In this episode, Mark sits down with both the CEO & the President of 3D Markets – David Mortimer & Jeromee Johnson. Mark, David & Jeromee discuss the inherent difficulties of block trading in the options market. In addition, Mark explores the latest options headlines and finally answers your burning questions about dollar strikes.
Exploring the most divisive issue in the history of the options market…
Exploring the most divisive issue in the history of the options market…
Exploring the most divisive issue in the history of the options market…
A look at the performance of portfolio margin during the highly volatile month of August…
An examination of how portfolio margining affects index option positions…
There is only one question about portfolio margining that matters to traders and investors – what does it mean for your account?
The benefits of portfolio margining may seem obvious to most options users. However, the path that portfolio margining took to reach the options market was long and rocky…
You've asked for it. Now it's finally here. Join us for the beginning of our series on portfolio margining…
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At the end of the day, all traders should be just as willing to trade short as to trade long. If you're not comfortable trading short, then you are cutting out half of your arsenal. In all my years in the market, I've never known a trader that became successful with one hand tied behind his back!
You can often tell the trading sophistication of someone by their market bias. If they are always looking at the long side, in other words, always wanting to buy, they are probably new to the game. There's many stock traders who don't even know what "selling short" means. Read on to see why you need to sell short to prosper, especially when trading commodity futures and for writing options.