One of the advantages of the futures markets is the opportunity to trade at nearly 24 hours. Global inputs or news outside of normal stock market hours can be digested immediately in the highly traded stock index contracts on the S&P…
Too many people are dying on our roads. The number of deaths annually — nearly 40,000 — means someone dies in a car every 13 minutes. The economic impact related to care and productivity losses amounts to over $80 billion….
A brand-new market created before our eyes isn’t something you see every day — but that’s exactly what happened in 2016. On Nov. 8, eight states around the country voted to legalize, either recreationally or medicinally, marijuana. Today, legalization movements…
The iron condor is one of the most popular options strategies among retail investors. This four legged option spread got its name from the condor bird and is symbolic of the position’s wings. An iron condor can help you profit…
The entrance into investing is almost the same for many people. The selection of vehicles for IRAs and 401ks is often the beginning of understanding the investment process. Because the goal for growth is long term, many participants are disciplined…
An old Peter Lynch adage for investing is, “Invest in what you know.” The renowned Fidelity investor and manager of the largest mutual fund of its time, Magellan used this principle as a starting point to help individual investors find…
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…
Options values and modeling can become quite complicated, but they can also follow some very simple rules. If you’re new to options, one of the most critical elements to understand is the element of theta, or time decay. Theta measures the rate…
