Forex Options Trading

Forex options trading uses the same principles and tactics as stock options trading and commodity options trading. Forex options trading is the use of options in trading foreign currencies. In using options to trade foreign currencies traders enjoy the same benefits of options trading that they enjoy when trading other equities. Because traders only invest [...]

Bank Stock Options

Bank stock options trading can be profitable in times when stocks like Bank of America have lost a third of their value in the last year. The mortgage crisis still looms like a specter of doom over many US banks, including the largest, as many experts predict another wave of mortgage foreclosures. If, indeed, the [...]

Oil Futures Options

Crude oil futures and oil futures options dropped like rocks in pond at the news of the lightning rebel advance into Tripoli in the Libyan civil war. Oil futures and oil futures options had been driven higher by the threat to oil production posed by the civil war in the North African oil producer. Although [...]

Stock Options Trading

The stock options trading news these days is that puts on LinkedIn are expensive, twice that of call options on the newly released stock. LinkedIn was in the news last week as it went public. An issue before the IPO and now is LinkedIn employee stock options. Employee stock options at LinkedIn amount to nearly [...]

US Debt Options Trading

In view of Standard and Poors announcement about US debt options trading may be a viable means of containing investment risk while retaining the ability to profit from market movements. S & P issued an announcement that the chances of a reduction of the US debt rating is one in three over the next years. [...]

Successful Options Trading Strategy

Successful options trading requires a strategy. What are the components of a successful options trading strategy? The Yen appears to be in trouble after the Bank of Japan Governor, Masaaki Shirakawa, spoke in a Wall Street Journal interview about disruptions in Japanese industrial production. Developing a successful options trading strategy for the Yen will require [...]

Options Trading Education

A reliable route to profits in options trading is with options trading education. Options trading education starts with basics and can progress to sophisticated options trading strategies. However, successful options trading always relies upon an honest review of trading results and life long options trading education. Options can be traded on stocks, commodities, and futures. [...]

What are Call Options?

What are call options? In stock trading these are contracts giving the buyer the right to purchase 100 shares of stock per contract. The trader pays a premium to purchase the options contract. He then has the right to buy stock but is under no obligation to do so. The trader will analyze the fundamentals [...]

What Happens to a Call Option if a Company Splits Up?

How to trade stock options can vary with sometimes unforeseen circumstances. For example, what happens to a call option if a company splits up? What happens if the company merges with another company? How about when dividends are paid? For options traded on the CBOE, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, options are adjusted to fit [...]

What Is the Difference between Futures Trading and Options Trading?

Both futures trading and options trading contracts allow the trader to speculate on the future price of stocks, commodities, and foreign currencies. But, what is the difference between futures trading and options trading? The basic difference is the matter of right versus obligation. A buyer of an options contract purchases the right but not the [...]

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