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How To Trade Straddles Successfully In Earning Seasons

A long straddle is a popular options strategy used by traders during earning seasons. While it is easy to construct this strategy, it is difficult to make money if a trade does not think out of the box. In this article, I will provide you with 3 useful tips to improve you chance of success in trading this strategy for earnings play.

Is It True That 80% of All Options Expire Worthless?

Over the years, I have been hearing this statement – statistics show that 80% of all options expire worthless and therefore, options sellers have a better edge to make money from options trading. Is this true? In this article, I will use an example to demystify this myth.

2 Well Known Ways to Beat the Stock Market – And the Unusual Method Everyone Missed

There really are ways to beat the stock market and value investing and small caps are two of them. Warren Buffett is a value investor. This article shows you the basics of these two profitable methods of trading.

The Benefits of Stock Market Discussion Forums

Just as many people have become millionaires trading the stock market as have lost all their hard earned money. As tempting as it may be to trade the market, those doing so should try and make use of all the available tools so as to increase their chances of profit rather than loss.

Common Mistakes That People Make While Investing in the Stock Market

Investing in the stock market can bring riches to anyone. But at the same time, it can destroy your investment capital within no time. However, this will only happen if you do not know anything about investing in stocks.

Types of Stocks to Invest In

When it comes to investing your cash in the stock market it all comes down to what you truly want to get out of your investment. Having said that here is a list of the different kinds of stocks you can invest in and what advantages and disadvantages each if the different kinds of stocks have.

Companies Raise Money Through Stocks

Every business or company looking to expand their operations is going to need a lot of on hand cash to do so and that’s why the stock market truly exists. These companies often turn to the market place offer up shares of their company to investors in order to grow, buy new equipment and many other ventures which need funding. Having said that there are two basic ways these companies can come up with the cash needed, dept.

Forecasting the Stock Market – A Glimmer of Hope to What Is Thought to Be Impossible

Although forecasting the future performance of the stock market, and the related securities which comprise the major stock exchanges. i.e. Blue chips, Penny stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds etc., is extremely difficult, we do want to attempt to provide some optimism that it is possible to predict the future return the market will provide. In the early 1980’s several serious scholars were predicting that as the rate of inflation come down the markets would do extraordinarily well.

3 Key Steps To Make Money Trading Stocks in the Stock Market

We feel the first key question that needs to be asked is how to save enough capital so the investor has enough capital or money to invest that money into the stock market and trading stocks in the stock market. Whether it be buying stocks, mutual funds or ETFs, they first step is to save enough money so that you can obtain a meaningful return on your investments within the stock market. The first key step in answering the question of how to save, is living within your means and putting some…

Plunging Commodity Prices Are Ominous For Stock Market!

Many analysts believe commodity price declines are a positive for the economy and the stock market on the theory that consumers will have more spending money in their pockets, and businesses will have lower costs, so hopefully higher earnings. Unfortunately, history does not support that optimism.