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Bear Put Spreads

Bear Put Spreads by Trading Concepts A bear put spread is a debit spread created by purchasing higher strike puts and selling lower strike puts with the same expiration dates. This strategy is best implemented in a moderately bearish market. It provides high leverage over a limited range of stock prices. The profit on this strategy can increase by as…

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Waiting for a Pause that Refreshes?

Good morning, Friends. This is a shorter-term (3 minute) chart than I normally post here; since the initial gap down at the opening, the SPX has more or less steadily recovered, but has moved back into what should be an area of resistance between 1312 and 1313.50 or so. My desk has seen some selling of USD by cross-border investors…

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Laughing Your Way to Trading Success

Laughing Your Way to Trading Success by Edward C. Turner      Redundancy was repeating itself once again in my new trading life as I found myself chasing another bad trade. I was enduring my customary mental war; I was holding on for a reversal, and my position (as if it had a mind of its own) was refusing to reverse…

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A New Year, a New SPX High

The correlation between the Euro (versus the Dollar, or EUR/USD) and the S&P 500 (SPX), which had been running at close to 0.9 as recently as late November, is breaking down a bit, and is currently at 0.71.  The implication of a 0.9 correlation is that a move higher in the Euro (lower for the Dollar) is very closely associated with…

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Trading Extraordinary Market Events

Trading Extraordinary Market Events by Edward C. Turner          Have you ever considered trading in and around extreme, market-moving events?  Sudden volatility in markets can give the trader tremendous opportunities for substantial profits, but the risk surrounding these opportunities can also lead to substantial losses. What say you?  Let’s discuss it.           On my most recent birthday, my daughter and…

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A Trader’s Resolution

A Trader’s Resolution by Edward C. Turner         Whoosh, bang, pop. If you have some confetti, this might be a good time to toss some up into the air. You see, you may be reading this article on a warm August evening or a cool September morn; however, as I write, I am in the midst of a New Year’s…

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