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I tend to agree. Well, one way to mitigate the high cost of AMZN shares is to leverage into a position using long call options. As with any options trade, there are pros and cons for doing so. But in my opinion, the benefits definitely outweigh the risks. And that risk is entirely borne by the trader. Yes, the trader can put a stop loss in to protect against potential downside, but a stop loss does not guarantee a fill at the price you want. Pretty hefty for many trading accounts. On the flip side, if AMZN rises, not only will you get to participate in the rise, but the currently 25 delta calls will gain deltas as AMZN approaches the strike price, meaning the higher AMZN goes, the faster the call options could potentially increase in value. This means, on a relative basis, this is the cheapest AMZN calls options have never been all year. In other words, this is the BEST time to be a buyer of long call options. But this is an argument for academics. Search All Star Charts.
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Out of the money OTM options are more cheaply priced than at the money ATM or out of the money OTM options, because the OTM options require the underlying asset to move further in order for the value of the option called the premium to substantially increase. What looks cheap isn’t always a good deal, because often things are cheap for a reason. That said, when an OTM option is properly selected and bought at the right time it can lead to large returns, hence the allure. A put option is considered to be OTM if the strike price for the option is below the current price of the underlying security. The further out of the money an option is, the cheaper it is because it becomes more likely that underlying will not be able to reach the distant strike price. Likewise, OTM options with a closer expiry will cost less than options with an expiry that is further out. If the underlying stock does move in the anticipated direction, and the OTM option eventually becomes an ITM option, its price will increase much more on a percentage basis than if the trader bought an ITM option, to begin with. This clearly illustrates the effect of leverage. A trader could purchase eight of these 50 strike price calls for the same cost as buying one of the 45 strike price ITM calls. Notice the right side of the x-axis on the graph below. The profit numbers are significantly higher than what was seen on the previous graphs. The catch in buying the tempting «cheap» OTM option is balancing the desire for more leverage with the reality of simple probabilities. This price is 6. So to put it another way, if the stock does anything less than rally more than 6. The following chart displays the relevant data for each of the three positions, including the expected profit — in dollars and percent. Such a large swing is often unrealistic for a short time period unless a major market or corporate event occurs. This is despite the fact that she was correct in her forecast that the stock would rise The key, however, is to first understand the unique risks involved in any position. And secondly, to consider alternatives that might offer a better tradeoff between profitability and probability.
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For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Which market do you want to learn to trade? Indices Votes: 43 Foreign Exchange Votes: 38 Commodities Votes: 15 Total voters Poll closed Oct 30, Status Not open for further replies.
I want to show you how to make money trading the markets. Naturally, it is not the only way to make money it is merely one way of doing so. If you follow what I will teach you, try the methodology out on demo first before committing real money in a live account, gain confidence and understanding in the setups and you are patient and disciplined, you will make good money with this method.
The method I am going to show you is based on price action. It uses the price, fibonacci levels, three moving averages, the concepts of support and resistance and trend lines. From time to time it uses an indicator. It is not complicated to follow but it will take you time and effort to learn how to trade it for consistent profit.
We will take things very slowly because I want to make sure that everyone fully understands the concepts as we go. Having said that, I expect those reading this to have at least a basic knowledge of the elements I have listed. If you do not, go away and read up on. You will find a huge amount of free information on. The method I will show you is not a system with a rigid set of entry and exit rules. It is not going to tell you that when X happens, do Y. It is a method of trading based on high probability setups.
It can be applied on any timeframe but I use it to make money on the hourly and daily timeframe because this is what I am comfortable. Therefore these are the only timeframes we will work with. I work full time but I have access to my broker at work so I can check the charts every hour for setups. If you are not in a position to do this, then you will need to concentrate on the daily timeframe. Both timeframes work very.
I want to concentrate on one market. The methods work across every market but I think it will confuse people if many traders are asking questions of different setups in different markets. Also, many traders don’t have access to some markets or the margin requirements to trade them are too high.
As a result I am going to post a poll and over the process of a few weeks we will eliminate which market we are going to trade going forward. While the market is being decided, are there any questions? Last edited: Oct 25, Reactions: richardkangningwolfMaxiV and 9. TheBramble Legendary member 8, 1, Just select one.
I’m sure we’ll all be interested even if it’s not an instrument we personally trade. Reactions: bizmanny. Jbat Active member 5. How about the FTSE, as it’s fairly ubiquitous?
Would be interested to hear your method, and learn a few things TheBramble said:. Reactions: Lightning McQueen. One more thing I would say is that I am not going to reveal some holy grail of trading that is going to blow everyone away.
Most of the experienced traders here will probably see themselves reading about support and resistance levels etc and wonder: «is this it? I will tell you now that there is not likely to be anything here that anyone trading over a year or two will not have heard of or even tried out.
However, the real skill is in how these are all put. It will start simple and we will add to it as everyone is ready. But I promise you that if you trade in the way I will show you, you will make money consistently in the markets.
Reactions: Directional. Magic Moo Newbie 1 0. Being very much a rookie here I am looking forward to hearing more on this! One question re your returns, are this based largely on one market or a good mixture? I have been interested in forex trading. Looking forward for your post Cheers Fxbee. ChowClown Senior member 2, Magic Moo said:.
Testing out the validity of any methodology on demo is very important. After all, how many businesses can you «try» first without losing any money? Having said that, I am a firm believer in going live with a very small amount of money rather than working with demo. This is simply because I have heard many make money trading amzn calls complain that although they could make money consistently on demo it all fell apart when the account went live.
Your behaviour will often change when you start to trade with real money and I think it is important to be in the right mindset from the start. One way that the «demo affect» shows itself is that positions can become much harder to hold when you are live, the money actually means something and you are fearful of giving too much of it back to the market.
So my advice is take some small risk capital — money that you can afford to lose and put it into an account. If you are spreadbetting this is easily. Don’t worry about the reputation of the broker. We are not scalping the market with this methodology and we are not trading news.
We are placing orders either based on hourly or daily bars. I have used almost every broker out there — including the ones that all get a bad rep on here — and never had a problem with them relating to this kind of trading.
There are also direct market accounts that will let you trade at any size you want. I know Oanda allow this on Forex. The other alternative is to get an account that offers you a free bonus. Then you have real money from the start but no risk in your starting capital. I had this without needing to put any money in or make a trade first but they may have changed the rules. It is worth having a look round to see.
At any rate, get yourself an account and make sure you have access to decent charting. Reactions: JillyB. JillyB Established member Sick of dodgy spread betting companies!
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Buying call options is a good way to gain upside exposure to a hot growth stock. With the market near all-time highs, now is a great time to exercise such a bullish options trade. Growth stocks have exploded higher in recent weeks. So is this the start of a growth stock mania that will again create a bubble? Or are these legit companies, creating game-changing technologies? I recently bought my daughter the newest hot technological gadget, an Amazon Echo. She wanted something that would allow her to play music in her room, and unfortunately the tape decks and CDs from my youth are no longer a preferred sound. Having used her Echo for just a few days, I could not be more impressed. For those not familiar with this new product, an Echo is a small wireless speaker and voice-powered personal assistant that is one of the first commercial applications of artificial intelligence. Next, I might ask her to tell me a joke, or how many ounces equal one liter. Essentially, Alexa has the answer to all make money trading amzn calls, and can also call you an Uber or order you a pizza.
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