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Buying vs. Selling Options
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Learning how to trade options requires a strong fundamental understanding of the 4 core options strategies. These strategies, buying and selling of Call and Put options are the foundations for both simple and complex trading strategies. We’ve created this guide to help users understand the nuances of these strategies and how...
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Options as part of an RRSP/TFSA strategy
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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...
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Collar Strategy
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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...
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Multi-Leg Options Can Reduce Risk & Improve Executions
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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...
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Index Arbitrage
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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...
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