Author name: Steve Burns

After a lifelong fascination with financial markets, Steve began investing in 1993 and trading his accounts in 1995. It was love at first trade. After more than 30 successful years in the markets, Steve now dedicates his time to helping traders improve their psychology and profitability. New Trader U offers an extensive blog resource with more than 4,000 original articles, online courses, and best-selling books covering various topics.

Does Selling Option Premium Give You an Edge?

A common misunderstanding among new option traders is that 90% of all options expire as worthless, so a seller of option premiums will have a higher win rate than a trader that buys options. This belief doesn’t take into account a statistic published by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) that only 10% of option contracts are actually held until expiration and

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12 Dying Industries

Technological advancements like the iPhone cause traditional products. Even retailers like Amazon are over-trading platforms that connect directly to consumers and are displacing companies and even entire industries. Here is a list of things that are going away: Brick and mortar retailers: Amazon has already rendered bookstores and electronic stores obsolete, and they are now working on

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Good Trades are Never Easy

Traders may be waiting for the market to settle down and give them more clarity about the trend. For the moving average to hold, for volatility to decrease, for the economic numbers to be more positive, for oil prices to find a range, for your bad luck with entries to end…. The reality is, the market action will NEVER give you the perfect time. That right moment for entry never

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