Bitcoin Prices Surge Past $15k As Volatility Soars This Thursday, December 7th, 2017, Bitcoin passed the $15,000 mark. While Bitcoin’s stratospheric rise in 2017 has astounded even the most ardent Bitcoin supporters, the $6,000 gain in just the last week has made all past Bitcoin rallies pale in comparison. What Is Driving Bitcoin Prices? The […]
How to Trade Like A Casino: An Introduction to Credit Spreads Modern casinos have one of the simplest yet most brilliant business models in the contemporary business world: for every dollar that is wagered in the casino, they are likely to win $1.05 back. While they will not win every gamble, averaged over millions of […]
Bitcoin Futures Set To Launch Sunday, December 10th After gaining regulatory approval from the CFTC, CBOE Global Markets Inc. has announced the release of a Bitcoin (BTCUSD) futures exchange set for 6 pm on the evening of Sunday, December 10th, 2017. The futures will be cash-settled on the day following their expiry date based on […]
Fill price is a term referring to the act of fulfilling an order for a particular financial instrument. As a trading term, it is used to describe the action of transacting financial instruments like stocks, bonds and others. It is important to understand that when an order is complete, savvy traders refer to this process […]
Gamma is one of the major ‘Greeks‘, ancient Greek letters that are used to signify key option trading metrics. An option’s gamma is the derivative of its delta, which itself is a measure of how quickly the option’s price changes relative to the price changes of the underlying security. Therefore, it is a measure […]
Tension between the US and North Korea is escalating and the effects have started to be felt in the global markets. As a result of the tension, volatility has affected global markets and this may have you wondering why this happens. Well, war is known to confuse investors thus raising uncertainty. Even though thinking about […]
Are you aspiring to be a trader? Well, in the trading world, it is important to figure out what type of trader you want to be. There are several factors one needs to consider in order to select the right path. Some of these factors include time, personality, size of the account, skill level and […]
Stock borrowing is the act of receiving a number of shares as a loan from another financial entity. This loan is generally backed up by collateral for the total or partial value of the loaned shares and is accompanied by a rate of interest on the borrowed value. Stock Borrowing in Trading While there are […]
Buying a stock is not the same as buying something from the supermarket. Instead stocks are bought and sold according to the bid/ask spread, which is the difference between the highest bid, or the highest price that someone is currently willing to buy at, and the lowest ask, or the lowest price that someone is […]
Bitcoin Price Smashes Through $10,000 Level Bitcoin prices may have been on a tear for the majority of 2017, but the end of the year has seen an unprecedented increase in value, just recently breaching the $10k threshold. Some people are convinced that Bitcoin prices are just getting started, and that we are at the […]
