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Using options strategies to trade sideways

Matt Baker 17 Apr, 2009

After most bear markets, we usually see a period of the market trending sideways. But what does ‘sideways’ really mean? A sideways market is one that goes neither strongly up nor down, but just drifts along more or less in a channel. There are however periods within the channel where the market goes up or down strongly, but when you average out the gains and losses over a period of time, perhaps a couple of months, the market hasn’t made or lost much ground.

How Sold Are We?

Jordan Craw 17 Apr, 2009

In my previous article A Standard Rally from Trading Tutors Newsletter Issue #303, we discussed the current rally in terms of the largest previous rally during this bear market. In this article we are going to look at the lows made over the past 12 months in comparison to significant lows in history.

Metals getting carried away?

Tom Scollon 17 Apr, 2009

Everything is rosy in the garden and that is nice. But my cautious head has been asking are markets getting a little carried away? You see, economically things will get a lot worse before they get better and what the punters are banking on is that this is the beginning of the new world.

The Greeks and Their Mystery Unveiled! - Part 13

Matt Baker 9 Apr, 2009

Welcome to part 13 of my series on the Greeks. In last weeks article we started looking at managing the Greeks on the level of the whole portfolio, rather than just in individual trades. We will do this by assessing some trades on the SPY (S&P500), AAPL (Apple Computers) and GOOG (Google). We will use real Greek values in the study, but for simplicity will round each one to the nearest whole number.

Gold a bright spot

Tom Scollon 9 Apr, 2009

All markets will ultimately recover but how and when we cannot say with great confidence at this point.

The Greeks And Their Mystery Unveiled! - Part 12

Matt Baker 2 Apr, 2009

Welcome to Part 12 of my series on the Greeks. In this article and the one following we are going to focus again on choosing your Greeks but this time on the level of the whole portfolio, rather than just in individual trades.

Money Management as Your Trading Account Grows

Mathew Barnes 2 Apr, 2009

One of the reasons that traders tend to overtrade is that they are trying to make too much money, too quickly, with a trading account that is too small.

Long Term Investing Dead?

Andrew Page 2 Apr, 2009

A lot of comparisons have been made between the current Global Financial Crisis and the great depression, and indeed there are many similarities. Unfortunately though, such comparisons seem to provide little scope for optimism, especially for the longer term investor.

And what if I am wrong?

Tom Scollon 2 Apr, 2009

Dare I contemplate that thought for a moment? But it has happened before and it could happen again.

Complaining

Sinan Koray 27 Mar, 2009

What is the purpose of a complaint? You expected someone or a company to deliver some product or service and they either didn’t deliver or did not deliver it in the way you expected them. So you complain. What happens next?

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