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How Does One Learn Forex Trading For Free Without Having To Buy Online Forex Courses & Pay for Mentorships? Replied 3 months ago - Learn forex quickly by joining a free trading community online or offline. I emphasize the word "free" because any community asking you to subscribe is probably a scam and are not interested in your self-development. In genuine free trading communities, you benefit from the wisdom of the crowd as the members share their charts and daily market experiences with each other.
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should i exercise my stock options? Replied 3 months ago - Call options rarely get exercised because the extrinsic value (the premium others are willing to pay to buy the call from you) may be higher than the intrinsic value you get from exercising the call. So, it makes business sense not to exercise the call and instead sell the call and make more money.
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what is intrinsic value in options trading? Replied 3 months ago - The meaning of intrinsic value is the difference between the strike price of the option, and the current market price of the underlying asset. So, if your stock call option contract has a $100 strike price but the current market price of the stock is $125 then the intrinsic value of your option contract is $25. If you decide to exercise the call option, you will have to buy the stock at $100 and sell it at $125 so you make a profit of $25 per share.
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what are synthetic indices? Replied 3 months ago - If synthetic indices are not real, does it not mean it is like trading a demo account?
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apy vs interest rate: do they mean the same thing? Replied 3 months ago - No, they don't. Interest rate on your account is simply a figure showing the interest you will earn annually while the APY is a projection of the monthly interest plus compound interest you will earn on the account for a period of one year if you don't make any withdrawal from the account.
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what is market sentiment in trading? Replied 4 months ago - Its basically the way other traders feel at the moment for example when the market is expecting an important news release (such as NFP, CPI, Interest rate decision etc.), the market sentiment will be indecisive and I usually know this because price will just be trading in a range for several hours until the news is released then you see a breakout from the range.
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do banks need brokers to trade forex? Replied 4 months ago - I don't think they do; banks have an inter-bank software they use to connect them to other banks whom they trade with.
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how many trading days in a year, does Sunday count? Replied 4 months ago - I had the same question a while back and found it depends on the year and holidays, but I usually plan around 252 trading days. I’ve been using prop firms lately, and this breakdown helped me set monthly targets. If you're checking out firms, this review of TraderScale gave me a good idea of what to expect: https://tradelytic.com/prop-firms/reviews/traderscale/.
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what is a block trade & why is it done in private? Replied 4 months ago - I think block trades have to do with the dark pool where certain futures/option contracts are not pre-disclosed to the public so that market volatility is not compromised. Block trades are usually executed for eligible investors only and the block minimum threshold usually specified by the exchange ensures that futures/options contract must have a very large volume in order to qualify for block trade execution.
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Is a EUR/USD spread of 1.4 pips too high? Replied 4 months ago - Yes, it is high; most brokers offer 1 pip.
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what is the value of a put option at expiry Replied 4 months ago - The worth of a put at expiry depends on if the put expires in the money or not. The put is only worthless if it expires out of the money.
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can i sell call option before expiry? Replied 4 months ago - Yes, you can sell option before expiry. But you must ensure the market is liquid enough, meaning there are enough buyers for the options or you are going to be stuck selling to some shit head buyer that will give you an unfair price.
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what is strike price meaning in options trading? Replied 4 months ago - Strike price is like the price at which the option contract is awakened and can be used or exercised. As long as the market value of the underlying future has not reached the strike price, the option remains dormant and out of the money.
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how exactly do regulators monitor forex brokers? Replied 4 months ago - I think the brokers are supposed to render reports on their activities to the regulators, who will then scrutinize them.
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when do futures open on sunday? Replied 4 months ago - 6 PM EST is when the futures market opens for trading every Sunday (except when the stock exchange is on market holiday or something). On Sundays you may not get good liquidity on some futures so the best futures I trade on Sundays for good liquidity are S&P 500 futures mini, crude oil futures, and gold futures.
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in the money vs out of the money options, whats the difference? Replied 4 months ago - I think "at the money" often means when strike price equals current futures market price. Ath the money is not yet a profitable contract because by the time you deduct cost of buying the contract, it collapses back into unprofitability. In the money is when the option is really in profit because current market price has already exceeded strike price so even if you deduct the premium (cost of buying the option) chances are you will be left with a profit (except the premium is very high)
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How long does it really take to get the hang of forex trading? Replied 4 months ago - For me it took one year of constant practice
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what is CFD trading & why is it popular? Replied 4 months ago - To add to what @skyfall has already said, CFDs are different from betting because in betting the profit/loss outcome is a fixed amount which you will already know from the onset. However, in CFD trading the amount you will profit/loss is not known at the beginning because it depends on the price at which you exit the contract at. Let's say you entered a long EUR/USD CFD contract at price 1.1625, to make profit the price must rise above 1.1625. You are free to exit the long CFD contract at any price you like; the higher the price you exit at, the more profit you make and vice versa.
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why do you need $25,000 for day trading in the US? Replied 4 months ago - They don't want you to trade, the US authorities prefer people go into investing rather than trading.
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what is the meaning of "spreads from 1.2 pips" ? Replied 5 months ago - Spreads from 1.2 pips is kind of on the high side, find a broker that charges lower spread.
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