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The Volatility Breakout Method

By Andrew Gibbs • Jun 29th, 2009 • Category: Systems Trading

The New Era of Market Volatility

By Jake Bernstein • Apr 21st, 2009 • Category: Advice From Pros, Weekly Commodity Letter

Daily Commodities Commentary 3.19.09

By Fast Brokers News • Mar 19th, 2009 • Category: Commodities

Learning Options- Part 3

By Adam Hewison • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Options

Learning Options- Part 3
Two of the more common option strategies are horizontal spreads (identical strike prices, different expiration days) and vertical spreads (different strike prices, same expiration day). Other spread types are combinations or variations of these categories: Diagonal spreads are a mixture of horizontal and vertical spreads; butterfly spreads combine two different vertical spreads.
Selling [...]

Learning Options- Part 2

By Adam Hewison • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Options

Learning Options- Part 2
Many people like options because they believe them to be less risky than futures. Options sometimes offer reduced risk, but usually at the cost of reduced profit potential.
One drawback of options is that a trader must consider market speed (volatility) as well as direction. Traders who buy or sell options outright to [...]

Learning Options- Part 1

By Adam Hewison • Nov 7th, 2008 • Category: Options

Learning Options- Part 1
There are four components to an options price: underlying contract price, intrinsic value ( determined by strike price), time value (time remaining until expiration) and volatility. (A fifth element, interest rates, also can affect option prices, but for our purposes is unimportant.)
Intrinsic value refers to the amount an option is in-the-money. With [...]

 

 

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