I have studied all the most successful traders in history along with the more modern market wizards and trend followers. Here are six of the qualities that I have found in common with all of them. FOCUS Ability to focus their thinking into an edge. Rich traders can have different mental skill sets whether it’s […]
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The options market presents both great opportunities for gains but also the potential for the risks of losses. Here are ten things that I learned quickly through experience that all new traders should understand before they start trading options. 1. Short options have unlimited risk when they have no hedge. It’s important to understand the
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There is a big difference between saving, investing and speculating with money. Savings is putting money away safely for future use in a low interest account. Investing is putting capital into an asset of value for either potential cash flow or appreciation. Speculating is betting on an asset increasing dramatically in value mostly due to
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Linda Bradford Raschke has been a full-time professional trader for more than 40+ years. She was the principle trader for several funds and also the Commodity Pool Operator for her own hedge fund she opened in 2002. Her trading records were verified and she was included in Jack Schwager’s best selling book, The New Market Wizards
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There are two types of directional option contracts: calls and puts. Call options are contracts that move higher in price when the underlying stock moves higher. Put options are contracts that move higher in price when the underlying stock moves lower. To enter an option position you can either buy to open a long option
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Covered calls are an income strategy for traders and investors to earn money on stocks they hold. Covered Call Writing Covered call writing is an appropriate strategy in a bull market or one that is trading inside a repeating price range. Creating a covered call option play is when a trader or investor sells out-of-the-money
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Option contracts represent a bet on the directional price movement of an underlying stock in a defined time period. Option contracts represent 100 shares of a stock and are written on time frames of weekly, monthly, and yearly. The price of an option contract is based on the probability of it being in-the-money at expiration.
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Bill Ackman became a billionaire through operating the Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund that he founded in 2004. He became famous in the financial world for his short position on bond insurer MBIA and his rescue of mall operator General Growth early on in his investment career. His approach is mostly as a contrarian
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Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in 1975 and grew it into one of the world’s largest hedge funds by 2005. Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha strategy has generated approximately 12% annualized returns since its founding in December 1991. As of 2022 his hedge fund has 105 clients with over $235 billion in total assets under management. Ray
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Cathie Wood founded ARK Investment Management, LLC which focuses on disruptive innovation and offers investment solutions to investors seeking long-term growth in the publicly traded markets. Wood created ARK in 2014 with the idea to package active stock portfolios in an ETF format. Wood’s Ark Innovation Fund is their flagship portfolio. Ark invest offers many different
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