Boeing (Ticker: BA) reported a massive second-quarter loss of $2.9 billion on Wednesday — its worst ever — as costs pile up for the aerospace giant while its flagship 737 Max jet remains grounded after two fatal crashes. Shares of Boeing declined 2% from its previous close of $373.07, helping to drag down the Dow Jones […]
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Rho is the rate at which the price of a derivative changes relative to a change in the risk-free rate of interest. Rho measures the sensitivity of an option or options portfolio to a change in interest rate. Rho may also refer to the aggregated risk exposure to interest rate changes that exist for a book of several options positions. For example, […]
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Get Prosper Trading’s CEO, Scott Bauer, take on the fluctuations of the US Dollar’s impact on all sectors of the economy. Click the video below. Follow me on Twitter @CboeSib
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International Business Machines (Ticker: IBM) will release their quarterly earnings report after the bell on Wednesday. Click the video below to find out how we are going to approach this much-anticipated report. Follow me on Twitter @CboeSib
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Having the right tools is the first place to start your trading career? But how do you know what tools you need to have? Click the video below to find out what Prosper Trading Academy’s very own CEO, Scott Bauer, uses on his trading desk. Follow me on Twitter @CboeSib
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United Airlines (Ticker: UAL) will release their quarterly earnings report after the bell on Tuesday. Click the video below to find out how we are going to approach this much-anticipated report Follow me on Twitter @CboeSib
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Gamma is a risk parameter used in options pricing. It is the speed at which delta changes as the underlying asset moves up or down. But how can that affect one’s options position? Click the video below to find out. Follow me on Twitter @CboeSib
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In contrast to historical volatility (HV), which looks at actual asset prices in the past, implied volatility (IV) looks ahead. … Implied volatility can be derived from the price of an option. Specifically, implied volatility is the expected future volatility of the stock that is implied by the price of the stock’s options Click the video below to see how we dive into this important aspect […]
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Rho is the rate at which the price of a derivative changes relative to a change in the risk-free rate of interest. Rho measures the sensitivity of an option or options portfolio to a change in interest rate. Rho may also refer to the aggregated risk exposure to interest rate changes that exist for a book of several options positions. For example, […]
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Although not strategies that we employ in the Short-Term Options Room, straddles and strangles can be very viable options strategies if used in the right circumstances. Click the video below to hear about the similarities and differences between the two strategies and when the best time to use them is. Follow me on Twitter @MikeShorrCbot […]
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