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Selling cash-secured put options: Stock accumulation and targeted premium collectionGetting paid to wait for a buying opportunity.
Option butterfly spreads: Volatility, magnitude, and defined riskWould you like your butterfly balanced or unbalanced?
Iron butterfly: Body and wings (or a straddle with endpoints)The option spread, not the ’60s rock band.
Crypto & Foreign ExchangeSee all
Digital tokens: 8 types of crypto coinsDifferent kinds serve different purposes.
Centralized vs. decentralized crypto exchanges—which should you choose?Understanding CEX and DEX.
How to recover lost cryptocurrency—and how to keep it safeStart by choosing your digital wallet carefully.
Futures & Margin TradingSee all
Cryptocurrency futures: A new way to ride the crypto wave, with some old-school trading twistsCrypto not risky enough for you? Add leverage.
Brewing up volatility: Why and how triple witching days can shake up marketsDouble, double, toil, and trouble?
Contango vs. backwardation: What’s the difference?Navigating the price slopes.
Options TradingSee all
Selling cash-secured put options: Stock accumulation and targeted premium collectionGetting paid to wait for a buying opportunity.
Option butterfly spreads: Volatility, magnitude, and defined riskWould you like your butterfly balanced or unbalanced?
Iron butterfly: Body and wings (or a straddle with endpoints)The option spread, not the ’60s rock band.
Technical AnalysisSee all
Flag and pennant patterns: When a trend hits the pause buttonConsolidate, continue, confirm.
Candlestick patterns: Charting your trading strategyAn illuminating view of OHLC.
Head and shoulders pattern: Indicating a shift in market sentimentMarket pyschology in a graphic display.
Trading StrategySee all
Sahm rule: A real-time recession indicatorGauging momentum in the unemployment rate.
Want to be a pairs trader? How to assess, enter, and exit a pairs tradeStrategies for when the price isn’t right.
Does market timing work? The risk of missing big ralliesSavvy strategy vs. financial folly.