September 24, 2019

Calculating Break-even On Debit Calls and Debit Call Spreads

Many options traders focus purely on the directional aspect of a trade.  What often gets left behind is not only are you right directionally but have you, in fact, turned a profit?  Click the video below to fully understand this facet of risk management.

about the author:

Mike Shorr

Since 1994, Michael has been an on-the-floor market maker, Vice-President of Interest Rate Derivatives for Knight Financial Products and Director of Education and Options Instructor at Trading Advantage. He makes the oftentimes complex world of options and trading accessible to the novice and advanced trader alike. Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics and Finance from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. He presently is Director, Trader Education at ProsperTradingAcademy.

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If you are actively trading in the stock market in 2024, chances are you’ve heard a new buzzword flying around: Prop Trading, short for Proprietary Trading. Whether you’ve tried prop trading or not – or have even heard of it at all – its popularity is quickly growing because it provides everyday traders with a […]

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Coach’s Roundtable: FOMC Fallout & Resilient Market Sectors

Every week, the coaches at Prosper Trading Academy offer their insight on some of the most challenging questions covering recent stock market developments, trading tips, and relevant news stories. This week, Scott Bauer, Charlie Moon, and Mike Shorr give their thoughts on why certain stock market sectors are staying resilient amid the FOMC fallout, and […]

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A.I. technology has unique capabilities that are helping more people reshape how they trade. Its dynamic abilities to make specific technical calculations at unparalleled speeds help identify trade setups triggered in stocks with historically high probabilities of making potentially explosive moves. What Are Trade Setups? In a nutshell, trade setups are technical formations a stock […]

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