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How to Become “The Better” Options Trader
Who is the better options trader?
A. Two Nobel Prize winning economists who founded the very model that options pricing is based on.
Or…
B. A guy who thinks the market is like a giant poker game.
Of course, it's A … right? They are the geniuses, after all. I mean, they wrote the Black-Scholes options pricing model – the pricing model that every options trader uses directly or indirectly on a daily basis.
Technical Analysis vs. Fundamental Analysis
Of the two main methodologies used to predict the future direction on
the price of a security, an index or even the economy, which is better-
Technical Analysis or Fundamental Analysis? If I were forced to only
use one in my market analysis and security selection, technical analysis
would win hands down. Fortunately, I’m free to use (and do use) both
TA & FA as both methodologies definitely have their pros and cons.
Typically, fundamental analysis (FA) is used by those with longer-term
time frames such as investors or economists whereas TA has useful
applications in predicting both short-term price movements in securities
and markets as well as long-term trends.
Corporate Bonds Getting Liquid
Interactive Head and Shoulders
Hats-off to a kind Sloper who emailed me about this last night:
