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Investors who want the broadest range of choices in investments must consider foreign stocks and bonds in addition to domestic financial assets. Many foreign securities offer investors higher risk adjusted returns than do domestic securities. In addition, the low positive...

1. Find your own way. Every single person has their own set of beliefs, views, and comfort levels. This means that what works for one trader will not necessarily work  by another. Learn all you can, practice what you learn,...

The Canadian dollar has started to gain favor on the back of an improving outlook for the economy and firming oil prices. Crude prices traditionally are the main driver of “loonie” direction but we have seen that relationship wane in...

The Long Iron Condor is an intermediate strategy that can be profitable for stocks that are rangebound. It is the combination of a Bull Put Spread and a Bear Call Spread. The higher strike put is lower than the lower...

The Long Iron Butterfly is an intermediate strategy that can be profitable for stocks that are rangebound. It is the combination of a Bull Put Spread and a Bear Call Spread. Often, traders will leg into the Long Iron Butterfly,...

The Bear Call Spread is an intermediate strategy that can be profitable for stocks that are either rangebound or falling. The concept is to protect the downside of a Naked Call by buying a higher strike call to insure the...

The Bull Put Spread is an intermediate strategy that can be profitable for stocks that are either rangebound or rising. The concept is to protect the downside of a Naked Put by buying a lower strke put to insure the...

Selling a put is a simple, short-term incom strategy. When you sell a put, you have sold someone the right to sell.  As the stock falls, you may be obligated to buy the stock if you are exercised. Therefore, only...