Most sophisticated traders prefer to trade spreads over outright contracts because it may have some potential advantages over a simple outright long or short position. Intercommodity spreads are some of the most popular spreads traded, and can be very appealing to commodity traders….
There’s a few different reasons why people don’t make money in the markets. A major reason why traders have a hard time making money in the markets is because they don’t differentiate in terms of their time frame. So traders…
Our returning guest for this episode is Mike Bellafiore who is the co-founder of SMB Capital, a prop trading firm in New York City. He’s also written a few books, One Good Trade and The Playbook. He previously appeared as…
Pre-IPO investment opportunities is a great way to get in on those up and coming companies before the IPO is scheduled to hit the market. While pre-IPO opportunities are typically for hedge or large private equity funds who are willing…
In today’s report I’m going to give you a good understanding of the VIX Index so that you can use it to gauge how markets react to increase and decrease in volatility. The VIX index tracks the 30 day volatility…
It’s true that many traders over a longer time frame are unprofitable. Some of these reasons could be that they made preventable amateur trading errors. However, even the most experienced of them make a common mistake: choosing the wrong assets….
Yes, there are literally hundreds of Chat With Traders episodes out there it’s easy to miss them. Not to worry I’ve compiled some oldies buy goodies for you, so you can catch up and have more tips in your trading…
Admit it. Sometimes trades get away from us, right? That’s why controlling risk should be the primary focus when trading options. Thankfully, when buying options, the contracts have money management built in with the maximum loss limited to the premium…
