Join Mark as he discusses Forex futures and options with CME Group’s Craig Leveille, Executive Director, FX Products, and Jeff Lewandowski, CTA, Foremost Trading.
The Long & Short of Futures Options 10: Forex Options
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Option Block 230: The Psychology of Options Trading
Friends don’t let friends trade drunk.
Driving and Trading
I often hear my students comparing trading to driving. Having driven a car in at least 10 different countries, I have realized that there is truly a parallel between trading and driving.
The Art of the Bet
Most people don?t like to mix the words ?trading? and ?gambling.? For many, this somehow gives the impression that trading is like some secret poker game in someone?s basement, a dark alley game of dice, or weekend trip to Las Vegas.
What the Early Morning Activity in VIX Futures Told Us
Some depositors in Cyprus took a haircut yesterday morning on the bailout from the EU. When they think about, it after the dust settles, is that some money is better than no money.
Extreme Correlation Between Equity Returns and Implied Volatility
Everyone knows that implied volatility and stock returns tend to be negatively correlated. The results from a recent study we did showed, though, that when implied volatility and stock returns become too negatively correlated, volatility sellers should consider moving to cash.
Volatility Trading Digest – Earnings Idea
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – Increasing Volatility Ideas
Since the current S&P 500 Index (SPX), uptrend appears stalled or perhaps in the process of forming another symmetrical triangle continuation pattern, the options implied volatility has started increasing although from a low level. If the uptrend resumes we can expect to see lower implied volatility once again, in the meanwhile perhaps we should consider some ideas in the event implied volatility continues increasing.
The Mental Game
When people ask me what training has helped me become successful as a trader, they are usually surprised to hear that it is my background in psychology.
Turn and Turn Again
Last time I noted that Implied Volatility (IV) in general had moved higher, after being at an extremely low level for months.
Option Block 229: The Death Hedge
Uncle Mike goes on an epic rant on the proper ways to use annuities.
Implied Volatility Discrepancies
It is often a daunting task deciphering the tremendous amount of options information contained within an option chain for the trader beginning his study of the world of options.