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June 01, 2021
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Gamma, Your Option’s Silent Accelerator and Decelerator Pedal
Tony Zhang
What is Gamma? Gamma is one of the least understood of the Greeks affecting an option’s price. Many investors are familiar with the Greek variable delta: the change in the underlying option’s price with respect to the change of the underlying stock price. Gamma is the rate of change in delta per $1 dollar move in the...
2 years ago
May 25, 2021
Earnings
Earnings And Options: A Risky But Lucrative Relationship
Montréal Exchange
North American companies listed on a stock exchange report their earnings results every quarter. Options investors view this event as an opportunity to reap large returns if a stock moves dramatically in one direction or another. Earnings Move Stocks Companies must release information on their earnings to investors on a regular...
2 years ago
April 29, 2021
Technical analysis
Options Trading Insights with our 13 Year Technical Analysis Backtest
Tony Zhang
Overview Technical analysis is a powerful, yet exceedingly difficult method of analysis to understand and quantify. By leveraging historical data, technical analysis aims to forecast the future price movement of a financial asset. While many of these strategies may look promising, the reality is that implementation of these...
2 years ago
April 23, 2021
Concepts
How to determine the best options strategy when buying or selling options?
TD Direct Investing
This article is sponsored by TD Direct Investing. If you were shopping for a new vehicle, would you pay the sticker price of a car that caught your eye without researching or looking into its features first? How would you know you were getting a fair deal, or if the car would even meet your needs? The same logic applies to...
2 years ago
April 19, 2021
Concepts
Why You Want to Exercise Your Option Before Expiration
Montréal Exchange
Buying an option gives you the right (but not the obligation) to buy and or sell the underlying security. There are a few reasons why an investor would choose to take advantage of exercising his or her options, although it is rarely in the investor’s best interests to do so. Why Not to Sell Your Option There are valid...
2 years ago
March 30, 2021
Other
Get the facts on Bitcoin ETFs and Options
Montréal Exchange
Cut through the noise and the buzz around Bitcoin! Join Graham Mackenzie, Head of Exchange Traded Products, TSX, Greg Taylor, CIO, Purpose Investments and Richard Ho, Head of Retail, Equity Derivatives, TMX as they discuss the facts on Bitcoin ETFs and Options. Click here to view the webinar or click on the link...
2 years ago
February 25, 2021
Concepts
Options Strategies for Your RRSP and TFSA
Montréal Exchange
One of the biggest misconceptions about the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) is that they can only include cash, stocks, bonds, and other simple assets. But in reality, these savings accounts can hold a wide variety of asset classes, including options. Options Strategy in an RRSP for...
2 years ago
February 22, 2021
Other
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 markets by introducing to the world the first physically settled Bitcoin ETF, through Purpose Investments ETF (symbol ticker: BTCC.B/BTCC.U) as well as the world’s first options on bitcoin...
2 years ago
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