Archive for November 2009

Option Trading Explained – In Layman Terms

Robert Kiyosaki says that Option Trading is the investment of the rich.
Indeed, option trading is the most versatile form of investment in the world today. Its versatility has been the topic of many speakers all over the world. Terms such as “Covered Calls” and “Credit Spreads” have become well known amongst traders new and veteran [...]

Wizetrade for Options Navigation Tools to Increase Trading Efficiency

GlobalTec announced today the release of the Wizetrade for Options software, a cutting edge options trading tool that combines access to a wealth of information with the latest navigation capabilities traders need to make efficient, effective trading decisions.
In conjunction with the release of Wizetrade for Options, GlobalTec also released an upgraded version of Option Hunter [...]

Forex Options Trading – How Forex Options are Calculated (part 2 of 2)

In the last article, you have learn about “delta” . Let us continue…
Gamma: Gamma is derived from Delta is the odds of a change in Delta. It also informs in advance if the Delta could be changing. Gammas are positive for both the call and put. When options are deep in the money of [...]

Options Trading Strategies – Book Review – Sheldon Natenberg, Option Volatility and Pricing

As with most books on the topic of how to trade options, the amount of material to get through can be daunting. For example, with Sheldon Natenberg’s Option Volatility & Pricing, it is about 418 pages to digest.  There are adequate reader reviews on Amazon and Google Book Search, to help you decide if you [...]

Making Money From Option Trading With Implied Volatility – Part 2

Option trading remains a mystery to many new traders. There are elements to option trading that traders should know about to make trading easier. In this article, I give an example of how an options trader might use implied volatility in his trading. Then, I discuss implied volatility charts and how they are created.
There is [...]

Options Trading Mastery: Vertical Spread Test Scenario

Let’s put together what we’ve been talking about, develop an imaginary spread scenario and set it in real life events.
In October, let’s say that you begin to hear about IJK stock. It looks interesting, so you then use a variety of sources to learn about IJK: news, charts, outside analysts, internet research etc. From your [...]

Options Trading Strategies – Book Review – Guy Cohen, The Bible of Options Strategies

Most trading literature on option strategies tend to lean towards mathematical formulas to define the construction of a spread.  Guy Cohen has chosen to use pictorial logic, even with the Greeks unique to a particular strategy, to piece together the legs of a spread with diagrams.Diagrams that connect with each other are a much more [...]

Options Trading – Calls and Puts

Options are contracts on an underlying trading instrument such as shares of stock, bonds, a commodity, a mortgage loan and many others. However, there are common features among all options. It does not matter if it is a share of stock or a mortgage loan; they all have certain things in common. [...]

Forex Options Trading – in the World of Forex Trading

In the Forex World, Forex is the largest financial Foreign Exchange market in the world. Different from others market like stocks or commodity, The Forex open 24hours, Monday to Friday 24/5 weekly. And it has an average of 3.2 Trillions trade everyday. As for now, it is a good time to go into Forex market [...]

The Art of Hedging in Options Trading

A hedge is an investment made to offset the risk incurred by entering another investment. Essentially you are setting up a bet on both sides so that one offsets the other and you can end up winning either way.
Think of it as a form of insurance.
Options are frequently used in hedging.
For example, you can speculate [...]