Options Trading

Tips Every Forex Trader Must Know

By Learning Markets
More than $3 trillion in foreign currencies trade back and forth every day in Forex. Forex stands for the FOReign EXchange—the financial exchange on which governments, banks, international corporations, hedge funds and individual investors exchange foreign currencies

How to Manage a Double Diagonal Spread

By Mark Wolfinger
Risk management is key if your trade starts to move against you.

Profit From the Timid Consumer

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
With consumer confidence falling, the ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods ETF (NYSE: SZK) should make for a good trade.

A Cheap Bet on XOM Could Pay Out Big

By Jon Ogg
You can speculate on XOM for less than it costs to fill up your gas tank.

Full Service Brokers May Be Helpful – But May Also Be Overpriced

By InvestorPlace Staff
Increasingly, discount brokers are offering many of the same services as the full service guys, and they’re doing it without the high fees or the pushy sales pitches.

The Best Semi Stock for Your Buck

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) is the cheapest large-cap stock in its industry.

Get in the Game With ERTS Puts

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors
If history repeats itself, Electronic Arts should suffer after earnings.

4 Option Trades for the Dog Days of Summer

By OptionsZone Experts
Take your mind off the sweltering heat with these option trading picks.

Grab a Slice of CPKI Action

By Jon Ogg
A buyout of California Pizza Kitchen may reward speculative option traders.

Ride the Gravy Train With NSC

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Treat any weakness in railroad company Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) as a buying opportunity.

The Truth About Online Broker Commissions

By InvestorPlace Staff
It's natural to compare online brokers based on their commissions. After all, the whole discount brokerage industry was founded on the principal of lower commissions. But as the number of online brokers has grown, so too has the complexity of pricing.

SFL Should Float Your Boat

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
This high-yielding shipping company is breaking out.

Fear and Loathing in the VIX

By Adam Warner
Fear is excessive and overpriced here, but not entirely unwarranted.

What Makes the Latest VIX Product Different

By Adam Warner
Most VIX products have a fatal flaw that makes long-term holding dangerous, but the new inverse VIX ETN may be different.

Trucker CHRW Could Make Traders Quite a Haul

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors
Active but low-profile C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) is geared up for a big earnings move Tuesday.

Trading Options for More Upside in FedEx and UPS

By Jon Ogg
FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) is continuing the upward trend that was started last week by United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) with strong guidance ahead. Guidance was moved above consensus targets, and the old high-end is now expected to be the base guidance for FDX.

How to Compare and Choose Online Stock Brokers

By InvestorPlace Staff
No fee stock trades and zero commission trades are purported features of online stock brokers. It sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? After all, comparing online stock brokers always seems to produce more questions than answers.

Can Your Online Broker Do THIS?

By InvestorPlace Staff
Think your online stock broker is just an order-taker? Think again. When you compare online stock broker features, equity investors can often find big differences.

Are You Covered Against Online Stock Broker Failure?

By John Jagerson, Editor, Strategic Trader
Recently the FDIC, in conjunction with marketing-maven Suze Orman, launched a PR website to help bank depositors understand what accounts and amounts are covered by the FDIC and what aren't.
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