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Turning Events into Probabilities
The Small Exchange06/27/2022

Turning Events into Probabilities

Options and futures can help you assign probabilities to different events occurring in markets like interest rates. Experienced derivatives traders Mike and...

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Probabilities are Accurate Until They Aren't
Frank Kaberna06/27/2022

Probabilities are Accurate Until They Aren't

Almost everything in your life can be viewed as an event with a probability. What are the chances your local grocery store has the item you’re looking for?...

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Anatomy of a Losing Options Trade
The Small Exchange06/23/2022

Anatomy of a Losing Options Trade

Losing options trades are often much more difficult to manage than winning trades; the former can demand strike changes, rolling expirations, and just a lot...

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Pairs Trading: How to Get Started
The Small Exchange06/22/2022

Pairs Trading: How to Get Started

Pairs trading is an active strategy that attempts to profit from the contracting or expanding relationship between two similar assets. The first step in...

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How Does the Fed Affect Markets?
The Small Exchange06/21/2022

How Does the Fed Affect Markets?

The Fed primarily affects the Fed Funds Rate - a short-term interest rate benchmark in the US - but action taken on this rate can have widespread effects on US...

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Steps to Defending an Options Trade
The Small Exchange06/17/2022

Steps to Defending an Options Trade

Find out what you can do with your losing options strategies using futures and options.

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Futures Trading the Yield Curve Inversion
The Small Exchange06/15/2022

Futures Trading the Yield Curve Inversion

Inflation fears and a hawkish Fed have the market for interest rate futures more volatile than it's been in years. Rates have shifted so much in recent trade...

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How to Defend a Losing Futures Trade
The Small Exchange06/14/2022

How to Defend a Losing Futures Trade

Losing trades should not simply be blocked out of your mind, being proactive in defending a losing trade can help reduce losses in the short term and create...

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The Dos and Don'ts of Scalping Futures
The Small Exchange06/10/2022

The Dos and Don'ts of Scalping Futures

Take Frank's guided tour of a futures trading platform to see how you might scalp the next big data release with appropriate size and a high probability of...

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Portfolio Concentration: The Hidden Risk
David Accomazzo and Clemens Kownatzki06/07/2022

Portfolio Concentration: The Hidden Risk

As a follow up to our piece on the problems with technology stocks, we’d like to discuss another angle that is often overlooked: Concentration risk within a...

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What's Next: Inflation vs Recession
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The Small Exchange07/19/2022

What's Next: Inflation vs Recession

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...

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How Inflation Affects Stocks, Bonds, and Forex
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The Small Exchange07/18/2022

How Inflation Affects Stocks, Bonds, and Forex

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...

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How Does Inflation Affect Markets
Frank Kaberna07/18/2022

How Does Inflation Affect Markets

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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