These days making money is not that difficult if people are smart enough to use their minds in the right direction. Now, we do not consider hard working good and always wish to make fast money without much hard work. Due to this reason, a lot of people are now getting into the gamble of [...]
Options trading have become very popular in the last few years. Almost all those people who believe in making money from the stock market, also interest themselves in options trading. However, it is also true that options trading is more complicated than the stock trading. But a number of people have understood that options trading [...]
Options trading are a well known word to the people who have knowledge about the stock trading and have made huge profits by trying their luck here. It is always very essential that you understand and recognize that there is a difference between stock trading and option trading. The option trading involves the transaction of [...]
Perhaps among the most difficult and maybe the riskiest type of trading is option trading. Many experienced traders realize that option trading does not suit all traders. It selects its own type of people, generally the risk takers. And the trade itself requires skills and thinking unique only to people who won’t fold under extreme [...]
Have you ever lost money trading stock options?
Chances are good that you tried to apply the 3 trading horizons of stock trading to options trading and then got yourself hurt real bad.
There are 3 time horizons or what we call trading horizons in stock trading and they are; Long Term, Mid Term and Short Term. [...]
Like futures trading, an option gives a trader the right, but does not obligate him, to buy the underlying stock at whatever the specified price on a preset time in future.
You make profits if the stock value ends up higher than what you purchased at. On the flip side, if the prices drop, then you [...]
Let’s face it, derivative trading is risky. Period.
Derivatives such as futures and options are leverage instruments and by virtue of being leverage instruments, derivatives inherently carry more risk and exposure than pure and simple stock trading. Leverage instruments are risky because leverage allows you to do more with the same amount of money than you [...]
Most people lose money in a bear market. Do you remember the tech bubble and recession in 2000-2002? This article will discuss three option trading strategies that can make you big profits in a bear market or recession.
Option Strategy No. 1 – Buying Put Options
It is fairly easy to purchase put options. This option trading [...]