About the Actor
Andy was a successful small business owner who discovered a passion for trading in the 1980s. He became a technical analyst for CTS Financial Publishing and during his time there he was CTS Editor In Chief, overseeing the Futures, Futures Options, and Stock Options publications [...]
Commodity Trading Advisor, Genuine Trading Solutions, a registered CTA with the CFTC, says the role today of a CTA is constantly evolving.
Dwayne Strocen, President of Genuine Trading Solutions says once upon a time a Commodity Trading Advisor was content to be known as a Portfolio Manager trading commodities and futures for a managed [...]
It is common to see web site banners or other advertisements similar to the title of this article, touting the benefits of options trades with probabilities of success of 85-90%. Technically, these trades indeed have a high probability of success, i.e., if you placed a trade with the same parameters every month of the year, [...]
You have probably heard people refer to options as a risky enterprise, akin to gambling. And it is true that options trading can be very risky, especially when engaged in with minimal knowledge and preparation. The average stockbroker or financial planner does not have sufficient options knowledge to guide you in the use of options [...]
Review
For those who desire timely reporting straight from the trenches, this book is a must. — Peter Carr, PhD, Head of Quantitative Financial Research, Bloomberg LPThis book has innovative ideas, state of the art applications, and contains a wealth of valuable [...]
Is options trading risky? This is one of the most popular questions that options trading beginners ask. In fact, my clients ask me this same question all the time. I would then ask them “What do you mean by risky?”. The usual answer would be “Can I lose a lot of money in options trading?”.
At [...]