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January 10, 2022
Trading Idea
How Options Can Play a Role in Your Investment Strategy
Montréal Exchange
Options are an underutilized investment tool that is overlooked because they seem complicated and are perceived to be for the exclusive use of professional traders. But once they are properly understood, the average investor may come to realize how options can play a role in their investment strategies. Options Recap An option...
2 weeks ago
December 06, 2021
Other
Top 5 most-read articles of 2021
Montréal Exchange
Looking for the best Options articles to read? Below are what most of our readers consider to be the most popular articles of 2021: World’s First Option on Bitcoin ETF Montréal Exchange Canada is the first country in the world to bring ETFs to investors. Once again, Canada has proven itself to be an innovator in capital...
2 months ago
December 06, 2021
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Collar Strategy
Tony Zhang
The Collar strategy is a strategy that allows investors to protect from large downside losses on a stock. This strategy requires the investor to have a minimum of 100 shares of the stock. The Collar strategy can also be considered as a combination of two strategies – writing a Covered Call and buying a Put option. Collars...
2 months ago
November 30, 2021
Concepts
December – Educational Events
Montréal Exchange
December 8, 2021 Webinar – Understanding Credit Vertical Spreads Time : 4:00 p.m. (ET) Speaker: Tony Zhang Language: English Where: Online More information here December 11, 2021 Webinar – Desjardins Online Brokerage Education Day Time : 9:00 a.m. (ET) Speakers: Martin Noël Language: French Where: Online More...
2 months ago
November 03, 2021
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Multi-Leg Options Can Reduce Risk & Improve Executions
Tony Zhang
Trading options involves selecting from a world of options, which may seem overwhelming at first. With 4 core strategies, buying calls, selling calls, buying puts and selling puts, it’s already a step up in complexity from stock investing and trading. Despite the flexibility that these strategies provide, each has their...
3 months ago
November 02, 2021
Other
Index Arbitrage
Futures First Academy
In our previous article, we explored the meaning of index futures and what buying an index and index futures means. In this article, we will explore various challenges and tools pertaining to index futures trading. “Index arbitrage” is a popular strategy to trade index futures. It involves simultaneous buying an index and...
3 months ago
October 04, 2021
Concepts
Market Volatility and Options 101
Montréal Exchange
Volatility can strike a stock market with no advance warning, and the average investor might not know how to react. Fortunately, all it takes is some basic knowledge of options to understand how this valuable investment tool can be used to ride through a volatile period. Potential Sources of Volatility Factors that could...
4 months ago
September 28, 2021
Other
Covered Combination
Tony Zhang
Introduction A covered combination is an often-overlooked options strategy by many investors who may utilize each half of the strategy separately, but never considered combining them. This is a strategy where an investor owns 100 shares of a stock and sells a covered call and a cash secured put at the same time. The motivation...
4 months ago
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