Review of Spread Trading
Sunday May 31, 2009
Spread Trading is the new trading book from Greg Jensen and Wiley Trading. The book is about options trading and spread trading (a form of options trading), and provides information ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Saturday May 30, 2009
There are several news releases from each region (the US, Europe, and Asia) this week. The US has nine high volatility news releases, while Europe has eight high volatility news ... Read More
News Releases and Volatility
Wednesday May 27, 2009
Yesterday morning, I wrote an article about trading during news releases. The article is a discussion of the unexpected volatility that news releases can cause, and whether traders (especially day ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Monday May 25, 2009
There are only a few news releases from the US this week, but several news releases from Europe and Asia. The US has six high volatility news releases, while Europe ... Read More
VIX and VDAX
Monday May 25, 2009
The VIX is the volatility index for the S&P 500 stock index, and the VDAX is the volatility index for the DAX stock index. These volatility indicies are primarily used ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Monday May 18, 2009
There are only a few news releases from the US this week, but several news releases from Europe and Asia. The US and Asia have four high volatility news releases, ... Read More
Advice for Trading a Small Account
Sunday May 17, 2009
Under capitalization (i.e. a small trading account that only just covers its required margin) can be one of the biggest problems that new traders face. However, with the right risk ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Sunday May 10, 2009
There are several news releases from each region this week (US, Europe, and Asia). The US has seven high volatility news releases, while Europe has six high volatility news releases, ... Read More
Sell in May, and ... (Part 2)
Wednesday May 6, 2009
Earlier today, I posted a blog entry titled "Sell in May, and ...", in which I suggested that traders consider going short this Summer instead of being flat. Unfortunately, I ... Read More
Sell In May, and ...
Wednesday May 6, 2009
One of the most well known trading related sayings is "Sell in May, and go away". The idea behind this saying is that stock indicies (and individual stocks) tend to ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Sunday May 3, 2009
There are several news releases from each region this week (US, Europe, and Asia). The US has nine high volatility news releases, while Europe has eight high volatility news releases, ... Read More