Ironbeam is an online futures brokerage company registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. As a member of National Futures Association, Ironbeam is currently headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Committed to providing first-class services to its customers, Ironbeam continuously updates its services to ensure customers get to fully utilize the latest technology, and research thus making […]
Understanding the bid vs ask spread is one of the keys to successful online trading. While long term investors can often ignore the bid/ask spread altogether, most day trading strategies will be impacted by it, and some will even be based entirely around profiting from it. Let’s take a brief look at the core concepts […]
Summer is here and the time where I witnessed some snow falling in Madrid and Barcelona (unique events!) seems way far back than just a few months ago. That’s the great thing about traveling and trading. It doesn’t really matter how long the cold winter lasts because the sun is going to shine again, it’s […]
An options roll up is the act of closing a position in an option contract while simultaneously opening a new position in the same option with a higher strike price. The opposite of an options roll up is an options roll down, where the existing position is closed at the same time that a new […]
An option is at the money when its strike price is equal to the underlying security’s current market price. At the Money Example Suppose that an investor purchases a call option for the stock of company A with a strike price of $75. If and when the market price of the shares of company A […]
A box spread is an options trading strategy that uses a bull call spread and a bear put spread with the same strike prices to profit from arbitrage. When the available options for the box spread are priced favorably, a day trader can achieve a risk-free profit from the use of the box spread options […]
The hanging man candlestick is a chart pattern used in technical analysis. The hanging man candlestick is used to identify potential downturns in uptrends, as it signals bull exhaustion in fighting a growing bearish sentiment. Hanging Man Candlestick Example The hanging man candlestick gets its name from its appearance as a small body positioned above […]
A yield curve is a chart that plots the relationship between maturity and yield for bonds of equal face value and creditworthiness but different maturity dates. Yield Curves in Financial Theory Generally bonds of otherwise equal face value and creditworthiness with later maturity dates will require a higher yield to compensate for the greater uncertainty […]
Ever heard of the following adage “the early bird catches the worm.” Well, if you have and you are a trader, this should be your mantra. Learning how to trade the open is a skill every serious trader needs to know. This is when stocks make the biggest moves for us to capitalize on! Thanks […]
Hidden orders are an order option that some brokerages offer to mask the true size of an order. While not actually ‘hidden’, the brokerage will use various tactics to minimize the potential impact of a hidden order on the market, generally through breaking the order up into smaller pieces and using advanced algorithms to place […]
