With TD Ameritrade offering an expanded list of ETFs available for overnight trading, investors can react to tariff-related and other overseas news as it happens.
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We're always thinking about where traders go wrong, mistakes made, and other negatives. Let’s take a few minutes to focus on the positives.
Price patterns are another common tool for identifying entry and exit signals. However, much of this technique is similar to support and resistance.
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Pairs trading can be risky without a proper understanding of the financial markets. Learn how to apply a pairs trading strategy effectively in this guide.
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The global foreign exchange (FX) market is deep, liquid, and traded virtually around the clock. If you’re an option trader in search of a new asset class to trade, consider options on currency futures.
Once you've learned the foundational option spreads—verticals and calendars—and what makes them tick, the next step is knowing when to use them.
When trading options you will need to consider price, time, and volatility at the same time. That means understanding the interplay of a few options greeks and how they play off one another.
You have a losing trade but don’t want to sell. Learn about rolling a losing call option and other strategies to save a losing trade.
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Should you be active during the first hour of the trading day? Or might it be better to wait for a calmer period? The answer may depend on a few factors.
Learn how the Risk Profile tool in the thinkorswim platform can help options traders visualize different scenarios and make trading decisions a little simpler.
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Trading a stock around earnings day isn’t always simple. There tends to be volatility risk. It also helps to really know the company’s fundamentals. Read this article to learn how to trade during earnings season.
When trading options on futures contracts, you need to understand what you are trading. Know the contract specifications, know how the futures options are priced, and the differences in expiration between the futures and options.
Our chief market strategist breaks down the day's top business stories and offers insight on how they might impact your trading and investing.
With an understanding of terms and definitions involved in synthetic options, how do traders begin applying synthetic options in the most efficient way?
The six-year-old rally has produced monster stocks. How do you get involved when the altitude makes your stomach quiver? Ratio spreads might be the answer.
Basis trading is a third dimension open to aspiring futures traders to trade without speculating on direction, working with the gamut of futures products.
We know stocks move up and down. But much of the time, they're range-bound. The calendar spread takes advantage of that at a fraction of the stock price.
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