What is Trading Opportunity? Platform that monitors market data matching defined criteria / algorithms and presents them to the users in realtime Black Box = Automated Execution Gray Box = Presented to User for manual execution Algorithm Display Types There are two kinds of algorithm display types; ticker and scoreboard . Ticker With the ticker style, each new event appears at the top of the window and (more…)

Back in August, we reviewed a book called the Complete Idiot?s Guide to Options and Futures and gave it a very high rating as a primer in the regulated derivatives area. I mention this because the new An Investor?s Guide to Trading Options, though not officially from the “Dummies” or the “Idiots” series, does just as good a job offering the basics in the options area as does the Idiot?s Guide, (more…)

There are two types of Options: Calls and Puts. The purchaser of a Call option has the right to go long the commodity at a predetermined price, on or before a specific date. Buying Call options is a bullish strategy, meaning you are speculating that prices will rise. The buyer of a Put option, has the right to go short the commodity at a predetermined price, on or before a specific date. Buying Put options is a bearish strategy, (more…)

An option is a contract between two parties giving the taker (buyer) the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price on or before a predetermined date. To acquire this right the taker pays a premium to the writer (seller) of the contract. For illustrative purposes, the term shares is used throughout this booklet when referring to the underlying securities. When considering options (more…)

Option trading, as we know it, began in 1973. That was the year when Fischer Black and Myron Scholes published their groundbreaking work on how to calculate option premiums and how to trade options. It was also the year that the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) started trading listed options on a small number of stocks. By setting standard strike and expiration dates (always the third Saturday of the month), (more…)

To commence trading select File, New, New Futures Trading Window on the menu tool bar The window shows the default account number. The drop down will display other accounts. Select the account and give the trade window a name. Then press ‘ Create ‘. Your Blank trading window will then appear, by Clicking on the Details>> option at the bottom of the page an Exchange List will be made available. Select the (more…)

Events over recent years have highlighted the volatility and uncertainty that is an inherent feature of today’s financial markets. LIFFE’s extensive range of options strategies not only provides for a wide range of views and enables users to gain leverage, but offers the advantages of execution within a single transaction, enabling competitive spreads and reduced exchange transaction fees. (more…)

Welcome to the GHO-Trader tutorial. This tutorial will help you to understand the basic concepts of the game and to save the universe. The basic idea of the game is to fly around and to buy and sell goods. Earning more and more money you can soon buy a bigger and better ship. After a while you will encounter several quest. Solving quests will increase your fame within the universe and your position (more…)

The purpose of this one-day workshop is to explain how control theoretic tools and associated mathematical concepts can be used in stock and option trading. While introducing the requisite mathematical tools, the speakers will also provide a number of case studies to demonstrate application of various trading algorithms, portfolio balancing techniques and the use of both technical and fundamental analysis. (more…)

Nowadays, many investors’ portfolios include investments such as mutual funds , stocks and bonds . But the variety of securities you have at your disposal does not end there. Another type of security, called an option, presents a world of opportunity to sophisticated investors. The power of options lies in their versatility. They enable you to adapt or adjust your position according to any situation that arises. (more…)