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DriveWealth, which offers dollar-based investing for U.S. equities and ETFs, announced Thursday a new feature that offers clients access to real-time margin. Investors who chose to open a margin account with DriveWealth will benefit from greater enhanced risk controls compared to its brokerage...

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...

Traders, especially covered call writers, love the forward roll. It helps avoid or defer exercise, creates additional income, and helps keep ownership of stock that is on an uptrend. But there are potential problems. Among these are the following four every covered call writer needs to remember:...

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...