Gamma is one of the major ‘Greeks‘, ancient Greek letters that are used to signify key option trading metrics. An option’s gamma is the derivative of its delta, which itself is a measure of how quickly the option’s price changes relative to the price changes of the underlying security. Therefore, it is a measure […]
Tension between the US and North Korea is escalating and the effects have started to be felt in the global markets. As a result of the tension, volatility has affected global markets and this may have you wondering why this happens. Well, war is known to confuse investors thus raising uncertainty. Even though thinking about […]
Are you aspiring to be a trader? Well, in the trading world, it is important to figure out what type of trader you want to be. There are several factors one needs to consider in order to select the right path. Some of these factors include time, personality, size of the account, skill level and […]
Stock borrowing is the act of receiving a number of shares as a loan from another financial entity. This loan is generally backed up by collateral for the total or partial value of the loaned shares and is accompanied by a rate of interest on the borrowed value. Stock Borrowing in Trading While there are […]
Buying a stock is not the same as buying something from the supermarket. Instead stocks are bought and sold according to the bid/ask spread, which is the difference between the highest bid, or the highest price that someone is currently willing to buy at, and the lowest ask, or the lowest price that someone is […]
Bitcoin Price Smashes Through $10,000 Level Bitcoin prices may have been on a tear for the majority of 2017, but the end of the year has seen an unprecedented increase in value, just recently breaching the $10k threshold. Some people are convinced that Bitcoin prices are just getting started, and that we are at the […]
Scalping involves making a number of very quick trades in order to take advantage of price fluctuations with positions often lasting less than 5 minutes and occasionally counted in seconds. Most scalping strategies use low time frames like the 1 and 5 minutes charts. The idea behind scalping is to take a number of small […]
A call option is a derivative contract that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy an underlying security at a specified price on or before a specified date. What is a Call Option There are a wide variety of uses for the purchase and sale of call options in contemporary […]
A put option is a derivative contract that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell an underlying security at a specified price on or before a specified date. What is a Put Option There are a wide variety of uses for the purchase and sale of puts in contemporary trading. […]
Trade Review | Playing The $ROKU Opening Range Breakout Here is a new blog post about the “behind the scenes” of my trading days. Hopefully, this will help you better understanding what I did and it can give you some ideas on how to improve your trading skills. In fact, looking at what other traders […]
