Post Earnings Trade in FedEx

While many of us would like to not think too much about how much money controls the world, it certainly is a primary motivator for most people in life. Whether you earn to pay the bills or work to succeed in a career you’re passionate about, money is something that can help greatly in making your life more comfortable and enjoyable.

By Kim, March 25

Gamma scalping is a sophisticated options trading strategy primarily employed by institutions and hedge funds for managing portfolio risk and large positions in equities and futures. As a complex technique, it is particularly suitable for experienced traders seeking to capitalize on market movements, whether up or down, as they occur in real-time.

By Chris Young, February 21

It’s one of the golden rules of stock trading: ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket’. More formally known as ‘diversification’. By spreading your funds among several stocks, you help spread the risk. But is stock market success really as simple as that? As with many things in life, the devil is in the details.

By Kim, February 5

In options trading, the focus should not be on predicting the exact closing price of a ticker on a given date - a near-impossible task given the pseudo-random nature of markets. Instead, we aim to estimate probabilities: the likelihood of a ticker being above a specific value at a certain point in time. This perspective turns trading into a probabilistic exercise, leveraging historical data to make informed decisions.

By Romuald, January 5

2024 marks our 13th year as a public trading service. We closed 136 winners out of 187 trades (72.7% winning ratio). Our model portfolio produced 116.7% compounded gain on the whole account based on 10% allocation per trade. We had only one losing month (of 0.6% loss) in 2024. 

By Kim, January 5

There are thought to be 20,000 cryptocurrencies currently in existence. While a lot of these are inactive or discontinued, a lot of them are still being traded on a daily basis. But just which cryptocurrencies are most popular? This post takes a look at the top 7 most traded cryptocurrencies.

By Kim, November 29, 2024

In options trading, a long call and short put both represent a bullish market outlook. But the way these positions express that view manifests very differently, both in terms of where you want the market to go and how your P&L changes over the life of the trade.

By Pat Crawley, November 23, 2024

In the world of options trading, one of the greatest challenges is determining future price ranges with enough accuracy to structure profitable trades. One method traders can leverage to enhance these predictions is Monte Carlo simulations, a powerful statistical tool that allows for the projection of a stock or ETF's future price distribution based on historical data.

By Romuald, October 22, 2024

Delta hedging is an investing strategy that combines the purchase or sale of an option as well as an offsetting transaction in the underlying asset to reduce the risk of a directional move in the price of the option. When a position is delta-neutral, it will not rise or fall in value when the value of the underlying asset stays within certain bounds. 

By Kim, October 18, 2024

Any trader looking to build reliable long-term wealth is best off avoiding cryptocurrency. At least, this is a message that the experts have been touting since crypto entered the trading sphere and, in many ways, they aren’t wrong. The volatile nature of cryptocurrencies alone places them very much in the red danger zone of high-risk investments.

By Kim, October 15, 2024