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Marcus Holland

Marcus Holland has been trading the financial markets since 2007 with a particular focus on soft commodities. He graduated in 2004 from the University of Plymouth with a BA (Hons) in Business and Finance.

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
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Spot Price

Spot Price refers to the price of a commodity in the cash market. For example, the Spot Price of Gold will be the price of one ounce of gold bought with a cash account or in an over the counter bullion dealer.  More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
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Short Squeeze

A Short Squeeze is the time when a security rises in value rapidly which then causes the short holders of the security to lose money quickly. For example, XYZ stock has risen 5% in the past week which has caused More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
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Side Pocket

A Side Pocket is an internal accounting of a Hedge Fund that contains the assets of the fund that are deemed illiquid. Hedge funds can employ many types of investment and trading strategies including the buying More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
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Sector ETF

A Sector ETF is a security that is structured like a mutual fund but is traded intraday like equity. A Sector ETF is comprised of multiple shares of stock from the same sector.  In this way a Sector ETF offers More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
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Reverse Gold ETF

A Reverse Gold ETF is a trading vehicle that has its price tied to the price of gold. The internal mechanisms of the ETF or Exchange Traded Fund are designed to move in an inverse direction as to the price of gold.  More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
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Relative Strength

Relative Strength is a trading technique in which the trader will buy an asset and continue to add to the position while the price of the asset continues to rise in value. With the Relative Strength trading strategy More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
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Quadruple Witching

The term Quadruple Witching refers to the dates in which equities index options, equities index futures, equities options, and equities futures all expire on the same day. In the US equities options contracts end More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
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Pyramiding

Pyramiding is a trading strategy similar to the dollar cost averaging strategy of investing. With the Pyramiding strategy, a trader will have a pre-determined number of shares or contracts that he would like to More...

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By Marcus Holland On Monday, February 18th, 2013
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Gap Trading Strategies

Gaps are areas on trading charts where price has moved rapidly upwards or downwards without leaving any discernible evidence. Consequently, gaps are displayed on candlestick charts by a significantly large distance More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, February 18th, 2013
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Put-Call Ratio

The Put-Call Ratio is a Technical Indicator that measures the bullishness or bearishness of the market. The two main components of the Put-Call Ratio are the trading volumes of the Put Options contracts and the More...