Reflecting todays market realities and the new innovative options products available, this fourth edition features an in-depth analysis of volatility and volatility trading; updated information on all stock option strategies, reflecting recent market conditions; buy and sell strategies for Long Term Equity Anticipation Securities (LEAPs); detailed guidance for investing in the growing field [...]
There is no doubt email has revolutionized the way we communicate with one another. Millions of emails are transmitted daily throughout the world to everyone connected to the Internet. The question is, how do you know which emails are legitimate and which ones compromise your computer protection and internet security? If you [...]
The term Intellectual Property or the acronym IP means (and provides) protection for creations of the mind. More specifically, they grant the creators/owners exclusive rights to these creations.
IP is divided into two categories: artistic and industrial.• Artistic Intellectual Property rights are protected by Copyrights.
• Industrial Intellectual Property rights are protected by Patents and Trademarks. [...]
Time spreads can be a profitable investment strategy if you understand the concept of time decay. A time spread is designed to take advantage of the fact that an options decay curve is non-linear, that is, an option’s value does not decay evenly over time. As an option gets closer to expiration, its rate of [...]
The Wall Street Journal for Entrepreneurs mentions Five Steps for Creating a Business Exit Strategy. Marshall Loeb’s article details the wisdom of John Brown, founder of Business Enterprise Institute, who encourages small business owners to follow these five steps to a business exit strategy: formulate your objectives, put an advisory team in place, hire a [...]
More Than One Hundred and Fifty Years of U.S. HistoryAnyone who has seen the classic movie Trading Places knows what commodities are. For those of you who have not gotten the privilege of seeing Eddie Murphy at his best, commodities are any physical, tangible goods. From crops such as corn or wheat, to oil, gold, [...]
When purchasing a time spread, the investor should pay attention to not only the movement of the stock price, but also the movement of volatility. It plays a very large roll in the price of a time spread, which is an excellent way to take advantage of anticipated volatility movements in a hedged fashion.
Option Volatility
Since [...]
If you are a novice trader perhaps the easiest forex trading strategy to use is a swing trading strategy as it overcomes two problems that most novice traders face but cant overcome.
By using a swing trading strategy not only can you overcome these problems, you can give yourself a great chance of currency trading [...]
There are various strategies to employ when a speculator wishes to take a directional position in an underlying contract. If the trader correctly anticipates the move and takes an appropriate position he can expect to show a profit. However this is not always the case as if the trader is successful in selecting the correct [...]
The seller of a time spread buys the nearer month option and sells the outer-month option in a one-to-one ratio. To profit from the sale of the time spread, the seller must look for two things.
The first is a decrease in implied volatility. As volatility decreases, the out-month option (which the seller is short) loses [...]