Options Vega Explained
Options Vega is one of the so-called Greeks of options trading. The others are Delta, Gamma, Rho and Theta. Apart from Delta, Vega is probably the most important of the Greeks for an options trader to have a basic More...
Ratio Options Spreads
A ratio spread is simply an options spread where more options are sold than bought or vice versa. When a ratio spread is set up for a net credit, this gives the trade the rather unique ability to profit from 3 different More...
Euro Falls as Draghi Maintains Interest Rate
The euro dealt with its sharpest decline of the month versus the United States dollar. This drop followed an announcement by the chief of the European Central Bank that it would downgrade the economic forecast and More...
Options Expiration Date and how it Influences the Price
Introduction To understand how the expiration date of an option influences the price, one first needs to understand how the price of an option is calculated in the first place. While the standard formula to calculate More...
Debit Spreads and Credit Spreads Explained
When a trader buys and sells a combination of options, that trader is said to be putting on what is referred to in options trading jargon as a spread. Debit spreads A debit spread is where the trader has to pay More...
Introduction to Options Greeks
While many highly mathematical textbooks have been written about Options Greeks, a trader does not have to be a mathematical genius to understand the basics of the Greeks. And such an understanding will greatly More...
Spain Debt Sale Disappoints as Euro Drops
After reaching a seven-week peak versus the greenback, the euro retreated against the United States dollar. The drop was caused by weak retail sales out of the Eurozone and a lower-than-expected demand at the Spanish More...
Emerging Market Currencies Fall
The gross domestic product report for the third quarter shows that Brazil’s economy grew at half of the rate previously expected. Prior to the report, most analysts believed that the economy would grow 1.2 percent. More...
Daily Market Review – 4th December 2012
Promising signs that a revival in the Chinese economy could now be in progress were offset by worse-than-expected manufacturing news from the USA. Global stocks weakened in response to these developments as shown More...
Forex Breakout Strategies
One of the most popular Forex Strategies is trading breakouts because it is easy to implement and can produce excellent results. The main concept of this trading method is that, if a currency pair has been trading More...