Option margin is the cash or securities an investor must deposit in his account as collateral before writing – or selling – options. Margin requirements are established by the Federal Reserve Board in Regulation T. Option margin differs from other types of margin that you may associate with stock or futures trading. These types of margin allow a trader to employ leverage in […]
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The Polarized Fractal Efficiency (PFE) is a technical indicator that was developed by Hans Hannula to determine price efficiency over a user-defined period. This indicator fluctuates between -100 and +100, with 0 as the centerline. Securities with a PFE greater than zero are deemed to be trending up, while a reading of less than zero indicates […]
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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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There are many ways to approach a trade using options. There are dozens of strategies that you can utilize as well. Do I buy a call? Do I buy a put? Is there an option spread that I can construct? Should that spread be a debit or credit spread? Click the video below to see […]
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Shares of Ulta Beauty tanked more than 20% after the company reported earnings after the bell Thursday that missed analysts’ expectations and slashed its outlook for the fiscal year. The company said that the cosmetics industry has struggled as a whole this cycle, because there haven’t been innovative beauty routines that drive consumers to purchase products as […]
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A butterfly spread is an options strategy combining bull and bear spreads, with a fixed risk and capped profit. These spreads, involving either four calls or four puts are intended as a market-neutral strategy and pay off the most if the underlying does not move prior to option expiration. Click the video below to see more detail. Grab a free day pass to […]
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Today is a great day to talk about the VIX. It can be confusing. The VIX index and futures are connected by a statistical relationship that depends on how fast the VIX tends to move toward its average level, the volatility of the index and how much time is left until expiration. Near expiration, the […]
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The Inside Bar. It has not presented itself it the desired setting over the past few months. Today, it did in Spotify ($SPOT) and we jumped on it. Click the video below to see how we employed it this morning. Grab a free day pass to one of our live signal trading rooms today>> http://bit.ly/nlonedaypass […]
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Most traders know what a stop order is whether they use them or not. Ask your average trader about a “stop on close” and you may get some head-scratching. It’s not too difficult to understand. It’s a stop that is favored by swing traders where you don’t have a market/limit stop order placed at a […]
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A trailing stop order sets the stop price at a fixed amount below the market price with an attached “trailing” amount. As the price of an option rises, the stop price rises by the trail amount, but if the option price falls, the stop-loss price doesn’t change, and a market order is submitted when the stop price is hit. Click the video below to see […]
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