What’s up, guys? Start of a new week here, and thankfully because last week was incredibly choppy, really inconsistent, and tough to pull any sort of profit out of the market. And I ended the week relatively flat. Whipsaw action back and forth. I got whipped out of a couple large cap names. They […]
Summer is here and the time where I witnessed some snow falling in Madrid and Barcelona (unique events!) seems way far back than just a few months ago. That’s the great thing about traveling and trading. It doesn’t really matter how long the cold winter lasts because the sun is going to shine again, it’s […]
What’s up everyone, all right, so here we are finishing the morning up $811. This is actually … Gosh, this is the smallest green day of the month. $811 is still a great day. I haven’t lost sight of the fact that five, six years ago, $800 would’ve been like an amazing day. $750, […]
StockTwits is a messaging platform designed for traders to share tips and ideas on specific securities or general stock market news. As an information resource, StockTwits competes with a wide variety of information sources that traders use to guide their decisions, from traditional financial news websites and newsletters to more modern trading apps and alternative […]
What’s up, everyone? All right. Here we are. Today is the 130th trading day of the year, finishing the morning up just under 8,000 dollars. The momentum right now is hot. July feels like a great month. It’s so nice to have big green days in the Summer. Then, be able to go outside […]
An options roll up is the act of closing a position in an option contract while simultaneously opening a new position in the same option with a higher strike price. The opposite of an options roll up is an options roll down, where the existing position is closed at the same time that a new […]
An option is at the money when its strike price is equal to the underlying security’s current market price. At the Money Example Suppose that an investor purchases a call option for the stock of company A with a strike price of $75. If and when the market price of the shares of company A […]
A box spread is an options trading strategy that uses a bull call spread and a bear put spread with the same strike prices to profit from arbitrage. When the available options for the box spread are priced favorably, a day trader can achieve a risk-free profit from the use of the box spread options […]
The hanging man candlestick is a chart pattern used in technical analysis. The hanging man candlestick is used to identify potential downturns in uptrends, as it signals bull exhaustion in fighting a growing bearish sentiment. Hanging Man Candlestick Example The hanging man candlestick gets its name from its appearance as a small body positioned above […]
A yield curve is a chart that plots the relationship between maturity and yield for bonds of equal face value and creditworthiness but different maturity dates. Yield Curves in Financial Theory Generally bonds of otherwise equal face value and creditworthiness with later maturity dates will require a higher yield to compensate for the greater uncertainty […]
