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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 Friday, March 29th, 2013
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Option Contract

This is a type of contract that protects an investor from the seller’s ability to revoke the contract before an agreed upon time for a specified amount. An example of such an option is an investor (an offeree) More...

By Marcus Holland On Friday, March 29th, 2013
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Plain Vanilla Option

A plain vanilla option is the simplest type of a basic option that is traded on an exchange, with no extra contract restrictions or features involved. They are the opposite of exotic options, which are more complex More...

By Marcus Holland On Friday, March 29th, 2013
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Binary Option

Usually a European style option, a binary option has only two outcomes: where the payoff is either some fixed amount of some asset or nothing at all. Two versions of this include the cash-or-nothing, which pays More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, March 25th, 2013
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How to choose the right time frame

Binary options can be traded across a multitude of time frames and in a similar way to forex or any other trading. Choosing the right timeframe is as much a personal choice as it is a pragmatic one with some traders More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, March 25th, 2013
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Good ETFs Protect Against Bad Weather in Alternative Energy Investing

China is enduring its coldest winter in decades.  That should chill those investing in the alternative energy sector as sunny, temperate weather is its ally.  With individual stocks falling like the thermostat More...

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By Marcus Holland On Monday, March 25th, 2013
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Is Germany Preparing for a Currency War?

Quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States has put every other central bank in the world in a position of having to counter punch.  No other central bank has the financial resources to More...

By Marcus Holland On Thursday, March 21st, 2013
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£5000 Intertrader Spread Betting and CFD Trading Offer

Intertrader leads the way in the field of spread betting and CFDs thanks to its tight spreads, monthly spread cash-back and broad range of markets.  Claim up to £5000 free when you open an account today.   When More...

By Marcus Holland On Thursday, March 21st, 2013
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Which Alternative Energy Stocks will Shine from Extreme Weather?

Scientists have long claimed that climate change can result in extreme weather conditions, ranging from hurricanes to droughts.  A recent study on climate change from the National Climate Assessment and Development More...

By Marcus Holland On Saturday, March 16th, 2013
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USD/JPY Overview

Here is an interesting question, would you loan money to anyone for 10-year for less than half of 1% per year.  Sound ridiculous, but it’s the case in Japan as of Thursday.  The 10-year JGB has climbed in price More...

By Marcus Holland On Thursday, March 14th, 2013
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Euro Tests Support – Further falls likely

The EUR/USD was on the defensive for most of Wednesdays trading session as interest rate differentials moved in the dollars favour.  The currency pair tested support levels near and upward sloping trend line that More...