The more important question perhaps is what is edge? For the trader, edge = advantage. When do the odds of a trade working go in our favor?
What is Your Concept of ?Edge?
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Breaking Down the Door
As traders, we are taught to buy in/near demand zones and sell in/near supply zones. The main thing that we must identify is whether or not the zone is likely to hold or break.
Some Things Never Change
In the world of trading and investing you always hear about how the markets are constantly changing, and to some degree that?s true. However there is a certain fundamental truth about trading and investing that doesn?t change: the predictability of human behavior.
Delta Gamma Theta Vega
This is not the name of an extra-geeky college fraternity. It?s a list of the greeks, a set of variables that describe how option prices change when certain things happen.
Not Buying the SPX, Look at a Calendar
At Option Pit, our goal is to teach our option mentoring students not just the strategy, but the theory behind why one would execute a strategy. We want our option traders to learn how to construct their own trades, not just regurgitate others’ trades.
A Prisoner’s Dilemma for Weekly Options
Weekly options may be good for traders, but fragmenting the distribution of options order flow across time makes analysis more difficult.
Memories
Let?s talk about some charts, ok?
I Spent $6 Billion and All I Got Was the Same Government
Now that the election is over, America begins its next chapter with many of the same problems looming. First and foremost is the ?Fiscal Cliff? we are facing as a nation.
Breakouts: Are They Working For You?
I have been in the trading business for over 15 years as a trader, fund manager, and trainer, beginning on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. While I feel like I have seen it all, the one thing that still surprises me is how most traders handle breakouts.
Facebook Volatility is Still Cheap
I had to blink recently, because I thought FB was just a $20 stock. Nothing makes momentum traders happier than an upgrade of a whole bunch of technology stocks at once.
Option Block 201: Traders as Quarterbacks
Traders, you’re the quarterback of your team. How are you preparing for the big game?
Trading the S&P: Join Us for a Webinar Tonight
Though the business of futures trading has shifted from executing in the pits to the screen, Anthony will show traders that the same principles in execution apply. He will review his 7 key fundamentals (L.E.G.A.C.Y.) that were critical in his 14 year career as a full-time day trader.