"Can I buy more when the market is down?"
Because of the pandemic, most of the world's major economies carried out expansionary monetary policies as never before.
After world inflation, one thing is coming, recession.
Any potential economic crisis in the U.S. would still affect countries around the world because of globalization. You may ask, "Can I buy more when the market is down?"
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Options were originally designed as a hedging tool. But it's true that trading options is more complicated than trading stocks.
We'd like to introduce some options strategies to you.
[1] If traders believe that the stock would rise, they can buy its call options (long call)
[2] If traders think the stock would fall, they can buy its put options (short put)
[1] If traders believe that the stock would rise, they can buy its call options (long call)
[2] If traders think the stock would fall, they can buy its put options (short put)
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Today we’ll focus on the second one: long put.
If you expect the price of a stock to fall, you could either short sell it, or buy its put options.
Short selling is more risky and costly than buying stock. However, buying a put may offer investors some flexibility.
If you expect the price of a stock to fall, you could either short sell it, or buy its put options.
Short selling is more risky and costly than buying stock. However, buying a put may offer investors some flexibility.
Now tap the video to look at the key takeaways about the long put strategy.
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After learning this video, you can have an exam to test if you really understand options.
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For a look at more options knowledge, check out our course.
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I don't think I'll trade options for the rest of my life.
zqhg steady Pom pipi : Maybe it's because he's too risky and many people are afraid of it, and they won't. Do you usually trade more underlying stocks?
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