It is a called a straddle or hedged trade, and involves taking two binary option positions in the same asset. It has the potential to reduce risk, and double your gain. Here’s how to do it. Assume call and put options that have an 80% payout. Step 1. Initial Trade Like any binary options trade, […]
What do I mean? Trading bear positions as well as trading bull positions. I know that I, and I suspect many newbies and advanced traders as well, started out learning to trade bull positions. It is easier and only natural as the tendency in trading and stock ownership is to buy low and then sell […]
June 30, 2014 First off, I want to say that I am back to my old trading schedule. Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been trading standard U.S. mornings, but I’m back to trading European mornings for now. I’ve spoken a bit on when to trade the markets in the past, and my general opinion […]
You have a plan – you are going to enter a trade at a specific price. But as you watch the price approach your entry level you suddenly decide that maybe another price is better. Even though your analysis told you that was the right price to enter, now that the price is at that […]
There are a lot of great books out there, but there are always a few that stand out. While I haven’t read every book out there–and I am sure there are some great ones other than these–here are four of my favorites. 1. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre I have written about in […]
First off, I want to point out a couple types of trade set-ups that I would personally avoid as it related to this trading day. I was not actively watching the market at this time, but I felt compelled to mention this type of scenario in this particular writing. Around 3:45AM the market came down […]
This is an introduction into one form of MACD wave analysis and how I use it for short term trading. MACD is a well known indicator of market momentum and one that can be used in a wide variety of ways. For now I will focus on one general method that I use on a […]
Convergences are a powerful indicator for traders of all varieties. Convergences, as the name suggests, are when two or more indicators or other analysis devices are leading you down the same path. Imagine a stream flowing down a valley. It meanders along on its own, following the trend of elevation until it joins, or converges, […]
Forex Swing Trades on the Radar–June 26 While a number of pairs such as the USD/JPY, EUR/USD and USD/CHF remain stagnant as they await their next trending move, a number of pairs have strong trends going on. NZD/USD The NZDUSD is one pair on the watch list. Since the start of June is has been […]
It’s called Intermarket analysis, and it is the study of how various asset classes interact with one another. Excluding assets such as art or real-estate holdings, we have five major “financial market” assets classes: Cash and cash equivalents, such as T-Bills or CDs Fixed Income products such as bonds or Treasury notes Currencies such as […]