Stock investors seeking a little more alpha can branch out into options, and the same audience might look to add futures to the mix for a low-cost speculative...
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Volatility is at the core of almost all options strategies. Whether you’re looking to get long, short, or neutral, the price of options, and thus the market’s...
Traders have been rather unkind to technology stocks in 2022. A toxic combination of high valuations, rising interest rates, macro uncertainty, and political...
One of the biggest sticking points for stock or option traders trying to add futures can be the fear of joining a zero sum game. Stocks drift higher over time...
When it comes to trading opportunities, few assets offer more possibilities than commodities. Basic materials are highly cyclical and move in forceful,...
Trade idea generation can be one of the biggest hurdles in getting started trading futures. What charts do traders look at? Where do they find their...
Cryptocurrency futures have become popular among traders for their volatility and relatively low capital requirements. Learn how cryptocurrency futures work.
Many mathematicians start with the same, single assumption when they commence any probabilistic modeling: the probability of a market moving higher or lower on...
The Fed primarily controls interest rates, which they move higher in times of inflation and lower in times of recession. But what do they do when there's fear...
High inflation is causing some of the largest price extremes, bond and forex markets have seen in decades. Mike and Frank show you how high inflation has...
The highest inflation measure in more than 40 years has left many markets in utter disarray: Nasdaq is at its lowest since 2020, interest rates are their...
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