Oversimplification. It can be very profitable if used in conjunction with other indicators, market sentiment, etc.
Second wave
I meant the amateurs buying the high/low not whether the trade was profitable.
I'm not so sure about this. It used to be that amateurs would buy all time highs and then inevitably get hit by the institutions along the way....
In November I want to sell you something and you want to buy it from me at a specified price. I think the market is going down so I want to fix...
Swaps are another reason that companies use these derivatives. More so in interest rate swaps but they can sometimes involve equity futures
Because they need to take delivery of a product/commodity.
Companies use futures to reduce risk by locking in price so it's more stable for them. If you remove futures, they will just find some other way...
It's for spread betting. Guaranteed stops will just cost you a lot in the long run
That's a load of parabolics.
The thing is, to manipulate a market you either have to be the market maker, have more money than the market participants combined, or be in an...
Having traded through the flash crash in 2010, the problem was getting your stop filled. If you are in an active day trade with a reasonably close...
Always a suggestion :) It was FOMC day when I opened so kind of risky
Took half off at 420. Holding for 400
I would try a short here back to 425 possibly 400
Even friends around the dinner table are starting to say don't short Tesla. Kind of a give away that something downward will happen soon.
Good trade normally but the Robinhood crowd are probably buying the dips still.
Take off half say a target. Use a moving average to trail the rest.
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Depends... maybe they are trading in tax free savings accounts where you can't use leverage.
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