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Risk Management: How Much Money Will You Risk?
Risk Management: How Much Money Will You Risk?
My Trader Tip on risk management for TraderPlanet http://www.traderplanet.com/commentaries/view/165617-risk-management-how-much-money-will-you-risk/
2014-01-01 1st Trading Day Of January Stats
1st Trading Day Of January Stats
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The Imperfect Art of Risk Management
The Imperfect Art of Risk Management
Check out my article for OneCentAtATime.com on using risk management for stocks and options, called “The Imperfect Art of Risk Management.”
http://onecentatatime.com/the-imperfect-art-of-risk-management/
Anatomy of the Long Put
Anatomy of the Long Put
When you are bearish on a stock or ETF, one way to express that view is by buying a put option. The long put is an aggressive, bearish options strategy, but is very easy to understand. By owning a put option you have the right, but not the obligation, to sell shares of that particular stock (or ETF) for the strike price of the option, in the future. Know that every put option controls 100 shares of the underlying.
Buying a put option gives you limited risk, (cost of the option), with limited reward (stocks can’t trade below $0.00).
Option expiration is the same for calls as it is for puts. Monthly option contract’s last day of trading is on the third Friday of the month and expire on Saturday. … Read More »
Anatomy of the Long Call Strategy (with a look at Greeks and Volatility)
Anatomy of the Long Call
When you are bullish on a stock or ETF, one way to express that view is by buying a call option. The long call is an aggressive option strategy, but at the same time the simplist. By owning a call option you have the right, but not the obligation, to buy that specific stock for the strike price of the option in the future. Know that every call option controls 100 shares of the underlying (stock, ETF, futures contract, etc.).
Buying a call option gives you limited risk (cost of the option), with unlimited reward.
Options have expiration dates unlike stocks. Monthly option contract’s last day of trading is on the third Friday of the month and expire on Saturday. Weekly option’s last day of trading is also on Friday, but they expire on the same … Read More »
