As the market winds up for the big Facebook IPO, the other Social Networking stocks are showing signs of a strain. This

Since we have been posting about the VIX and SPX curve for what seems like an eternity I thought it would be nice to explore another part of the market.

Recently, I had a trader show me his options trades to evaluate and give him some feedback.

One of the main topics of conversation that I have with new traders is about the quest for trading's Holy Grail.

Mark sits down with Tom Boggs, Will Patrick, and Pate Barker for a special Year in Review episode. They discuss the surprises, trends, and key products that drove equities, FX, interest rates, and Ags in 2011

Last week while I was teaching a class, a student asked me how they should know whether or not to take a particular trade.

While the Euro Zone rushed to put the finishing touches on an agreement to loan the Greeks more money Tuesday morning, a funny happened in the market.

The Moving Average… It is a tool that is talked about in almost every trading book that has ever been written.

The naked call is defined as an option strategy where an option player sells (writes) call options without owning the underlying security.

Occasionally, a Commodity offers prices to investors at a deep discount. Many times, there is a reason for a market to be cheaply priced, and we would do well to keep shorting that market.

In this article, I will compare two trades; one mine, and one from a trader who shared his trade with me asking for my take on it.

In our graduate online education program one of the very first lessons we teach is on "Odds Enhancers."