Taking a break from multiple radio hosting duties, Mark Longo sat down recently to chat with the people over at the World Money Show. The result? First, now is your chance to actually see the man behind the mic. But more important than that, this is a unique opportunity to watch Mark discuss volatility, covered calls, and time decay.
One of the most important steps in any option trade is to analyze implied volatility and historical volatility. This is the way option traders can gain edge in their trades.
This article, the first of two, will address the relationship between implied volatility (IV) and the movement of the underlying. Specifically, it will look at the positively correlated delta of a long call.
Okay, I finally confess to you all: I love the news! If you are reading this statement right now and you are a student of mine or familiar with my previous articles, you may actually be thinking that I have been pulling the wool over your eyes up until this very point due to the fact that I have spoken time and time again about how I keep my trading simple by just objectively following the imbalances in Supply and Demand on my Technical Price Charts.
Option traders manage risk. Want a job description? That's about it.
Many traders do not use stop loss orders for fear that they will be stopped out only to see the price move in their favor once they are out.
I have been involved with trading and investing for more than fifteen years. The low risk profits I have produced are a function of trading what is real, not what I feel.
Commodity Futures trading is an exciting arena for some traders and an absolute nightmare for others.
Sometimes it appears that a short vertical call could be fixed by going long the stock.
Different setups can be broken down into two different types of trades: Reversals and trend following.
The purpose of this article will be to explain the two different purposes behind selling cash secured puts.
Continuing on in my discussion from last week, I plan to dissect more of the Ichimoku charting technique and show the practical application of it.