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Hohoho, back with another post. One thing that is very daunting or hard for new investors to grasp is the concept of options. And as usual, I'm here to try to make it simpler to understand in layman terms, or at least I hope, its hard to simplify options, but I'll try my best! ![]()
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An option is essentially a contract that represents 100 shares (for US options, or 1 lot). You will thus need to x100 the price of the options price. An option consist...
What is an option?
An option is essentially a contract that represents 100 shares (for US options, or 1 lot). You will thus need to x100 the price of the options price. An option consist...
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Back with part 2! Yesterday's post gained quite a lot traction and spurred me to write this part faster. Today I'll be going through Implied Volatility or IV for short.
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Ok remember Vega? Vega is the risk of changes in IV. And in very layman terms, higher IV = more expensive contracts and likewise, lower IV = cheaper contracts. IV essentially measures the option's pricing sensitivity to changes in VOLATILITY. ...
What is IV?
Ok remember Vega? Vega is the risk of changes in IV. And in very layman terms, higher IV = more expensive contracts and likewise, lower IV = cheaper contracts. IV essentially measures the option's pricing sensitivity to changes in VOLATILITY. ...
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Wow, 2 posts from Ivan in 1 day?!?!?!
Happy monday everyone and I hope you have a well rested weekend. This week opens up with many earnings, with the below screenshot taken from Earnings Whispers, showing the most anticipated ones
My thoughts are, many banks will be releasing their earnings report this week, such as $Goldman Sachs (GS.US)$ , $Citigroup (C.US)$ , $MORGAN STANLEY (MSTLW.US)$ ,and the banking sector seem to be leading the way.
The S&P 500 ju...
Happy monday everyone and I hope you have a well rested weekend. This week opens up with many earnings, with the below screenshot taken from Earnings Whispers, showing the most anticipated ones
My thoughts are, many banks will be releasing their earnings report this week, such as $Goldman Sachs (GS.US)$ , $Citigroup (C.US)$ , $MORGAN STANLEY (MSTLW.US)$ ,and the banking sector seem to be leading the way.
The S&P 500 ju...
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Hi all, a little bit different from sharing of Technical Analysis, but more on my personal investment strategies to go in line with the topic this week.
I started gaining an interest back during my time in the army, and dabbled with Crypto. Back then, I honestly didn't know much about investments and dumped most of my savings there, only for most of Crypto to pullback (this was around 2016/17). I was quite bumped and ignored investments for a while due t...
I started gaining an interest back during my time in the army, and dabbled with Crypto. Back then, I honestly didn't know much about investments and dumped most of my savings there, only for most of Crypto to pullback (this was around 2016/17). I was quite bumped and ignored investments for a while due t...
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As promised, this one will be a fun one, before I go back to the main topic for this week - arguably one of the most popular trading tools used by many. Likewise, my sharing is based off how I've learnt and how I try to simplify into layman terms for new investors, seasoned investors please give chance ![]()
Fibonacci was an Italian Mathematician, famous for introducing the Fibonacci Sequence, or you might see things in photography/flower patterns (for all you nerds out...
Fibonacci was an Italian Mathematician, famous for introducing the Fibonacci Sequence, or you might see things in photography/flower patterns (for all you nerds out...
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Hi everyone, this is travis. Welcome to my money master showdown’s journey. I have been busy the past few days and now I finally have the mental capacity to be able to share about my investment journey and experince. I hope that I can share about what I have learnt with the time i have had in the market.
To be able to let you understand who I am today, you have to know where it all began.
I was an engineering student in eletrical engineering back in polytechnic. I was in my f...
To be able to let you understand who I am today, you have to know where it all began.
I was an engineering student in eletrical engineering back in polytechnic. I was in my f...
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Its been a while since my last sharing, thought of sharing some Technical Indicators usually used in Technical Analysis that some new investors could incorporate into their trading too! Likewise, meant to be layman terms and the way I've learnt this might be very different from seasoned investors.
Introducing the Relative Strength Index, or RSI for short. The RSI is often used as an indicator of strength. From how I was taught, there are 3 mai...
Introducing the Relative Strength Index, or RSI for short. The RSI is often used as an indicator of strength. From how I was taught, there are 3 mai...
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As a part of my daily work as an equity sales, I have the chance to look at thousands of investors portfolio from various walks of life, ranging from 3 figures to 8 figures.![]()
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The shocking fact is that majority of them is still losing money despite some having “Years of experience in the market”.![]()
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Below are some of the things that made me understand much deeper about trading/investing through my work and I hope can provide some valuable insight...
The shocking fact is that majority of them is still losing money despite some having “Years of experience in the market”.
Below are some of the things that made me understand much deeper about trading/investing through my work and I hope can provide some valuable insight...
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I always remind myself to review my trades and strategies each quarter. ![]()
It helps me to be disciplined, to check my positions and make adjustments timely.![]()
Securities Position: Looking good with gradual profits![]()
Asset Distribution:
For me my Golden Ratio (Stocks/Funds) was previously 20/80. Seems like I’ve moved towards 50/50 with my bullishness on $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ .![]()
Currency Exposure:
40/60 is sufficient for my golden ratio for trading in US market.![]()
YTD Return:
56% So ...
It helps me to be disciplined, to check my positions and make adjustments timely.
Securities Position: Looking good with gradual profits
Asset Distribution:
For me my Golden Ratio (Stocks/Funds) was previously 20/80. Seems like I’ve moved towards 50/50 with my bullishness on $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ .
Currency Exposure:
40/60 is sufficient for my golden ratio for trading in US market.
YTD Return:
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As the competition comes to an end soon, I've closed all my positions, a +7.7% gain in 1 week is pretty good in my opinion, closing at rank #9 as of writing. I don't know if my rank will stay or change, but lets see what happens tomorrow.
I would also like to share with everyone some observations I've made throughout my investing journey.
Often than not, the funny thing I see in investments in real life is the problem of comparing. "BROOOO, did you bu...
I would also like to share with everyone some observations I've made throughout my investing journey.
Often than not, the funny thing I see in investments in real life is the problem of comparing. "BROOOO, did you bu...
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dumb bull ivan OP The _Contessa : Glad this was informative! Part 2/3 would be more on IV + certain strategies and generating "passive" income with options, so stay tuned!
dumb bull ivan OP AsianSlaveMaster : thank you for your support!
dumb bull ivan OP Gardenia Roti : Hello! Thats a theoretical scenario! In that example, the 200 USD was for a 580 call, ignoring all the greeks, when the price goes to 585, the option is theoretically worth (585 - 580) x 100 = 500 USD, as you are able to buy the underlying for 580, and each option contract represents a 100 shares![[undefined]](https://static.moomoo.com/nnq/emoji/static/image/default/default-black.png?imageMogr2/thumbnail/36x36 "undefined")
Hope this clarifies!
dumb bull ivan OP Mr Pistachio : I'm assuming you sold covered calls? So in this case, yes if you don't want to lose your shares you can close your covered call position! You can also sell at a higher strike price to generate some premium for a new covered call!
dumb bull ivan OP Gardenia Roti : yes exactly! However options don't move 1 for 1 (as explained with Delta and Theta), so come expiry, if the underlying is 585, your options might be worth maybe 450 USD, netting you 450 USD - 200 USD (cost) = 250 USD profit
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