Thanks to the ever rising popularity of the trade market, it is but inevitable that info on the core concepts of options trades and good ways of engaging the industry are widely available in different types of media.
Apart from the net, options trade samples and simulators are also now available in [...]
All stock market multi millionaires must be able to profit under any kind of market conditions. If you are able to profit only when stock markets go up, then you will find it a gargantuan task to ever have any sustainable success, much less become a stock market millionaire.
Yes! It is possible and easy to [...]
INTRODUCTION
Having been trading stocks and options in the capital markets professionally over the years, I have seen many ups and downs.
I have seen paupers become millionaires overnight…
And
I have seen millionaires become paupers overnight…
One story told to me by my mentor is still etched in my mind:
“Once, there were two Wall Street stock market multi-millionaires. Both [...]
Welcome to the wonderful world of equity options. You may have heard that option trading is high risk, and indeed it is, for much the same reasons that spread betting is high risk. The instruments themselves are derivatives from the cash markets, and are highly geared, but options themselves were originally introduced to the US [...]
Are you about to pay thousands of US Dollars to attend an option trading seminar this weekend?
Whether or not you have decided to join that weekend seminar, I hope I can help you make a more intelligent decision here.
A Grim Experience At An Option Trading Seminar
I had a friend who joined a weekend, 2 days, [...]
An at-the-money option has both advantages and disadvantages over stock and in-the-money options. First, the at-the-money option will be cheaper then both the stock and the in-the-money option. So there is less capital requirement and less total risk.
Remember, when buying an option, you can only lose what you spend. The problem is the amount of [...]
I make a living out of trading options…and a pretty good one at that!
For a long time I couldn’t say those words as I struggled just to hold on to my capital, let alone make it grow.
Though there were several reasons why I struggled (including being grossly undercapitalized and at the same [...]
It is a well known fact that serious investors seeking long term growth of capital have as their main objectives the two most basic goals in investing:
• to find an investment vehicle that would effectively preserve capital and minimize risk in the face of a fluctuating and constantly flexing economy
• the investment vehicle [...]
When a person is thinking about investing, and is considering learning a bit about the option market there are a few general things he should consider. The following are a few tips to help you get started.
Learn the Language
Option trading is like almost every other activity of human endeavor in that it has its own [...]
In options trading, there are some basic lessons that are the backbone of many other successful options trading strategies. How to engage in spread trading in options trading to enhance potential gains is one of these lessons.
Spread trading is a foundational tool that you should have in your options trading toolkit. It will [...]