
The brokerage you choose to trade futures with can have an impact on your profitability, as well as your overall trading experience. A good broker should be able to help you with your strategy development, monitoring open positions, research and…
The brokerage you choose to trade futures with can have an impact on your profitability, as well as your overall trading experience. A good broker should be able to help you with your strategy development, monitoring open positions, research and…
“What if I invest and the market pulls back?” That’s the question I got from my little brother as we were talking about a few investment ideas for his family. It’s a thought that many investors have. After all, no…
In my view, the rout in EM currencies is due for a sharp technical reversal. To understand this coming EM currency rally, we need to understand some fundamentals about foreign exchange markets in general. After decades of studying stock markets…
A fantastic analogy below directly from Investopedia describes the differences between fundamental and technical investment data. They are two separate approaches to evaluating the markets for both identifying opportunities and managing positions. In a shopping mall, a fundamental analyst would…
Instead of buying outright calls or puts, institutional traders might use a basic risk reversal, which is a mix of both calls and puts to structure a position. A basic risk reversal, however, has significantly more risk that simply buying…
There are so many options trading tips and tricks that there is a never ending supply. However overwhelming it may seem, sometimes you never know if there’s one tip out there that could change the trajectory of your entire career….
The ratio spread is a neutral to slightly bullish strategy that traders use when the market outlook is flat to slightly higher. A ratio spread may also be utilized if a trader believes implied volatility levels may decline. A ratio spread…
A central marketplace determines fair price from all of the information known by trading participants. The discovery mechanism of the outcry auction markets efficiently determine the equilibrium price based on the information and actions of the buyers and sellers. Investors can…