Learn How to Trade Stocks & Options at the Best Prices

Learn How to Trade Stocks & Options at the Best Prices. We were trading puts and calls all day and did a great job throughout the trading day! We had puts on TXI we bought at $1.25 and sold towards the high of the day before they pulled back to slightly above our entry.

We bought and sold NDX 2300 puts throughout the day for nice profits and we shorted Google yesterday before the big drop.

We entered the “Nasdaq 100” ($NDX.X) January 2300 Puts yesterday between $23.50 and $25.30 depending on the trader. We sold today on the highs of $27.50 before they ran the Nasdaq 100 higher going into the close.

From our exit price of $27.50 the contracts lost $12.47 or $1,247 per contract to the low of $15.03. We had secondary entery prices at $15.70 with exit outs at $16.80.

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S&P 500 SPX Index Options Trading Master the Entry Low of the Day (SPX.X)

S&P 500 SPX Index Options Trading Master the Entry Low of the Day (SPX.X)

S&P 500 SPX Index Options Trading Master the Entry Low of the Day (SPX.X) Part 1

S&P 500 SPX Index Options Trading Master the Entry Low of the Day (SPX.X) Part 2

SPX Index Options Trading Master the Entry Low of the Day (S&P 500) 2 Part Video Entry & Exit. 
Live index option entry on the S&P 1220 Weekly Put on 10/12/2011 at $10.30 low print of the day! 
We sold on the pullback for $13.30 a quick $300 profit on 1 contract.

S&P 500 Index Weekly Sell Signal Technical Analysis (SPX.X) vs (VIX.X)

Online stock market education on the S&P 500 Index Weekly Sell Signal Technical Analysis (SPX.X) vs (VIX.X). StockMarketFunding CEO Mario Marciano discusses the recent weekly performance on the S&P 500 Index. On Friday 8/20/2011, the S&P 500 index closed down 1.5% or 17.12 points to close at 1,123.53. On a weekly level, the S&P 500 index closed down 55.28 from the previous week’s close of 1,178.81 closing the week down 4.69%.

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S&P 500 Index Hourly Chart vs (VIX) Fear Index

S&P 500 Index Hourly Chart vs (VIX) Fear Index – StockMarketFunding

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Trend Trading S&P 500 Index Options Bulls vs Bears August 2011 Crash & Massive Counter Rally

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Trend Trading S&P 500 Index Options Bulls vs Bears August 2011 Crash & Massive Counter Rally. A rebound in equities pressured precious metals today. In turn, December gold settled lower by 1.8% at $1751.50 per ounce for its first loss in five sessions. Futures have since extended their pullback in after-hours trade, notching fresh lows at $1734.50. One theme at hand, the CME hiked margins again on the gold contract, but that news had little effect on futures in overnight action as prices climbed to a new all-time high at $1817.60 per ounce.

September silver shed 2.0% to close at $38.67 per ounce after they had rallied off their lows of $37.94. Silver prices had been probed the $39 level in intraday trade.

September crude oil settled higher by 3.4% at $85.72 per barrel. Crude spent most of the day rallying off of its low of $81.03. Buying accelerated into the close of pit trade, helped along by an extension of gains by the equity market. Crude set a session high of $85.90 per barrel along the way. The advance this session makes for crude oil’s first back-to-back bounce since the commodity started to slide from the $100 area.

September natural gas finished 2.7% higher at $4.11 per MMBtu. This morning’s inventory data, which showed a smaller-than-expected build, helped futures hit a seven-session high of $4.14 per MMBtu before pulling back. DJ30 +497.01 NASDAQ +119.52 SP500 +58.48 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 2135/2.32 bln/459 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 2844/1.16 bln/254

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High Frequency Trading High Volume Flash Trades During Market Volatility

High Frequency Trading High Volume Flash Trades During Market Volatility ALERT!

Learn how to trade against “high frequency trading” and understand how it creates huge moves for bulls and bears in recent market volatility. High frequency trading (HFT) is the use of sophisticated technological tools to trade securities like stocks or options, and is typically characterized by several distinguishing features.

By 2010 High Frequency Trading accounted for over 70% of equity trades taking place in the US and was rapidly growing in popularity in Europe and Asia. Aiming to capture just a fraction of a penny per share or currency unit on every trade, high-frequency traders move in and out of such short-term positions several times each day. Yesterday, after the FOMC Meeting, we saw “flash traders” move in and took the Dow Jones down 200 points before switching and ripping the markets 643 points off the lows.

Today, we saw flash traders come back into the markets and sellers took the markets down 437.6 points very quickly. There has been critisim regarding the SEC and their lack of enforcement in regulating these trades. We’ve seen flash trades creating latency issues in the trades and even the fastest computers are getting delayed data because these trades are hitting the tape extremely fast.

In the early 2000s, high-frequency trading still accounted for less than 10% of equity orders, but this proportion was soon to begin rapid growth. According to data from the NYSE, High Frequency Trading grew by about 164% between 2005 and 2009. By value, HFT was estimated in 2010 by consultancy Tabb Group to make up 56% of equity trades in the US and 38% in Europe.

Many high frequency firms are market makers and provide liquidity to the market, which has lowered volatility and helped narrow Bid-offer spreads making trading and investing cheaper for other market participants.

The speeds of computer connections, measured in milliseconds or microseconds, have become important. More fully automated markets such as NASDAQ, Direct Edge, and BATS, in the US, have gained market share from less automated markets such as the NYSE. Economies of scale in electronic trading have contributed to lowering commissions and trade processing fees, and contributed to international mergers and consolidation of financial exchanges.

The brief but dramatic stock market crash of May 6, 2010 was originally alleged to be caused by high-frequency trading. High-frequency trading has been the subject of intense public focus since regulators claimed these practices as contributing to volatility on May 6, 2010, popularly known as the 2010 Flash Crash, a United States stock market crash on May 6, 2010 in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged to its largest intraday point loss, but not percentage loss in history, only to recover much of those losses within minutes.

Another area of controversy, related to SEC and CFTC findings in its joint report on the Flash Crash that equity market “market makers and other liquidity providers widened their quote spreads, others reduced offered liquidity, and a significant number withdrew completely from the markets” during the Flash Crash is whether high-frequency market makers should be subject to regulations that would require them to stay active in volatile markets.

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S&P 500 Index Options Trading During Massive Market Selloff

 

S&P 500 Index Options Trading During Massive Market Selloff Due to S&P Downgrade.

S&P downgrades Fannie and Freddie, US-backed debt
S&P downgrades Fannie and Freddie, farm lenders and bank debt backed by US government. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on Monday downgraded the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to long-term U.S. debt.

The agency also lowered the ratings for: farm lenders; long-term U.S. government-backed debt issued by 32 banks and credit unions; and three major clearinghouses, which are used to execute trades of stocks, bonds and options.

All the downgrades were from AAA to AA+, reflecting the same downgrade S&P made of long-term U.S. government debt on Friday.

S&P said the agencies and banks all have debt that is exposed to economic volatility and a further downgrade of long-term U.S. debt. Their creditworthiness hinges on the U.S. government’s ability to pay its own creditors.

Stocks plunged further after the downgrades. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 300 points, or 2.8 percent. The S&P 500 stock index tumbled 3.4 percent. Investors seeking safety drove gold prices up and Treasury yields down.

Monday’s downgrades of the mortgage giants Fannie and Freddie reflected their “direct reliance” on the U.S. government, S&P said.

Fannie and Freddie own or guarantee about half of all U.S. mortgages, or nearly 31 million home loans worth more than $5 trillion. As part of a nationalized system, they account for nearly all new mortgage loans. Their downgrade might force anyone looking to buy a home to pay higher mortgage rates.

Officials at Standard & Poor’s say they will also indicate shortly how local and state governments will be affected by their decision to lower the long-term U.S. debt.

S&P on Friday said it downgraded U.S. debt for the first time in history because the credit rating agency lacks confidence that political leaders will make the choices needed to avert a long-term fiscal crisis.

The downgrade of long-term debt issued by the U.S. government affects the banking and lending industries because many interest rates are pegged to the yields on Treasury securities. In addition, many companies use the securities as collateral that they would surrender if their bets lost value.

The lower credit rating for long-term U.S. debt means that it might be considered less valuable for those purposes. It might become more costly for companies to borrow or trade.

Some analysts said the downgrades were unlikely to have much effect on the companies named by S&P or the broader markets. They noted that Treasury yields remain low and the dollar is getting stronger — signs that the world still sees the U.S. as a safe harbor in volatile economic times.

The downgrades “are as meaningless as the original action,” said Daniel Alpert, managing partner at the investment bank Westwood Capital LLC in New York. He said that investors are rushing into Treasurys, and that they will do the same for “anything backed by the full faith and credit” of the U.S. government. That includes debt issued by Fannie and Freddie and bank debt that was guaranteed by regulators to ease lending after the 2008 financial crisis.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.38 percent from 2.57 percent late Friday. Analysts say traders are shifting out of bonds and European banks are snapping up U.S. debt to steel themselves for a regional financial crisis.

S&P Managing Director John Chambers said that the credit rating agency believes the dollar won’t be weakened “under any plausible scenario.” He said it will remain the dominant international currency, and that will reduce interest rates for governments and the private sector.

Ten of the country’s 12 Federal Home Loan Banks also were downgraded from AAA to AA+. The banks of Chicago and Seattle had already been downgraded earlier to AA+.

A spokesman for Freddie Mac declined to comment on the move.

AP Business Writer Derek Kravitz contributed to this report.

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Stock Market Correction Around the Corner Dow Jones

Stock Market Correction Around the Corner Dow Jones

Stock Market Correction Around the Corner Dow Jones Monthly & Weekly Charts Overbought. “Dow Jones Industrial Average” is overbought on a monthly chart and we’re calling for an 8-12% correction in the Dow Jones. In this video…we correctly predicted the Stock Market Crash 2011 BEFORE it happened! Go watch the video!

S&P 500 Index Options Trading Analysis Video January 2011 Options Pricing

S&P 500 Index Options Trading Analysis Video January 2011 Options Pricing

How to trade 2011 S&P 500 Index Options Trading Video. Watch how we discuss the 2011 trading year and what to expect. Watch and learn how to trade the S&P 500 Index Options. Our live Trading Analysis Video for January 2011. We’ll discuss “Options Pricing” for StockMarketFunding “Market Maker Traders” live SPX.X Index Options Trading Analysis.

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