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    September 26, 2022

    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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    September 16, 2022

    Coach’s Roundtable: Making Up Major Losses

    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 cover this week’s CPI report and other future events that could impact the market, along with ways […]

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    August 26, 2022

    Coach’s Roundtable: Stock Market Indexes & Trading Fixes

    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 touch on the best stock market indexes to follow and common issues they notice among struggling traders. […]

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    August 16, 2022

    What’s the Difference Between a Pullback, Correction, & Bear Market?

    Events like a bear market, pullback, or correction make most traders extremely uneasy. Those who’ve done their due diligence, however, know that these types of declines are relatively common. They have varying degrees of severity, based on duration and relative decline that occurs. Why Do Dips Happen? Stock prices typically indicate future expectations of a […]

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    September 30, 2020

    Bad News For NKLA Can Be Good News For NIO

      We had a great example of a swing buy entry in NIO, Inc., the electric car company (Ticker: NIO). It’s based on a break out pattern on an hourly chart and confirmed with a daily chart.   Click the video below to learn more details: Grab a free day pass to one of our live […]

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    September 29, 2020

    The Similarities and Differences Between VIX and VXX

    The VIX and VXX are both very popular trading vehicles for trading volatility.  But, unlike the perceptions of many traders, they are not exactly interchangeable.  There are many similarities and more importantly, some very important differences. Click the video below to learn more details: Grab a free day pass to one of our live signal […]

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    July 29, 2020

    Is JPM Morgan Poised For Its Next Leg Up?

      We believe that some banks are in a position to make the next leg up?  Why? You ask.  Unlike your conventional banks, some banks like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Citibank and, Morgan Stanley have resources that many conventional banks do not.  They have MASSIVE trading entities.  They are not simply a place to park […]

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    July 28, 2020

    Vega and Order Flow

    Vega is the measurement of an option’s price sensitivity to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset. Vega represents the amount that an option contract’s price changes in reaction to a 1% change in the implied volatility of the underlying asset. We also discuss order flow and how it can affect implied volatility and the balance of supply and demand. Click […]

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    July 28, 2020

    A Look into Option Open Interest and Volume

    Open interest is a concept that is unique to options.  Volume is a parallel concept to stocks.  First, what are they?  Second, why should an options trader care about them? Open interest is the number of active contracts. It is a metric that can be tracked or displayed on most options trading platforms, like bid […]

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    June 8, 2020

    How to Calculate Profit and Loss for a Broken Wing Butterfly

    When a new trader hears the term “broken wing butterfly” it tends to send shivers down his or her spine.  The term sounds really complicated.   It does not have to be.  If you break down the components of a bwf, you will see that it is simply buying one vertical spread and selling a narrower […]

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