Capital Discussions

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Adam Grime’s Weekly Market Review is Available!

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As many of you know, I have been following Adam Grime's work at Waverly Advisors for nearly two years. Adam has fantastic market insights and I've benefited greatly from his market opinion in the last two years. I asked Adam a long time ago if he could produce an abbreviated version of his Waverly product to make it affordable to … [Read more...] about Adam Grime’s Weekly Market Review is Available!

Join the Capital Discussions Slack Community

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We have had some people in our community ask for a place to talk to each other in real time with chat. After looking at different possible solutions, Slack seemed like a good choice for the Capital Discussions community. Slack is a very popular platform for teams and communities to communicate to each other. It is cross platform and easy … [Read more...] about Join the Capital Discussions Slack Community

How the U.S. Election Will Effect the Markets

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We all know the U.S. Presidential Election is on Tuesday, November 8th, just a few days away. We've seen how the S&P 500 has had nine straight days of losses, which hasn't happened since December 1980. The S&P 500 Let's take a look at the S&P 500 chart: The decline has been fairly orderly, with the 14-day Average True Range … [Read more...] about How the U.S. Election Will Effect the Markets

Interactive Brokers Increases Margin Due to Brexit

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I remember during market crashes in the past, Interactive Brokers (IB) increased the margin for many products.There was a lot of complaining about it on certain forums but I personally was happy to see the increased margins. As an IB customer myself, I like knowing rogue traders with too much risk are not going to destroy the brokerage … [Read more...] about Interactive Brokers Increases Margin Due to Brexit

CBOE to List SPX Wednesday-Expiring Weeklys Options

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I came across an interesting announcement from CBOE that they are adding a new SPX weekliy option that expires on Wednesdays! OptionVue and OptionNET Explorer have some work to add the new options into their software now! Here's the CBOE press release: CHICAGO, Feb. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange® … [Read more...] about CBOE to List SPX Wednesday-Expiring Weeklys Options

Brian’s Rhino Trade Alerts

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Brian's Rhino Trade Alerts Brian Larson's popular Rhino trade is very forgiving in large market moves. It was designed to have minimum adjustments over the life of the trade so it is suitable for traders who have full time jobs and can't be at their computers during the entire trading day. The Rhino trade has several objectives: … [Read more...] about Brian’s Rhino Trade Alerts

Round Table with Tom Nunamaker – The Reverse Harvey

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Tom Nunamaker is presenting the Reverse Harvey on the Round Table this week on Thursday at 4:30pm ET. The Reverse Harvey is a great trade adjustment technique to use as your trades are making money. The Reverse Harvey Reduces margin, sometimes by over 50% Flattens the T+0 line and widens the T+0 break even points Still retains … [Read more...] about Round Table with Tom Nunamaker – The Reverse Harvey

Beginner Trading Group

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If you're getting started with option trading, or want a refresher, check out our new Beginner Trading Group. Jerry Furst, from Trader's Education Network, hosts the group and does a great job teaching option trading concepts and answering your questions. Join the FREE Beginner Trading Group Jerry meets every Wednesday at Noon Eastern … [Read more...] about Beginner Trading Group