This more visible portion of the clan retains the characteristic defining points of family identity: a variably large range of profitability with regard to price of the underlying and the theta positive blood type.
After the close on Thursday, even as traders were marveling at the 13% move after Google announced its earnings triumph, Baidu was also up substantially after hours (2.8%) on no apparent news.
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I would like to further explore trading opportunities using the major, intermediate and minor tops and bottoms.
Recently, I have received many questions about a very simple approach to trading which I employ for my own trading. Below are some of those questions and the answers to help you use the strategy rules.
Risk, this is something we all try to avoid, but we also know that with risk comes reward.
The naked call is defined as an option strategy where an option player sells (writes) call options without owning the underlying security. Some may refer to this strategy as an "uncovered call" or "short call."
Because it is the fancifully named winged beast category that garners the most attention, I thought today we could focus on the often overlooked members of the group: double calendars and double diagonals.
Moneyness isn't a word, is it? It won't be found on spell-check, but moneyness is a very important term when it comes to options.
In order to determine the directional bias of the SPY, DIA, and QQQ, you use their various underlying instruments to determine whether you should go long or short on these index-tracking exchange traded funds.
One of the most common complaints we instructors hear is, "I'm not sure which supply zone to sell in or which demand zone to buy in. There are so many of them!" While this can be true, one of the odds enhancers we can use is an oscillator of the price action.