There are as many different trading strategies as there are traders in the world. However, despite all this variety, all traders fall somewhere on the trader type spectrum based on the frequency and speed of their trades. Understanding the trading type that best suits your personality is essential to becoming a successful trader. The Tortoise […]
Here Is The Meat Of A Trading Review I did it. And I am feeling good about it. I got rid of the “Profit & Loss” section from the spreadsheet that I use to review my trades as well as every other detail that may hint to how much money I’ve made or lost in […]
Bitcoin Prices Crater Following Epic Run Bitcoin is hitting headlines again with prices falling over 40% after reaching highs just under $20,000 earlier this month. This has been an exceptionally volatile week for the cryptocurrency market due to “high-profile security problems at two exchanges and warnings from global regulators about the risks cryptocurrencies pose.” Prices have […]
How The Pros Recover From 5 Figure Losses Every pro trader has been there a few times. You do your routine analysis looking for potential trades. You identify a great trading opportunity. You do your due diligence to make sure that you are not missing some important detail. Then when it all checks out, you […]
What The Trump Tax Reform Bill Means For The Markets President Donald Trump’s tax reform agenda has been moving markets since the first day he took office. While many Americans and other people from around the world were discussing the negative outcomes from the election of a populist president, the markets were starting a historical […]
Calendar spread is an options strategy that allows traders and investors to enter long and short positions simultaneously for the same underlying and strike price but different expiration dates. Option traders can utilize calendar spreads as a way to get into a long position at a cheaper price by selling the other leg and bringing […]
A day trader is a trader whose time horizon for trades is intraday, often for as little as a few seconds, but generally anywhere from a few minutes to an hour. Day traders attempt to capitalize on significant intraday price movements and volatility by executing multiple quick trades that capture some part of the overall […]
Volatility crush is a term used in options trading to describe the swift reduction in implied volatility of an option after the underlying stock’s earnings are announced or some other major news event. A volatility crush occurs because the implied volatility of options will rise before an earnings announcement when the future price path of […]
Private placement refers to a method of raising capital where select investors are invited through the offer of equity shares. Unlike an IPO where shares are made available on the open market, a private placement involves select investors like large banks, mutual funds, insurance companies and pension funds. Furthermore, the capital raising event does not […]
An option class is the set of all call or put options for sale for a given security, including every expiration date and strike price combination. Option Class in Trading The option class for any security is used as a broad metric for gauging the relative interest in that security. For example, a high volume […]
