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Spread Betting on Banks

By Administrator on Saturday, November 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Banking If banks continue to maintain or even raise their already high dividends is that a ‘weak signal’? The banks have sources of income other than sub prime mortgages. Whilst growth may be difficult to come by for the next year or so, the other areas are doing very well indeed. Barclays have indicated that, [...]

Options Trading Mastery: Getting Out or Rolling the Position

By Administrator on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 | No Comments

The selection and management of a vertical spread are only two-thirds of the game. Closing out, rolling or morphing the position has to be analyzed and executed with the same due diligence as was used in the selection and management processes.Looking at the closing out of a vertical call spread, we find there are three [...]

Seasonal Spread Trade for Consistent Returns

By Administrator on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | No Comments

www.TransWorldFutures.comSeasonal Spread Trade for Consistent ReturnsSpread trading is a unique trading concept not all that familiar to the average commodity investor. The typical commodity trader analyzes a particular market, either from a technical or a fundamental standpoint, sometimes combining the two; makes a determination as to whether the market exhibits either a bullish or bearish [...]

Options Trading Mastery: An Imaginary Spread Scenario

By Administrator on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | No Comments

We are going to put together an imaginary spread scenario and set it in real life events. Consider that, in October, you begin to hear about IJK stock. It looks interesting, so you use a variety of sources to learn about it. (News, charts, outside analysts, Internet research, etc.) From your investigations, you decide that [...]

Futures Trading – 3 Secret Tools of the Pro Traders for Bigger Profits

By Administrator on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | No Comments

Here we will outline three trading tools for bigger profits all futures traders can use.These tools tend not to be used by many traders, but are heavily used by the savvy pro traders to enhance profit potential and you should consider them to in your futures trading.Check them out for yourself and they will add [...]

10 Facts for Spread Betting on Soft Commodities

By Administrator on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 | No Comments

Soft Commodities You can spread bet on the future price of Soft Commodities (Softs) like Coffee and Soybeans just like you can spread bet on the future price of Crude Oil, Gold, the FTSE 100 etc. Soft Commodity prices can rapidly increase on the back of high oil prices due to increased transport and energy [...]

Crude Oil Spread Trading Predictions

By Administrator on Monday, October 27th, 2008 | No Comments

Are all the analysts still predicting a rise in crude oil prices? Which way should you bet on Oil to go next, up or down? We have scoured the financial press for reputable sources predicting a drop in oil prices. There are not many. Of course the negatives with this sort of research come in three [...]

Making Money From Spread Betting

By Administrator on Saturday, October 25th, 2008 | No Comments

Spread betting is a risky business, and depending on who you believe, leaves most traders on the losing side. As a form of trading, it is a relatively new concept, having been introduced into the London markets for professional and city traders to hedge their trades. With the growth of on line investing and day [...]

Option Credit Spreads – Limited Risk With Limited Profit

By Administrator on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 | No Comments

I started trading options in the late 90′s. After selling my first option and collecting an immediate credit I and became an option seller for life. I became a student of option selling strategies and started selling covered calls on stocks I brought and owned. I was doing OK collecting premiums month after month until [...]

Options Trading Mastery: Construction & Value of a Vertical Spread

By Administrator on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | No Comments

Construction of a vertical spread occurs with the purchase and sale of a call (put) in the same stock and in the same month. The only difference between the two options is the strike price. For example, an investor would construct a vertical spread by purchasing the IBM June 55-call while selling the June IBM [...]

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