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Options Insights: Minimizing Risk with Debit Vertical Spreads
August 12, 2019
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Options Insights: Minimizing Risk with Debit Vertical Spreads

Tony Zhang

Want to learn more about Minimizing Risk with Debit Vertical Spreads?  Participate to the webinar on August 13, 2019 at...

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Maximizing Technical Analysis with Options Trading
August 06, 2019
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Maximizing Technical Analysis with Options Trading

Tony Zhang

As a market strategist and practitioner of technical analysis for over a decade, I have spent my share of time studying indicators, price patterns and trading strategies. Having worked with thousands of clients on technical based strategies, I find that the most important aspect of trading is trade and risk management....

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Currency Options University – Part 2
August 04, 2019
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Currency Options University – Part 2

Patrick Ceresna

Part 2: Impact of U.S. Dollar Fluctuation on Canadian Returns I had the opportunity, early in my career, to work at a full-service brokerage at a Tier 1 Canadian bank. I remember back in the day overhearing an investment advisor having an argument with a client about the client’s performance. The client was questioning the...

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Low-Cost Insurance Against a Drop in Share Price
August 01, 2019
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Low-Cost Insurance Against a Drop in Share Price

Martin Noël

As the following chart shows, the price of shares in Waste Connections Inc. (WCN), which is trading at $123.70 as these lines are being written on July 25, 2019, has delivered an excellent return of 28.6% since bottoming out at $96.16 on December 24, 2018. The chart shows that the stochastic oscillator (Stoch), an indicator of...

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Options Insights: Maximizing Technical Analysis with Options
July 25, 2019
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Options Insights: Maximizing Technical Analysis with Options

Tony Zhang

Want to learn more about Maximizing Technical Analysis with Options?  Participate to the webinar on July 30, 2019 at...

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Hedging a Portfolio with Options
July 17, 2019
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Hedging a Portfolio with Options

Tony Zhang

Hedging a portfolio against a correction in the markets is conceptually easy to understand. However, in practice there are multiple variables to consider and each requires customization based on portfolio sizing and market outlooks. To understand how to execute an efficient hedge on your portfolio, we’ve put together this...

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Options Insights: Hedging your portfolio W/ S&P TSX 60 Options
July 11, 2019
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Options Insights: Hedging your portfolio W/ S&P TSX 60 Options

Tony Zhang

Want to learn more about Hedging your portfolio W/ S&P TSX 60...

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Writing Call Options to Protect a Position  
July 09, 2019
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Writing Call Options to Protect a Position  

Martin Noël

As the following graph shows, shares in the Bank of Montreal (BMO) has been in correction territory since falling below the 13 and 34-day moving averages. The stock’s last rally toward $101 is similar to one near the end of November 2018, just before the stock plummeted by almost 14% in the space of a few weeks. Furthermore,...

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