Way to Sell Stock Options?

At any given time, an equities options trader can do one of two things: buy or sell. In this article, we will look at how the best way to sell stock...

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Stock Trading

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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Stock Trading

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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Trading Strategy

Will the Russia-Ukraine War Cause a U.S. Recession?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 brought dramatic uncertainty to the world’s capital markets. As a result, commodities prices spiked...

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Commodity Storage

FIVE THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN A COMMODITIES BROKER

Commodities are a prime asset class for active traders. Whether you’re interested in hedging risk exposure or speculating on future pricing...

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Futures Investing

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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Commodity Storage

WHEN TO USE SHORT VS. LONG FUTURES COMMODITY CONTRACTS

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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Futures Options

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...

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