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Investing and Trading: Futures Options – Components of Price

Published on August 13, 2011 By admin

My Daily Blog is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com So, I had that series regarding Futures, and Commodity Futures. What about options on Futures? I’ve been discussing that. Ok, yesterday, we discussed why options are valuable. We talked about two types of options. Put options and Call options. Now let’s talk about what goes into pricing an option …NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research.

Investing and Trading: Introduction to Futures Options

Published on August 12, 2011 By admin

My Daily Blog is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com So, I had that series regarding Futures, and Commodity Futures. What about options on Futures? I’m going to begin discussing that.NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research.

Investing and Trading: Futures Options – Vega and Rho

Published on August 11, 2011 By admin

The Blog Entry that Accompanies this Vlog is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com My Daily Blog is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com So, I had that series regarding Futures, and Commodity Futures. What about options on Futures? I’ve been discussing that. Ok. We’ve gone through the Futures, and had a whole series on Commodity Futures. We discussed why options are valuable. We discussed what is meant by the term “Put” option, and “Call” option. We discussed the five components of pricing with the Black – Scholes model. We discussed the first few components of an options value, in the delta, gamma and theta. Now, let’s turn to the aspect of volatility and interest rates in the form of vega and rho.NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research.

Investing and Trading: Futures Options- Strategies

Published on August 9, 2011 By admin

The Blog Entry that Accompanies this Entry is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com My Daily Blog is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com So, I had that series regarding Futures, and Commodity Futures. What about options on Futures? I’ve been discussing that. Ok. We’ve gone through the Futures, and had a whole series on Commodity Futures. We discussed why options are valuable. We discussed what is meant by the term “Put” option, and “Call” option. We discussed the five components of pricing with the Black – Scholes model. I will finish up by talking about Futures Options Strategies …NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research.
Video Rating: 3 / 5

Investing and Trading: Futures Options – Theta or Time Decay

Published on August 9, 2011 By admin

My Daily Blog is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com So, I had that series regarding Futures, and Commodity Futures. What about options on Futures? I’ve been discussing that. Ok. We’ve gone through the Futures, and had a whole series on Commodity Futures. We discussed why options are valuable. We discussed what is meant by the term “Put” option, and “Call” option. We discussed the five components of pricing with the Black – Scholes model. We discussed the first two components of an options value, in the delta and the gamma. Now, let’s turn to the aspect of time, or ‘theta’.NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research.
Video Rating: 3 / 5