Posts Tagged ‘Spread Trading’

Preparing to Trade

Trading preparation demands you know how you are going to trade the market the next day before it opens.  It means that you are mentally prepared to adjust your trading strategies intraday, and even go so far as to reverse trend after the market opens when necessary.Three basic steps to consider are:
First, analyze the [...]

Hesitating Before a Trade

Hey Joe! No matter how hard I try, I still find myself hesitating before a trade.  Any comments about that?
There are any number of reasons why a trader hesitates before a trade.  The main one is lack of planning.  Without a plan, there is no degree of confidence a trade will be successful, it’s [...]

Six Steps to Better Trading

1. Focus on markets, trading vehicles (i.e., equities, futures, options, spreads), strategies, and time frames that are comfortable for you and that suit your personality. The trades you make have to be “yours,” not mine or those of anyone else. Even when you purchase a method or system, it is vital that you study that [...]

Spread Betting Online

WorldSpreads.com prides itself on offering unbiased, accurate and up-to-the-minute spread betting information to all its investors. Whether you are experienced at spread betting in the UK or are starting to learn the basics through spread betting online, we offer you the chance to benefit from our years of expertise and experience in this method of [...]

10 Tips From a Trading Veteran to Help You Put the Odds in Your Favour in 2009

When you have been trading futures, options, stocks and commodities for over 20 years, it can be easy to forget what it was like starting out. In this article I will share with you some of my secrets that I wish I had known when I started trading.
Much of what you read about Financial [...]

Long and Short Butterfly Trading

The Butterfly is an option position that is composed of 2 vertical spreads that have a common strike price. In other words, butterfly trading involves an opening position where options (either calls or puts) are bought (or sold) at 3 different strike prices. The way in which these options are created makes the butterfly a [...]