Stock Option Trading – An Overview

Stock options are options which have stocks as the underlying instrument. Like all options, stock options will have a strike price, the price in which the underlying stocks can be purchased (call option) or sold (put option).

The trading of stock options through exchanges started in 1970’s and became popular in 1980’s. But the market losses of 1990 have caused a halt in stock option trades. Recently the introduction of electronic stock option methods resulted in re-introduction of options to public.

Online stock options trading are comparatively safer to other online trading types. But the initial capital investment needed is often some what higher than others. The major risk involved in stock option trading is you are obligated to trade in the strike price. That is if you want to buy the underlying stocks you have to do it on the strike price even if the actual market stock price is lesser than that. In same way you have to sell a stock at strike price even if the actual stock market price is far higher.

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Tips for Long Term Investing

Long term investing or position trading differ greatly from day trading or swing trading. Long term investors trading stocks must follow different trading strategies than others. Here are some tips for being a successful long term investor.

1. Select the investing field. Look on newsletters and economic predictions to find our one or two field having good predicted growth.
2. Research and know more about the company or currency which you want to invest.
3. Make sure that the company stocks or currency have a good market history.
4. One safe plan is to invest in blue chip like companies, which provides comparatively good returns, and are always growing.
5. Never trade stocks when the price is high. In fact a long term investor must have patience to buy his favorite stocks at lower prices, often in market crashes.
6. Never pay exaggerated attention to short term trends in your stocks.

All long term investors must design and follow a strict investing strategy. Keeping your touch with the industry, not the stock market, as it is the best way to predict the future of stocks you hold.

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Weekly Market Letter January 29, 2007

The Week Ahead: Although the Fed is expected to hold interest rates steady this Wednesday, chances are increasing that the next move will be to raise rates do to recent inflation risks from the economy. The Fed will conte mplate data from Tuesday's consumer confidence index for January, the 4th quarter GDP report, and employment cost index due out Wednesday. In addition, look for construction spending numbers for December. Thursday has personal income and spending numbers as well as January's auto sales. Finally, the week closes with December factory orders and the all important January employment report.

Stocks to Watch: The market will closely examine earnings reports from bell weather companies. Proctor & Gamble (PG) numbers will be influenced strongly by its Gillette subsidiary. 3M (MMM) earnings are exposed to the flat panel TV market. Altria (MO) will report numbers and update on possible spin-offs. Boeing (BA) revenues are seen to be up 16% as its stock is near a 52 week high. Technology driven Google (GOOG) will be closely watched to see if it beats the $2.92 earnings estimate. Also watch Verizon (VZ) and Exxon Mobile (XOM) to impact their respective industries.

Special Note: The current market stretch is now the second longest period in the last 75 years without a 10% correction and is 30% longer than the average bull market duration. One interesting fact about February as it begins this week, it is the only month out of the 12 that has not marked a top in the DOW or S&P 500 in any given year since 1966. To protect against this possibility, one strategy might be to raise cash, buy defensive stocks, and be very selective with long or short positions.


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Popular Online Forex Trading Strategies

Any thing that can provide high profit can also result in huge loss. Online Currency Trading can certainly be considered one of those things. Compared to equity trading or commodity trading, online forex trading provides much more adaptability and flexibility, but you must follow certain trading strategies to be get profited.

One of the favorite online forex trading strategies is leverage, this strategy allows traders to trade with more funds than are deposited. Most online forex trading companies offers a leverage up to 100:1, while some large forex brokerage firms like NobleTrading provide up to 400:1 leverage. Increased leverage will help you in making higher transactions easier.

One another important forex trading strategy is the stop loss order. This strategy will help you to cease all trading deals at a predetermined point. This helps you in minimizing your loss. Automatic entry order is one another useful strategy. This strategy allows the web trader to automatically enter to online forex trading at a predetermined point. This helps you to invest when the price are right.

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Stock Market Day Trading at Home (Continued)

Direct access trading brokers are traditional web based brokers who allows online day traders to place their orders directly in to major stock markets. These brokers have real-time contacts with NYSE specialists, various ECNs, and market markers. Direct access trading brokers offer ‘real-time streaming stock quotes’- ie, instant confirmations to your trades.

The last basic requirement day trading software, requires special attention. These systems can be brought separately or can be downloaded from a direct access stock broker upon a contract. All stock day trading systems must have the ability to provide real-time data like market news, stock quotes, ticker, market depth and indices, Nasdaq level 2, stock charts and alerts.

The direct access trading broker can charge a monthly fee for using the software, depending on your trading plan and trading volume. Most brokers charge additional fee for accessing real-time data as a separate subscription fee.

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Stock Market Day Trading at Home

Toady many day traders, especially beginners, want to access stock markets and to execute trades from their home. The 4 basic requirements for day trading stocks at home are a computer, internet connection, online trading account and a stock trading software,.

A computer with Windows XP or higher operating system, 100 GB hard-disk space, 1GHZ or higher processing speed and 1024 MB or higher RAM will be quite enough for active day trading. The internet access must be DSL phone line connection or a cable modem connection. Never use a dial-up connection, as it is too slow for an active day trader and in day trading time is money.

Online trading accounts can be of two types as those provided by internet based brokers and those provided by direct access trading brokers. Online order execution through internet based brokers is the most widely practiced form, commission rates may be cheaper than direct access brokers but the process is slow as it involves time to review, execute and confirm the orders. Some internet based brokers also re-direct orders to another brokers or ECNs (Electronic Communication Networks), resulting in further delay. (Continue in Next Blog)

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Weekly Market Letter January 22, 2007

The Week Ahead: The market is beginning to struggle with earnings reports from big name companies led primarily from technology related companies. More numbers from a broad list of stocks are due this week as well. Watch Monday as the leading economic indicators for December from the Conference Board are out. Tuesday night the State of the Union address by the President is delivered. Wednesday, government reports on energy supplies are released while Thursday brings the December existing home sales figures.

Stocks to Watch: Company earnings to focus on include the DOW stocks of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), McDonald's (MCD), AT&T (T ), and Caterpillar (CAT), also technology related stocks like Texas Instruments (TXN), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo (YHOO), and (EBAY). Of these JNJ and MCD appear to have the healthiest trends. On a down note, Coldwater Creek (CWTR) lowered earnings guidance as the stock nears oversold levels and on the upside Schlumberger (SLB) beat estimates and received a strong buy from Standard & Poors.

Special Note: The volatility index (VIX) continues its trading pattern swinging several points at a time and still represents an opportunity to hedge by using call options. Its historic low levels represents some of the most complacent times seen in two decades. On the other hand corporate insiders are anything but complacent as they are now selling their own shares more furiously than at any time in the last decade. Some sell/buy ratios are at there highest levels since 1987.


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Advantage of Currency Trading over Other Forms

With a short period of time Online Forex Currency Trading has became the most profitable only trading field with a daily turnover of $1.5 trillion. Online forex currency trading creates a perfect chance to earn swift profit.

One benefit of forex currency over stock market trading can be - stocks trades rely on a variety of factors which control the time to buy and sell them, but with forex currency you can buy or sell them when ever you want, where ever you want. Online Futures trading require exchange fees and commission fees, where forex currency trading is devoid of both of them. Investing in properties may be profitable, but it is a slow process of profit making, you are bound to the property you buy, and a great amount of investment is needed.

Although Savings Accounts and CD’s can provide safety for your deposits, but provides very small returns as interest. Annuities can offer profits after long-term but will result in great losses at some disastrous times. Forex trading offers more flexibility. You can trade 27/7 at the amount you wish and can hold or sell as you wish. May be because of all these facts that many investors, mostly independent traders, choose forex trading over other trading fields.

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What is Penny Stock Trading

Usually we call all stocks trading outside major stocks like NASDAQ and NYSE as penny stocks. By definition penny stocks are low priced shares from small companies.

Penny stock trades are done over-the-counter, like OTCBB and Pink Sheet markets. Finding listing in these exchanges is easier for companies than listing in major stock exchanges. Penny stock market is a highly volatile market and the shares are traded infrequently. It may be difficult to sell the penny shares once you own them. And due to the lack of liquidity penny stock prices can go up or down very soon. These are the reasons why Securities and Exchange commission warns against penny stock trading.

On the other side, because of its uncertainty penny stocks trading can provide you great profits. It is possible to multiply your investment to several times just in days. Many beginners because of the low price of stocks and high profit making chances choose penny stock trading. But because of the high amount of risk involved it may be difficult for them to find a good online broker providing online penny stock trading service and software.

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OTCBB Stocks Trading – Is really safe?

OTCBB (Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board) is a regulated electronic quotation service by NASD (National Association of Securities Dealers) established solely for differentiate quality OTC shares from smaller shares, commonly called Penny Stocks.

OTCBB imparts no listing requirements which are commonly imparted by major stock exchanges for listing companies. This provided all minor to fake companies access to the open market. In earlier days it is common that most companies de-listed from major stock exchanges find listing in OTCBB market quite easily. Buy with the implementation of new rules this scenario is quite diminished. Today OTC Bulleting Board supports only fully reporting companies; which transformed the market into a safer side.

The recent introduction of OTCBB and pink sheet trading systems to the market by major stock brokers like NobleTrading, provided penny stock traders a chance to view historical as well as intraday charts of OTCBB stocks, which help them to find out the right stocks for trading.

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Types of Futures Trading Contracts

There are mainly two types of futures trading contracts. They are futures contracts which are traded for physical delivery, known as commodities and futures contract which are end with a cash settlement, known as financial instruments. Both types of futures contracts are traded electronically and directly.

Futures contracts which are traded for physical delivery includes agricultural commodities like wheat, oats, sugar etc, energy products like crude oil, heating oil, natural gas etc, or animals. Note that very commodity futures contracts actually end in delivery. Often these contracts are traded just like shares of a stock market, according to the changes in price trends. Online futures traders include both speculators and hedgers.

Futures contracts which are traded for cash settlement involve treasury notes, bonds, etc. These futures are also known as currency futures and are often traded just like commodity futures though electronic platforms.
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NobleTrading Weekly Market Letter 01-16-2007

The Week Ahead: An upside surprise in consumer spending has the likelihood of a near term interest rate cut reduced. Watch Wednesday as December's PPI, industrial production, and capacity utilization provide further evidence to this matter. Also, Thursday has an important December CPI report due as well as housing starts and the jobless claims numbers. Finally as the week ends the University of Michigan consumer sentiment report for January is released.

Stocks to Watch: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) warned of a profit and revenue shortfall due to falling prices and was also downgraded. Look for an oversold bounce near 16. Terra Nitrogen (TNH) which sells fertilzer is benefiting from higher than expected corn production according to a USDA report. Other fertilizer stocks to watch are AGU, CF, MOS, and POT. Look for key earnings reports from Apple (AAPL), Citigroup (C ), Intel (INTC), JP Morgan (JPM, and Merrill Lynch (MER) during this week.

Special Note: The multi-month run to new all time highs in the Dow Industrials continues unconfirmed by the S&P 500 and NASDAQ. The long term sentiment figures as evidenced by the Investors Intelligence advisory sentiment survey shows an unprecedented 221 straight weeks of more bulls than bears. This 4 year string of unbroken bullish posturing by advisors acts as a huge contrary indicator for the market as a whole. In addition, 12 out of 12 strategists at the largest Wall Street firms are bullish for 07'. A defensive strategy now seems prudent.

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Forex Currency Trading History

Online forex currency trading is a complicated and highly vast trading field which was started in 1970’s. The free exchange rates and floating currencies helped forex market to get established fast.

In early 1980’s, as the movement of currencies across boarders increased, the forex market became more flexible. The introduction of internet and automated programs made currency trading possible at any time any where you want. The first to notice the importance of global currency market was large banks, which formed dealing rooms for exchange of dollars, pounds and yens. Today aside from banks, a lot of online forex currency brokerage firms provide currency trading softwares for online traders interested in forex markets.

Even today, London keeps the position of world’s biggest forex currency trading market. The global forex market now trade nearly $1.9 trillion per day. Contrasting to the past, today most nations do not have any significant control over their currency rates on forex markets and it is often global changes, not government laws that control the forex market.

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Various types of Online Futures Traders

Online futures traders can be broadly divided into two large groups as Hedgers and Speculators according to the trading style they follow.

Hedgers are online futures traders trading for price certainty. They are simply like companies, who issues stocks to markets. They trade futures contracts of their products, either directly produced by them or possessed by them, in fear of loss at the actual selling time. Hedgers include both commodity futures traders – who trade agricultural or energy products or metals and financial futures traders - who trade currencies, stocks, bonds, treasury notes etc.

Speculators are the actual futures traders who buy and sell futures contracts for profits either by floor trading or electronic trading. They can be categorized to many groups like day traders, swing traders, position traders, arbitragers etc. Day traders trade actively according to small price changes with in a day while position traders trade with long-term trends. Arbitrages are traders who trade same futures contracts at different futures markets, with small changes in price rate. That is why arbitrages are mainly responsible for the price stability of futures contracts.

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Options Trading Facts

As discussed earlier, options trading are the trading of rights. A call option is a contract which gives the holder the right, not obligation, to buy a stock or contract at a certain prize at a specific time. A put option is a contract which gives the holder the right to sell a share/contract at specific price at a specific time period.

Traditionally options quotes are done in per share but sold in lots of 100 shares. All options are coded according to its underlying security (name or the stock/contract), expiration date and type of option (call/put option). The option expiration date denote the month in which the right expires. All option rights expire on 3rd Friday of the option expiration month, unless the day is a holiday. If Friday is a holiday then the option will expire on Thursday.

The option premium is the price of an option which includes the intrinsic value of the option and its time value. The time value, also known as extrinsic value is the amount which buyers are ready to pay for that option. One major thing to affect the option value is the time remaining; as time expires the option value also declines.

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Online Forex Currency Trading Tips

Online forex currency trading is a high risk field with high competition. For being a successful currency trader you must prepare your mind with right strategies.

Here are some tips for gaining profit from currency trading,

• Choose your currency pairs only after proper study. Learn more about the history of the currencies and the economic history and strength of the nation.
• Stick to the fundamentals, purchase currencies when you sense the price is low and sell when you sense it is high.
• Trade with a mainstream currency trading company - direct access companies are the best - that offers you most benefits in terms of stop loss order, leverage and automatic order entry.
• Use sophisticated currency trading softwares which provide real-time forex news, currency charting, dealer-to-client communication and multiple order-entry methods.
• Try to guess the near future of your currency pairs using news and economic reports. This can be difficult but not impossible.
• Never trade in fear of loss, even the greatest forex traders have to face losses in his trade, but what make them different is their ability to keep their minds open.

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NobleTrading Weekly Market Letter January 8, 2007

he Week Ahead: The stronger than expected employment report now has many thinking that an interest rate cut is less inclined to happen any time soon, but with GDP growth in the 2% range slower job growth is expected ahead. Monday, President Bush meets with EU President Barroso. Wednesday, November's trade deficit and wholesale numbers are released as well as the weekly crude oil and gasoline inventories. Friday brings retail sales and import prices for December and the November business inventories.

Stocks to Watch: Dow stock Alcoa (AA) reports earnings on Tuesday. The stock has been under pressure lately and could find support near 28 before a rebound. Weaker than expected earnings at Motorola (MOT) has this stock reeling, but traders can look for a near-term bounce. Nokia (NOK) was down in sympathy and looks more vulnerable to the downside. Global Payments (GPN) suffered a large price decline when it did not beat an earnings estimate for the first time in 6 quarters.

Special Note: The recent gyrations in the major indexes can be explained as a classic tug-of-war between new money being put to work and overdue selling from last year to delay capital gains to the new year. Regardless, volatility is on the rebound and should be more the norm going forward. Look for January as a whole to be a potential barometer for the 2007 trading year. Continue to hedge positions and diversify into multiple sectors.

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Types of Short-Term Trading

Short-term trading is defined as the buying and selling of a product, like stocks, options, futures or forex, with in one year. By this definition the almost all online traders comes under the category short-term traders. Short-term trading can classified in to 3 major types as

• Day Trading – The trades buy and sell shares/contracts in same day as he/she will not have any liability after the market closes. This is the most active type of trading and usually the traders completes on trade with in seconds or minutes for very small capital gain per contract/share. Day trading is of two styles:
  
• Scalpers – Traders who trade large amount of shares with in seconds for very small capital gain.
  
• Momentum traders – Traders trading according to trends with in a day. Slow process compared to first one.
• Swing Trading – Like day trading, but the process of buying to selling may involve up to 4 days. They are quite willing to take overnight risks by holding the stocks/contracts.
• Position Trading – the time to complete one trade may goes up to days, weeks or months according to the market trends. Position traders have higher gain percentage and higher risks.

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Online Forex Trading – What that mean?

Forex trade or foreign exchange trades are the trading of currencies, usually via forex brokers. Today most of forex trades are done online using advanced forex trading platforms, commonly known as forex trading softwares. It is believed that the daily turn over of overall forex trading market is over 2 trillion dollars. The chief beneficiaries of international forex market are banks, corporations and private investors.


Unlike other online trading fields, forex trading does not have any central exchange or proper physical location. The currency trading involves purchasing of one currency by providing another currency. All trades are done over-the-counter using specific software systems. Forex trades are done in currency pairs like Euro-Dollar (EUR/USD), Yen-Dollar (USD/JPY), US Dollar-Swiss Franc (USD/CHF) etc. All currencies are represented in 3 letter codes. The market is active 24 hours and any trader can trade currencies at any time.


Today there are a handful of direct access forex brokers, who provide assistance in forex trades and forex trading platforms. Many independent organizations also provide advanced softwares. All these softwares use high grade encryption techniques to secure your personal as well as business data.



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Basic Trading Principles - 4. Managing Risks

This is an important principle for beginners. Practicing of this principle sharpens with your experience in trading. Managing of risk is import as it preserves your money for future profits.

The main practices recommended are staying away from highly volatile markets, trading in small volumes, trading cheap stocks/contracts, strictly following stop losses, trading stocks/contracts from diversified fields, paying attention to global trends, political/financial changes, annual/evaluation reports and natural calamities, taking advice from experienced traders etc.

The only thing certain in this universe is all things are uncertain. You must be always ready for face the surprise. Remember in any online trading field days of losses can be overcome by profit of a single day. Being a successful trader is 10% luck and 90% work. The nature only supports who worked hard for their survival.


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Basic Trading Principles - 3. Letting the Profit Run

This is the easiest of 4 principles to understand and follow. Most times a trader does not need any training for practicing this process, as our instincts always follow this principle. The principle tells that you must utilize a profit making opportunity as far as you can.

Most traders are pleased to hold their contracts/shares in a bullish market. But on reaching a certain position they become suspicious about the market trends, and want to quit the trade with the profit they can have. For beginners, giving up the trade when they have profit may be a good strategy, as this will boost up their confidence. But for experienced traders, this may limit them from getting more possible profits.

Successful traders will hold their position for some more time to monitor the actual trends, which can provide them more profit. It is always good to take some risks as far as there is a possibility of higher profit. (next : Minimizing Losses; stay tuned)

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NobleTrading Weekly Market Letter January 3, 2006

The Week Ahead: The new year begins with its shortest trading week and a light economic calendar. Two significant themes for 2007 will be whether the Federal Reserve's next interest rate move is up or down and if S&P companies can reach there expected 10% earnings growth rate. To that end, this week's statistics to watch are Wednesday's November construction spending numbers as well as December's auto sales, Thursday's November factory orders, and Friday's first big economic release of the year, the December employment report, at the opening of trading.

Stocks to Watch: The start of the year is a good time to review what has become a widely watched list of stocks known as the "dogs of the Dow". These DJIA companies are the 10 highest yielding stocks at the end of the previous year and are usually either depressed in price or generally out of favor. As a group they tend to out-perform over the following 12 months but not always. They are: Verizon (VZ), Citigroup (C ), AT&T (T ), Altria Group (MO), Pfizer (PFE), General Motors (GM), Dupont (DD), J.P. Morgan (JPM), General Electric (GE), and Merck (MRK).

Special Note: Watch market momentum follow on the heels of December at least in the very near term, but keep in mind some very distinct topping signals that have thus far been ignored. They include: The Dow Transports non-confirmation of the Dow Industrials new highs, complacency as measured by the Volatility Index (VIX) at or near record lows, Daily Sentiment Index readings at persistently extreme bullish levels, a general decline in volume as the market rises, and near record low cash levels at mutual funds to name a few. Traders and investors should be inclined to lock in profits where warranted and position portfolios with increased cash or short side weighting.


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Basic Trading Principles - 2. Minimizing the Losses

Minimizing the losses simply means getting rid of a trade when market goes against you. It is the simplest principle to understand but the most difficult one to perform.

There is nothing in this universe is certain, in face uncertainty is the only principle responsible for creation of this universe. An online trader, whether stock trader, options trader or futures trader will have to face the time of adversity. A successful online trader will always be ready to accept short losses, and they will actually give up their trade once the price touches stop loss value. Where as some other traders, especially beginners will not accept the loss and will hold the equity opting for profit, often result in greater losses.

The most important practice for minimizing losses is following a strict stop loss routine. Never risk too much amount on a retrieving market. Use advanced systems to monitor the market, always keep your touch with the market and strict to your trading plan. (next : Letting the Profit Run; stay tuned)

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4 Basic Trading Principles

The fundamental requirement for an online trader, except money, is a trading plan, designed according to his requirements and financial status. A well designed trading plan must contain 4 must do trading principles such as Trading with the Trend, Minimizing Losses, Letting the Profit Run and Managing the Risks.

1. Trading with the Trend

An online trader, trading stocks, options, futures, commodities or forex, must trade according to the direction of price movement. The major factor which determines this process is your style of trader. If you are a long term investor, so called position trader, you can follow weekly or monthly trends. On the other hand if you are a short-term trader or day trader you have to follow hourly trend changes.

Today there are many advanced online trading systems which offer excellent historical as well as intraday charting packages available. These systems can help you to pick stock, options or so. Trading with the trend may be little complex principle for beginners to follow, but is the most crucial principle of the four. (next : Minimizing the Losses; stay tuned)

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