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Derivatives: Link Love Wednesdays
We are featuring derivatives for this week’s Link Love Wednesday. Make sure to check out our introductory articles to derivatives at the FSYA University page.Derivatives including futures, forex, and...
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All or Nothing: Binary Options
Binary options are really gaining steam as a trading product. I ran across them when I was doing a little more research on options. I personally don’t trade options right now, but I’d like to learn...
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Maybe I will…Then Again, Maybe I Won’t
An option is very simply explained as a choice to do or not do something.As it relates to stocks, an option, on one side, is a choice to buy or sell a stock. One the other side, it’s an obligation to...
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Stock Options vs. Individual Stocks: Battle Royale
There are two ways to build up a profitable stock portfolio. One way involves unlimited downside risk and the other involves limited upside risk. Today we are going to assume you are interested in...
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What is Spread Betting?
Investors will probably frown upon the word betting when it is anywhere near a financial instrument. Most investors in the stock market are in for the long haul and employ a buy and hold strategy....
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The VIX: I go this way, you go that way
Remember that scene in Rush Hour when Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan teamed up to kick some butt? They stayed together but fought in different directions to maximize their attack. Their method of attack...
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Volatility: Riding the Mechanical Bull
The best mental image that I could come up with to explain volatility is the mechanical bull. For those of you who don’t know what a mechanical bull is, the mechanical bull is basically an excuse for...
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Book Review: Option Spread Trading
I’ve been wanting to learn more about options ever since I met a friend of mine who was an option master. He would often talk about how he placed option trades based on earnings and shared his wins and...
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