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Options 101 With TD Ameritrade's Shawn Cruz
2020 May 30, 9:50am | 633Read More...TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) Trader Business Strategy Manager Shawn Cruz on May 29 presented an introduction to options at the virtual Benzinga Boot Camp. Here's what Cruz says investors with little or no knowledge of options need to understand. What Is An Option?...
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'Price Is Truth': Analyzing Stock Chart Performance Using Technicals
2020 May 29, 2:16pm | 574Read More...Traders are always looking to get an edge in the market, and one of the most popular tools at their disposal is technical analysts. At the Benzinga Trading Boot Camp on Friday, Douglas Busch, founder of ChartSmarter, outlined the basics of reading and interpreting stock charts using technical...
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Benzinga Boot Camp Features Live Strategy Sessions For Stocks, Options On May 29
2020 May 27, 4:02pm | 390Read More...Benzinga is providing the opportunity to interact with leaders in the retail and institutional trading space at its stocks and options Benzinga Boot Camp on Friday, May 29. Featured speakers include Adam Johnson, founder at Bullseye Brief; Anne-Marie Baiynd, chief technical...
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This New Tool Will Tell You Whether Or Not An Options Spread Is A Good Deal
2020 May 27, 12:48pm | 802Read More...One of the challenges of trading options is the lack of a comparison tool. Unlike stocks, options don’t have an index to compare them to. Sure, you can compare an option’s implied volatility against its historical volatility, but that doesn’t tell you whether an option...
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A Closer Look At Equity Index Futures
2020 May 27, 12:15pm | 564Read More...Closely watched equity indexes like the Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500 have received plenty of attention in 2020. It's an appropriate time, then, to review why and how these indexes are traded on futures markets. When traders and investors use equity index futures and futures options it...
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June Market Outlook: Big Test Looms In New Month As States Navigate Reopenings
2020 May 27, 11:32am | 1867Read More...The stock rally accelerated in April and May amid reopening optimism even as the economy’s brakes slammed. June could help clarify whether the market anticipated things right or got a bit ahead of itself. A big test for all the recent optimism looms as every state begins the month at least...
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CME Group Launches Options On Micro E-mini Futures Products
2020 May 27, 10:44am | 239Read More...CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME), the largest financial derivatives exchange, formally announced the launch of options on its Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures products. "Today, our E-mini S&P 500 and E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures and options are among the most actively...
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Learning How To Trade In An Extra-Volatile Market With Schaeffer's Investment Research
2020 May 27, 10:24am | 458Read More...On May 29, 2020, Benzinga is hosting its Virtual Options Boot Camp, this event will feature presentations on strategies from traders and investors across Wall Street. Among the presenters is Schaeffer’s Investment Research. COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the financial market these...
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Visa Option Trader Makes $4.3M Bet On 14% Upside
2020 May 26, 2:40pm | 612Read More...Visa Inc (NYSE: V) shares are up 16% in the past month, but at least one larger option trader is betting on more upside from the credit card giant as the US economy begins to open back up. The Trade On Tuesday morning, Benzinga Pro subscribers received an option alert related to an unusually large...
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Finding Alpha In Options Market Sentiment
2020 May 26, 10:03am | 1249Read More...Switching To Four Cylinders Six months ago, we changed the way we selected our top names. We had already determined that we could find alpha by using hedging cost to analyze options market sentiment. Among our top ranked names, securities that could be hedged against >9%...
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3 Tips To Make Money In The Stock Market
2020 May 22, 1:20pm | 1053Read More...In February, financial markets experienced a historic liquidation that paralleled the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Alongside the introduction of global lockdowns, brokerage account openings rose rapidly as sheltered market participants searched for ways to maintain engagement with...
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How Large Boeing, Delta Options Traders Are Positioning As Economy Reopens
2020 May 21, 4:14pm | 867Read More...Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) shares traded higher by 4.26% on Thursday and Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) shares gained 1.94% as the stock market experienced yet another volatile trading session. A flurry of large Boeing and Delta option trades on Thursday morning were mixed in nature, with one deep-...
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New Investors Pile In, Fuel Record Rise In Account Openings, Trading Volumes
2020 May 21, 12:02pm | 492Read More...At the end of April 2020, Apex Clearing, a full-suite of custody, clearing, and API solutions, formally released its Q1 2020 Apex Millennial 100 report, an analysis of the top stocks owned by millennial investors. The report comes alongside a historic liquidation in financial markets and the COVID-...
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Climate Change: Up And Down Pattern Continues As Week Advances And Powell Awaited
2020 May 21, 9:44am | 2415Read More...The market this week kind of resembles Chicago weather. If you don’t like it, wait a few minutes. We were up big on Monday, down steeply on Tuesday, and up pretty sharply again Wednesday. Futures ticked lower early Thursday. That’s the score so far, reflecting a tug of war between...
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JPMorgan Option Trader Bets $4M On Downside Ahead
2020 May 20, 3:37pm | 906Read More...Shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) traded higher Wednesday as traders become increasingly optimistic that a combination of Federal Reserve stimulus and a potential COVID-19 vaccine can help big banks weather the economic downturn and get back on track — even with interest...
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