Archive for June 2010

Option Spread Strategies: Trading Up, Down, and Sideways Markets [Kindle Edition]

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“An excellent guide for learning how to trade option spreads. Saliba offers in-depth discussions on how and when to employ these advanced strategies and to manage the risk of each position.” Peter LipskyTrader, Pan Capital
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Hands down the definitive guide on [...]

Trade Shows – Can You Really Afford not to Go?

What is a Trade Show?
A definition of a trade show would be that it is a popular specialized marketplace event that gathers together companies in a specific industry to simultaneously display their products or promote their services for the purpose of getting new clients, widen their market reach, generate sales, establish industry contacts and [...]

Stock Trading – Execute Winning Trades and Boost Your Trading Success

Stock trading is complex and risky. There is much information to digest. Sometimes the information can present conflicting conclusions. There is much need to make the right decisions.
It is a daunting task to wade through the myriad of strategies and methods associated with stock trading. There is fundamental and technical analysis to consider. There [...]

Why is it Important to Understand Stock Option Greeks?

We often hear people saying that trading or investing in options is very risky. Yes, it is certainly no mean feat to trade or invest, using options as your investment vehicle. But is it really that risky in the first place? If trading or investing in options is really risky, then why are there so [...]

Online Forex Trading System Training: How To Make A Forex Trade

Forex is an abbreviated name for foreign exchange. The Forex market is a non-stop cash market where the currencies of nations are bought and sold, typically via brokers. For example, you buy Euros, paying with U.S. Dollars, or you sell Euros for Japanese Yen. The value of your Forex investment increases or decreases because of [...]

What Are we Trying to Achieve With Our Trading?

I wanted to make a few comments today on the comparisons between different stock market strategies. First, let me say I am yet to come across a strategy that doesn’t work, given the right circumstances. They can all make money, some just require more skill, more time, or more luck than others. [...]

The Inside Truth About Swing Trading

Do you know about swing trading? Swing trading is about a trader taking advantage of the swings in price or oscillations of price as it moves up and down over time. Swing trading is a style of trading that can be used on any market. The three most popular trading styles are day trading, swing [...]

How To Trade Online Futures…day Or Swing Trading

Today, with online futures trading, we have instantaneous results which provide greater benefits for the trader. This of course results in worldwide access. Before we address possible methods, we must first recognize the players in this high stakes game of commodities.Since most individual traders are speculators, here is a list of some of the advantages [...]

Trading Options at Expiration: Strategies and Models for Winning the Endgame [Hardcover]

“Learn and profit from Jeff Augen’s book: It clearly explains how to take advantage of market inefficiencies in collapsing implied volatility, effects of strike price, and time decay. A must-read for individuals who are options oriented.” –Ralph J. Acampora, CMT, Director of Technical Analysis Studies, New York Institute of Finance   [...]

Let’s Settle the Debate: Futures or Stocks When it Comes to Trading?

To be sure, there are advantages and disadvantages of trading the various asset classes. As we said, stocks are great, especially for beginners, because they’re easy to understand and they are the most followed of all asset classes by the media. Traders can always get their hands on information about stocks due to increased [...]