Leverage

Whoever came up with the idea of allowing someone to utilize leverage by putting up a small amount of money to control a larger amount of something else was brilliant. He obviously saw the advantages it could bring to the small investor who would now have the chance to increase his account size...

Nadex spreads offer unique trading opportunities. A spread is a simple derivative of an underlying market, with a designated floor and ceiling level and an expiration time. Traders can enter any time after the spread starts and can exit before it expires. Derivative means the price is derived...

A delta neutral trade is one in which a long and short option offset one another with net value or cost at or near zero. The theme of delta neutrality can refer to many differently constructed strategies, including spreads (covered and uncovered) and straddles. When an option position is...

This article is the first of six on the topic of using options to swing trade. After laying out the reasons for using options in your swing trading program, the next five articles discuss: the long option method long and short calls or puts in combination short options only variable weighting on...

Will cheap money destroy the world? Karl Denninger, noted political and economic commentator, thinks so. Denninger, author of Leverage and founder of Market-Ticker.org, presents simple and fundamental mathematic functions such as the Rule of 72 to expose our widely-flawed economic model. Primarily...