Summer is fast approaching and traders know what that means...lower volatility. Markets slow during the summer, why is that? Institutional investors leave their desks and stop moving large volume. That is why the iron condor [...]
VXX Options... or VXXB? The VXX was a popular short term volatility Exchange Traded Note (ETN), a debt asset, meaning that it had a maturity. The note matured after 10 years of trading. The options [...]
Gold Trader: A swing trader or a day trader? Gold as an asset has been traded since the beginning of time, its less of a monetary exchange asset in present day but it's still considered [...]
Gamma Hedging The first think that a trader would think of when "hedging" is mentioned is limiting risk exposure. That is exactly what Gamma hedging eludes to, a strategy used to mitigate or even eliminate [...]
Is the need for capital stopping you from chasing your trading dreams? Do you believe that you need tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands to trade in the stock market? If you said yes [...]
What is swing trading and what are options? Lets begin with the basics, swing trading involves being active in financial markets on a shorter term to medium term basis. Often a swing trader is in [...]
Trading the Russell 2000 ETF-IWM The Russell 2000 is composed of 2000 small cap stocks, while the Russell 2000 ETF (ticker: IWM) tracks the index's performance. Rather than owning 2000 of the small cap stocks [...]
Options Gamma Trading Introduction Options gamma is all about showing you the rate of change of the options delta. Therefore, it is the rate of change of the rate of change. I will explain what [...]
You have likely heard about options trading before and "the Greeks". Today I will be telling you all about options delta and how to apply it to your trading strategy. Using options delta during the [...]
Swing Trading vs Day Trading: Which is better for you? A common question people getting into the trading world have is: should I day trade or should I swing trade? That is why TRADEPRO Academy [...]
