What is a 'Futures Contract'? Futures contracts can be used by hedgers and by those who speculate. Producers or buyers of a commodity of an underlying asset are able to hedge or lock in a price at which the underlying asset can be bought or sold. Retail traders and portfolio managers can position themselves to potential … [Read more...] about Futures Contracts for Speculation and Hedging
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Broker Survey
UPDATE: I added four more brokers and a new section of what do you trade? You can update your survey responses here. It's time for a broker survey to see what brokers people are using. Give us your feedback at https://aeromir.com/brokersurvey The survey is also used to filter out time-sensitive information that we may receive … [Read more...] about Broker Survey
Stock Market Versus the Bond Market – Key Differences
There are numerous choices available today for those looking to invest their capital as a means of income. Today we will talk about the two most traded investment vehicles … the stock market and the bond market. It’s important for any investor to understand the differences between stocks and bonds when planning their investment … [Read more...] about Stock Market Versus the Bond Market – Key Differences
Improvements for Traders with Small Accounts
Brokerages have changed significantly over the past 20 years. Aspiring traders with small accounts now can participate with much smaller accounts than in the past. When first thinking about trading, most if not all traders start with stocks. However, the cost of buying shares to trade can quickly use all of the cash in a small … [Read more...] about Improvements for Traders with Small Accounts
What are Calls and Puts?
Calls and Puts are exchange-traded option contracts that were originally designed to act as insurance mechanisms to protect financial positions. These options are contracts between a buyer and seller that give the buyer a right and the seller an obligation to buy or sell a security at a specific price (the strike price) on or before the … [Read more...] about What are Calls and Puts?
ExperSignal Update
I wanted to let you know how ExperSignal is progressing. Dr. Daniel Lyons is a long-time friend and the creator of ExperCharts software, which I'll be using to generate signals for the ExperSignal trade alert service. Daniel has PhDs in Cosmology and Applied Mathematics. His hand print algorithms he created many years ago have been … [Read more...] about ExperSignal Update
CMLViz TradeMachine Webinar Replay with Ophir Gottlieb
Ophir Gottlieb, CEO of Capital Market Laboratories, is speaking next week about their TradeMachine. I looked at the TradeMachine several years ago while it was relatively new. In the past several years, it has matured into a very powerful back trading and alerting system. So powerful in fact that banks and hedge funds now use … [Read more...] about CMLViz TradeMachine Webinar Replay with Ophir Gottlieb
Mini-POT is LIVE!
The Mini-POT trial has come to an end. Mini-POT subscriptions are now available! The POT trades in the last several weeks have performed really well. Here is the performance since June 25th. Mini-POT trade history from 25 June 2019 to 12 July 2019HYPOTHETICAL PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS … [Read more...] about Mini-POT is LIVE!
The “In’s and Out’s” of a Diagonal Spread
A diagonal spread may be a strategy you would like to implement into your trading arsenal. Today we will discuss how a diagonal spread is created. We will also reveal some of the advantages and disadvantages of a diagonal spread. A diagonal spread is a strategy which occurs when two options are bought or sold. These two options use … [Read more...] about The “In’s and Out’s” of a Diagonal Spread
Mini-POT Trades Webinar Replay
Scott Ruble (aka J.L. Lord) is starting a miniature version of his Practical Options Tactics, or POT class at Aeromir.com next week. What is POT? POT is Scott's flagship product at StratagemTrade.com that teaches options traders: How Scott trades with real-time trade messages3-6 Emails per day discussing Scott's views on the … [Read more...] about Mini-POT Trades Webinar Replay
