Tuesday, July 31, 2012

What To Know About 60 Second Binary Options

Some Things You Need To Know About 60-Second Binary Options Trading

For those considering venturing into the world of 60 second binary options trading, there are some things you need to know first in order to make an informed and intelligent decision. 60 second binary options trading strategies are certainly not for everyone but for those of us to whom it is suited, it can be a very very profitable venture.


Binary options have greatly simplified the trading of options and have made it very accessible for traders who do not have large sums of money with which to start their trading career. For decades only the big dogs on Wall Street and their buddies around the world have had access to binary options. Not so anymore. Now us "small-time" retail investors have our chance to play with the big boys.


Binary Options Tutorial
When an investor buys a binary option, he or she chooses how much he or she is willing to invest for it, how long the contract will be active for (expiry), and the directional movement during that chosen time frame. That's it, that's all. Before placing a trade the various return rates offered on assets with their selection of expiry times are prominently displayed for the trader to see and evaluate prior to placing any trade. None of these factors for 60 second binary options are any different than that of standard "high/low" binary options contracts. Really the only substantial (and obvious) difference between standard binary options and the 60 second binary options variety is the...
...drum-roll please...
...60 second expiration time-frame. Are you just shocked or what?

However, that one "small" difference makes for a world of difference in trading style, strategy, and money management practices. For instance many people trade these instruments in a "series". Trading 60 second binary options can be very exciting with their hyper fast-paced action and high returns. And just like "regular" binary options, 60-second binary options trading is also quite simple and easy to learn. But with that said, mastering the process and becoming a consistently profitable 60 second binary options trader may not be as simple as the above would make it seem. Like many things worth doing it takes some practice and hard work to become truly good at it. If it was completely easy then everyone would quit their jobs and get rich trading 60 second binary options. Sadly, it just isn't that easy haha. It is, however, entirely within reach to become a consistently profitable 60-second binary options trader. I've done it, and that means others can too. Lots of practice, the reading of other traders' strategies and learning processes, keeping an open mind, and then eventually the development of a solid plan which you test and - if promising- stick to religiously will take you far towards your goal of becoming a profitable 60 second binary options trader. But in your rush to reach your goals, don't get caught up in the get rich quick schemes and scams that exist out there. For a current example check out this report: "The Profit in 60 Seconds Scam Review". If you read that carefully you should then be able to spot other scams that operate on the same basic principles.


60 second binary options trading is an innovative practice developed by TradeRush and adopted industry-wide which can be both exciting and very profitable for traders of all styles and experience levels. They can be especially powerful and profitable during temporarily strongly trending markets (the trend really is your friend with 60-second options!). 60 second binary options are also great for trading on news and other "event-driven" speculative plays.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

An Introduction To Pair Options Trading


An Introduction To Pair Options Trading

The method of choosing which asset out of a "pair" of asset will perform better over a given period, is known as pair options trading, and it is one of the latest techniques to be practiced in speculative trading. There are different types of trading involved, including trading with a fixed or floating pair, which can potentially yield profits of around 86 percent and up to 350 percent respectively. Regardless, a healthy profit is assured to any trader who chooses the winning asset of a "pair".

pair options trading at traderush

Binary options are perhaps better known and used more widely, and pair options trading is basically a version of this, although the pair options can be chosen more accurately as traders always know the pay rates ahead of time. A pair options broker like Stockpair can offer expert advice and is able to provide more specialized and accurate knowledge on these types of trades, allowing traders to compare risk against reward and therefore profit from the often high returns. A binary options broker is also able to trade on behalf of clients and investors.

Basic pair options known as fixed pairs options have their previous performance taken into account before they are purchased; they are said to be normalized. However, if the previous performance over a certain designated period is taken into account the pairs are said to be floating, and the outcome of the trade will be determined by these statistics. The length of time that is taken into account can be days, weeks or even months.

Pair options trading can be lucrative, and Traderush offers investors the chance to participate in and potentially profit from these trades, and many investors have taken advantage of the trades offered by the company's website. The attractive returns being seen have meant that people all over the world have started to take notice of this type of profitable and exciting trade.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

60 Second Binary Options: Bringing In The Future In A Minute

TradeRush 60 Second Binary Options Trading


TradeRush 60-Second Binary Options
Investing in the stock market has always been a kin to gambling with the exception that researching can increase a person’s odds of a positive outcome. However, the problem has been that with the undefined potential gain, there was also an undefined potential loss. 60 second binary options are a relatively new trend introduced by binary options broker TradeRush that has eliminated this degree of uncertainty.

First, binary trades work on a simplistic concept. The investor sets the amount that he or she is willing to risk. Then he or she states whether the stock price will be above or below a specified valued at the lapse of minute’s time. If the investor has predicted correctly, then he or she is paid the profit amount agreed upon at the purchase of the trade. One should note that the profit amount does not increase or decrease in correlation to how large the gap between the specified value and actual market value in the favorable direction became. Furthermore, the profit is a fixed return on the initial investment to which the investor agreed in order to be able to definitively know what the potential loss of the investment will be at the time of purchase.

60 second binary options

The strong appeal of 60 second binary options trading at TradeRush is the all or nothing payout after a very short increment of time. In addition, this type of trading does not require that the investor formulate any sort of exit strategy in the event that a profitable stock investment beings to go south.

While the utilization of binary trades is not a new occurrence in the general market, 60 second binary options trades were thought to be virtually impossible. Reasoning for this was that none thought the speed needed to pass information between all necessary parties could be attained. However, the advent of platforms for web-based trading allow for real-time data streaming affording the speed necessary to perform the 60 second binary options in the complex transaction and derivative markets. Therefore, fast moving markets have greatly benefited from these short expiries binary trades because they boost the influx and out-flux of traders. With this constant flux, the prices are constantly changing drawing more attention from short term traders that are looking for this type of finite risk investment.

The return on a http://binaryoptionstradingschool.net/60-second-binary-options/ at TradeRush can be as high as 81 percent. With the profit being that great, it is easier to see why investors would be attracted, but also why there needs to be measures to ensure that this new trend in trading does not prey on individuals that have issues with gambling. Most sites that offer 60 second trades will limit the amount per trade and that is probably a good thing. However, TradeRush offers limits up to $500 per option for its 60 second binary options.

Friday, June 29, 2012

TradeRush Asset Selection Expanded

Review of TradeRush's New Features And Asset Selection

TradeRush has once again expanded its offerings to its traders by adding an outstanding 20+ asstets to their already impressive list. This is in addition to their recent launch of pair options trading on the platform and the new assets that came along with that.

With these new additions TradeRush now has a market-dominating 110 underlying assets on which you can base your trades. TradeRush is also the one and only place you can currently trade both binary options and pair options on the same platform.


TradeRush has pretty much lead the pack right out of the gate after its launch in mid-2011 and has done so right up to the present time. From their introduction of 60-second options to the most recent innovation of offering pair options TradeRush is usually first, and best. They remain our favorite of the top by a wide margin.

Friday, June 22, 2012

AnyOption Reviews 2012 - AnyOption Review Videos

AnyOption Reviews 2012 - AnyOption Introductory Video For Beginners Or New Traders To AnyOption

anyoption reviews 2012 AnyOption Reviews 2012 Videos And More
AnyOption is one of the most popular binary options brokers. Possibly the most popular binary options broker. While we don't necessarily agree that this level of popularity is justified we can't deny that they must be doing something right over there or they wouldn't be this popular. Our personal endorsement goes to TradeRush hands down. It's where we trade and we've always been extremely satisfied with the service and platform. And no other binary options broker offers even close to the variety of features and investment options (you can visit traderush here). That said AnyOption is also a respectable broker with a good reputation overall. And with the 15% return rate on losing trades across the board at AnyOption it could be a choice to consider for some potential traders looking at binary options brokers.

As a popular binary options broker, AnyOption reviews are fairly abundant on the web. And from those AnyOption reviews we've taken out some of the video footage generated. Some of it is from the AnyOption website itself and some of it is user-generated content from AnyOption customers and partners.

This first AnyOption reviews 2012 video comes from their own website and is mostly promotional in nature but you can still get some good information about the company and its services from the video.

AnyOption Reviews 2012 - Any Option Promotional Video



AnyOption Reviews 2012 - Any Option Interactive Demo


This next AnyOption Reviews 2012 video also comes from the AnyOption website and is actually more than a video with interactive features. Simply click on the demo image to be taken to the interactive demo to learn more about the AnyOption binary options trading platform. The interactive demo covers the basics of using the platform and trading in several types of contracts and asset classes. AnyOption welcomes traders from all over the world, including the US where they are very popular.


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This YouTube video is user-generated content and is part of one of the AnyOption reviews 2012 articles.
The video is about fifteen minutes long and goes over all of the features available at AnyOption, the various assets on which you can base your trades, the different binary option contract types offered, return rates available on various assets and the average across all asset classes and website navigation. The video itself is not of the greatest quality but it does cover all the bases at AnyOption and should give you a good idea of what you might be getting into with them.

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AnyOption Reviews 2012 - Any Option Review By User One


AnyOption Review - A New Review Of Anyoption For 2012


This last video is another user-generated AnyOption Reviews 2012 video that comes from YouTube and points back at a full review at a website like the one above but a different person and a different website. This video is more polished but doesn't cover as much ground as the one above. It does, however, still cover enough to give you a good idea about AnyOption and it gives a different perspective than the one above.

AnyOption Reviews 2012 Video Overview


EWI's Most Current Wave Analysis Of The S&P500


Here's what Elliott wave analysis is all about: You study charts to find non-overlapping 5-wave moves (trend-defining) from overlapping 3-wave ones (corrective, countertrend).
With that in mind, please take a look at this chart of the S&P 500, which our U.S. Intraday Stocks Specialty Service(FreeWeek is on now) posted for subscribers at 9:37 AM today (June 14):
Immediately, you can see that the S&P 500 has been moving sideways in a choppy, overlapping manner. That's the definition of a correction -- i.e., that is NOT the trend. The trend, as the U.S. Intraday Stocks Specialty Service editor Tom Prindaville said in the morning market overview, was higher -- at least in the short-term:
...sideways-to-up over the very near term will be expected. Simply put, overall higher near-term remains the intraday call -- to complete a corrective second wave.
And here's a chart of the S&P 500 at the close of the market that the Service posted at 3:34 PM on the same day:
To make this bullish forecast, the Service editor Tom Prindaville was simply following the Elliott wave model of market progression. The model called for a completion of the developing wave 2 -- in this case, "higher near-term."
Market corrections -- the sideways, choppy moves you see in both charts above -- are notoriously hard to forecast. And not every Elliott wave forecast works out. But you do get a real, practical roadmap of the expected market action.

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This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline S&P 500: Elliott Wave Forecasts, Simplified. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the world.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

TradeRush Review - New Features For 2012

TradeRush Review Of All New Features For 2012 - 06/12/2012
Traderush is one of the newer major binary options brokers to enter the market with its launch coming in mid-2011. And it was off to the races from there. TradeRush quickly became, first a market leader in the industry, and then the market leader in the binary options trading industry. All in less than one year. They must be doing something right over there (This TradeRush review is a much more recently updated review than ours, which is really made necessary by all the changes that have taken place over there. We just don't have the time to do it ourselves). An already great binary options broker just got even better.

Read On For Our Full TradeRush Review Of These New Features.....

TradeRush Review Basics

TradeRush Home: http://www.traderush.com/
TradeRush Minimum Deposit: $200 Or Equivalent
Minimum Trade Size: $25 Or $10 For 60-Second Contracts
Account Currencies: USD, EUR, GBP
US Traders: Welcomed!
TradeRush Deposit Bonus: Yes - Up To 50% For Standard Accounts. Up To 100% For VIPs!

TradeRush Review - Newly Introduced Features (06/01/2012)

NEW - StockPairs now offered!!! Only Broker Offering BOTH Binary And Pair Options!
NEW - FaceBook stock now available for trading!
NEW - 6 month expiry times! - Expiry times at TradeRush now range from 60 seconds to 6 months!
NEW - $500 Max On 60-Second Options. Highest Of Any Binary Options Broker.
NEW - High-Yield Contracts For 60-Second Options And Option Builder Contracts.
NEW - Deposit Method - Liberty Reserve.

TradeRush Review Details

That's a lot of new features to be rolled out all at once! We're loving them though and we thought that a TradeRush review update was in order considering the substantial changes. Probably the biggest news here is the introduction of pair options trading to the TradeRush binary options platform. Until now if you wanted to trade dedicated pair options pretty much your only option was Stockpair. A good broker for sure and one we can easily recommend for pair options trading but nonetheless, variety is nice and we've been hoping more brokers would start offering pair options. It's no surprise to us that it was our favorite broker, TradeRush, who pulled the trigger first on this. We suspect that many more binary options brokers will follow the lead of TradeRush, as they usually do. TradeRush has done a good job of establishing itself as the leader in binary options trading with others doing the following. They were also the first to introduce 60-second options to the scene with other brokers playing catch-up and following suit.

TradeRush is offering a decent selection of pair options for the feature's launch and they plan to continue adding to the list as we move forward. This will certainly give TradeRush a distinct advantage over most of the competition. Below is the list of pair options introduced for the feature's launch and a company representative contacted for this TradeRush review assured us that more are on the way!

TradeRush Review

TradeRush Review - Pair Options Selection


TradeRush Pair Options
Stocks Commodities Indices
CITI v. JPM GOLD v. SILVER DAX v. CAC
AAPL v. GOOG GOLD v. CRUDE OIL
AMZN v. AAPL GOLD v. EUR
BNP v. BARCLAYS


Not a bad list to start but I think we can expect this selection to grow rather rapidly as pair options are continuing to gain in popularity. TradeRush is all about giving the clients what they want and what they want is more variety and more trading options. Equaling more profit opportunities. TradeRush continues to deliver on this front and doing this TradeRush review convinced us that they will almost certainly continue to be the leader in binary options trading technology for some time to come.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

80/20 Trading - An EWI Perspective


The 80/20 Trade: "Pounce Like a Cat"
Patience Can Be Rewarding 
June 04, 2012By Elliott Wave International

Copy the tiger when stalking and capturing a "pounce-ready" trade.
Tigers know the prey they covet is elusive: they show great patience and care when stalking the target.
I came across this description of the tiger's technique:
"When hunting, this cat...may take twenty minutes to creep over ground which would be covered in under one minute at a normal walk...the tiger will sometimes pause...move closer and so lessen that critical attack distance...before finally raising its body and charging.

"...they wait until a victim comes close and spring up...This ambush method of hunting uses less energy and has a greater chance of success."
You must "ambush" high confidence trades. Long-time professional trader and teacher Dick Diamond says patience is vital before the ambush.
I talked to Diamond about his famous 80/20 trade, which he means literally -- he says it has at least an 80 percent chance of success. It's the only trade set-up Diamond will take.
TradeRush 60 second options trading
Q: Could you tell me about the 80/20 trade?
Diamond: The 80/20 trade is based on indicators that create a specific trading set-up. A trader must act on this set-up immediately. You must wait, and then pounce like a cat when the opportunity presents itself. Then you set stops. In shorter time frames, like trading from a five minute chart, the 80/20 set up may come along a few times a day. If you're trading a longer time frame, like off of a 120 minute or 240 minute chart, the 80/20 will come along less frequently, but when it does, the opportunity will be bigger. The 80/20 trade can be especially rewarding for position traders. Sometimes the indicators reveal what I call 90/10 or even 95/5 trades.

Q: What emotional factors do students need to work on the most?
Diamond: Traders must be calm and confident. You can't be a Nervous Nellie and succeed at trading. Calmness comes from learning the proper trading techniques.

Q: What's different about trading today vs. when you started out in the 1960s?
Diamond: When I started trading, execution took up to five minutes -- now it takes less than a second. Time is money, so computers provide a great advantage to today's trader compared to pre-computer days. At the same time, while computers allow the trader to see multiple indicators on the screen, one must avoid indicator overload. One must learn to narrow down the number of indicator

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Forex Hedging With Binary Options

An Intro To Using Binary Options As A Forex Speculation Instrument

Definition of 'Binary Option'  --  (From Investopedia)
A type of option in which the payoff is structured to be either a fixed amount of compensation if the option expires in the money, or nothing at all if the option expires out of the money. Also sometimes referred to as "all-or-nothing options" or "digital options".
These binary options are different from "plain vanilla" options.

Using binary options as a vehicle for speculating in the Forex markets is really quite straightforward and uncomplicated. This can allow those who are who have little experience or are just getting into financial markets and Forex to get their feet wet without risking losing their shirt. You could potentially get started with the very modest minimum initial investment of $200 - though $500 as a minimum is recommended for proper money techniques to be implemented.

With returns up to 85% per trade on an hourly basis the potential for profit is enormous if done correctly and smartly. There is also significant risk of losing your initial investment. Which is why proper money management is crucial in binary options trading. The ability to precisely control your risk and risk/reward profile is one of the great draws of Forex binary options trading and when you harness that risk, accept it and use it properly, you can do very well for yourself. We turned $100 into a bit over $1000 in just a couple days last week. We very well may have lost that $100 we started with. But, we could only lose a maximum of that starting $100 and we had the opportunity to profit much much more than $100. So you see, that's the great thing about binary options trading for us.


Sunday, May 13, 2012

Opteck Reviews And Resources

Opteck Reviews And Resources - A Short List

A short list indeed. As a binary options broker which is both fairly new and known better outside of the US it can be difficult to find much information on this broker or any kind of Opteck reviews. We thought it might be helpful to throw together a quick post of some Opteck reviews and other resources.

Opteck Review Video


Opteck Facebook page with updates on binary options trade ideas on the opteck trading platform.

There frankly isn't a whole lot out there as far as resources for opteck trading but there is a lot of user feedback and Opteck themselves offers quite a bit in the way of resources. Overall, it's pretty clear that they are popular outside the US for a reason and considering their current aggressive courtship of US binary options traders there doesn't seem to be much doubt that we will be hearing more and more about Opteck in the coming months and years.

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Are Binary Options Basically A Scam?

Well the short answer in no.
We've been trading binaries for awhile now so for ourselves we had no doubt but we do run across a fair amount of confusion surrounding this subject.
Thankfully (so we didn't have to do it) our friends at BOTSchool have done a fabulous job of clearing up the issue once and for all.
So find out for yourself if there really is a binary options scam!
Logical exercises and history lessons by themselves not enough to convince you that there is no binary options scam? Nothing wrong with due diligence. Let us take a good look at how these brokers actually do make their money shall we?
This choice quote from the article pretty much sums it up for me but there is also nothing wrong with a little skepticism and doing your own due diligence!

Cheers!

Friday, April 27, 2012

Mainstream Economist Turned GoldBug? About Time


A plea for sanity

2012-APR-25

DollarAn article by Professor Lew Spellman has caught the attention of the sharp-eyed, and may indeed be important. Spellman, who in the past has been an economist at the Fed and served as an assistant to the Chairman of the President’s Council of Advisors, makes the point that gold is quietly becoming a core banking asset for collateral purposes, at a time when the alternative, sovereign obligations, is becoming dangerously unstable as a bedrock of value. This is an establishment economist suggesting that gold is being chosen by markets as an alternative to money issued by government diktat.
He even suggests that ownership of gold would allow banks to increase leverage of their balance sheets. The London Bullion Market has been lobbying for this for the last six months, and at government level the Chinese have long pressed for gold to have a monetary role on a supra-national basis. Powerful forces recognise the benefits, and if the Basel Committee which is considering the matter agrees to banks using gold as Tier 1 Capital, it would create substantial demand for physical bullion, for any such gold would have to be physically held on an allocated basis.
Anyone who understands gold’s historic role will grasp the importance of the argument behind extra bank leverage. Direct ownership of bullion by a bank is superior to holding the fiat money issued by a central bank. It should increase confidence in any bank and the system as a whole. Given relative values, bank purchases of bullion will drive the value of gold as Tier 1 Capital up relative to other qualifying assets, increasing its desirability for regulatory purposes further without a gold-owning bank doing anything.
The fly in the ointment is politics. Ever since the Nixon shock in 1971, the US Government has tried to convince the world that gold has no monetary role. It would require the US Treasury to accept that gold might be superior to the paper dollar after all. No doubt that U-turn can be performed, but the concern would be that gold being officially recognised as a form of money would disadvantage the dollar and hand substantial power to the Chinese, who have been accumulating gold from their own mines.
This raises the question about how much gold the Chinese actually own. They have been mining the stuff for over a thousand years, and if Marco Polo is to be believed, seven hundred years ago there were enormous quantities of gold throughout both the Chinese Empire and Japan. This is certainly under-recorded by the World Gold Council, and while it and subsequent production may be tucked away, it won’t have been destroyed. It is a fair bet that some of it is still in China, under the control of the government, the ultimate inheritors of the dynastic legacies.
Why does this matter? It matters because if gold is accepted as the ultimate collateral, the balance of monetary power shifts from the US to China. China is already angling to conduct Asian trade settlements without using the dollar, and is ready to start using gold for settling her trade balance with Iran. This is an important development, the predictable result of US attempts to dictate terms of trade.
China is ready to use gold for monetary purposes, as is much of Asia and the Middle East. Europe is falling apart and needs gold as collateral for its banking system. Central banks everywhere, from Mexico to the Ukraine, are adding to their gold reserves, and according to the IMF in March alone twelve of them added 58 tonnes to their reserves, presumably in anticipation of its monetary return. The official price of $42.22 is an old joke that no longer amuses. How about it, Mr President?
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Is Developed Country Sovereign Debt Really "Riskless"?


The myth of riskless debt

2012-APR-22

Falling plot line over Europe Much has been learned from the ongoing financial debacle that has been painfully rattling the world’s financial structure in recent years. Foremost among these valuable lessons is the realization that all financial assets have risks.
Even the bonds of many sovereign nations are being called into question, and rightly so. Though often deemed to be “riskless” because of a country’s ability to extract tax from its citizens, logic tells us that nothing in life is risk-free. This conclusion can also be reached by even a cursory reading of monetary history, or in a more meaningful and instructive way, just by closely observing financial events in recent years. Unquestionably, sovereign bonds have risks.
In fact, there are three of them. Each of these risks needs to be seriously considered and analysed before purchasing the bond of any sovereign nation.
1) Currency risk – There are two types of currency risk. The first is inflation, which has been eroding the purchasing power of currencies ever since governments abandoned the classical gold standard decades ago. This risk is particularly acute in today’s environment in which continuous central bank intervention manipulates artificially low interest rates, with the consequence that the interest income earned on a bond is not likely to completely offset the loss of purchasing power of the currency in which the bond is denominated. The other currency risk comes from fluctuating exchange rates. A declining exchange rate will reduce the value of bonds denominated in a foreign currency. For example, any euro-based investor who owned bonds denominated in British pounds saw their wealth eroded when the pound’s exchange rate collapsed against the euro a few years ago.
2) Interest rate risk – Although central banks have been actively intervening in the credit markets to keep interest rates low, it is inevitable that interest rates will again rise. Rising interest rates mean that bond prices will fall. Bond prices will fall so that the yields of the bonds’ coupons will always equal the prevailing interest rate.
3) Counterparty risk – Most devastating of all is the risk of default. A country will repay its bonds only if it has both the financial capacity and the willingness to repay. In this regard, investors are learning from recent events that many countries have exceeded the ability to repay its debts, even if they want to do so.
Despite these recent events, many bondholders still believe that they can achieve a favourable risk/return ratio by owning a government bond. While that assertion may have been true in the past, most governments today are over-leveraged and stretched to the limit. It is no longer reasonable to expect that a government bond can be bought and held to maturity. They have become a trading vehicle, to be bought and sold like commodities in an attempt to profit from price fluctuations. This task requires unique skills, so it is best to leave the ownership of sovereign bonds to professional traders and speculators.
As a consequence of countries living far beyond their financial capacity, many promises made by politicians are going to be broken. This will include the insincere promise to always honour a country’s debts. The plain truth is that many governments around the world are running out of money, and in that environment, sovereign bonds are not risk-free.
Author: James Turk

Monday, April 23, 2012

New Banc De Binary Review - Now Updated For 2013

Authoritative Binary Options Website, Binary Options Reviews Has Bestowed An Award Of Best Broker Of 2012 To Popular Binary Options Broker Banc De Binary.

In operation since 2009, Banc De Binary is a privately held trading and investment firm with operations in over 80 countries throughout Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia, and India. Banc De Binary was also the very first binary options broker to locate headquarters in the US financial center of Wall Street, New York. Thus voluntarily subjecting themselves to the stringent US regulatory apparatus. Banc De Binary has committed itself to filling a void left by other binary options brokers for US-based binary options enthusiasts.

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Binary options are uncomplicated financial products which usually return either a high, fixed amount or nothing at all. There is only two possible outcomes: success, or failure. And for this reason binary options/digital options are known as "all-or-nothing" trades. With risk comes the potential for great reward. Trade smart, practice sound money management, and trade with the right broker.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Economic Implosion? And What If?


How to Handle an Economic Implosion

April 18, 2012

By Elliott Wave International

I came across some research on the subject of worry. Here's how it was presented:
Things People Worry About:
  • things that never happen - 40%
  • things which did happen that worrying can't undo - 30%
  • needless health worries - 12%
  • petty, miscellaneous worries - 10%
  • real, legitimate worries - 8%
Of the legitimate worries, half are problems beyond our personal ability to solve. That leaves 4% in the realm of worries peoplecan do something about.
I thought about our gigantic national debt and weak economy. These seem to fit into both subcategories of "real" worries. Youcan't do much as an individual to solve the nation's debt and economic problems, yet you can prepare for a worsening economic downtrend.
Do we see evidence for an economic turn for the worse?
Well, consider that the evidence is so overwhelming that it took 456 pages of the second edition of Robert Prechter's book,Conquer the Crash, to cover it. And since that book published, Prechter has consistently devoted his monthly Elliott Wave Theorist to the facts and evidence behind his forecast.
Here's a chart from the book that was updated by Elliott Wave International in March 2012:

The downturn from 2008 is critically important, as it shows that after an almost unbroken 60-year climb, the contraction is underway. It surely has much further to go, because it is still a third higher than it was at the outset of the last debt deflation in 1929.
-- The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, March 2012
The rating agencies are well aware of what the above chart means. You probably know that Standard & Poor's downgraded U.S. debt from the nation's long-standing triple-A to AA+. Now, another rating agency has taken their rating even lower:
Rating firm Egan-Jones cuts its credit rating on the U.S. government to "AA" from "AA+" with a negative watch, citing a lack of progress in cutting the mounting federal debt.
-- CNBC.com, April 5
Robert Prechter's bestseller, Conquer the Crash, provides practical information about what you can do to protect your finances in the coming economic implosion. And right now, Elliott Wave International is offering 8 lessons from Conquer the Crash in a free 42-page report that covers:
  • What to do with your pension plan
  • How to identify a safe haven
  • What you should do if you run a business
  • A Short List of Imperative "Dos" and Don'ts"
  • And more
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This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline How to Handle an Economic Implosion. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the world.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Trading In Digital Options

Digital Options Trading Introduction


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Digital options, frequently referred to as "binary options" or "fixed return options" are similar to traditional options in many ways but also differ in some very significant ways. Digital options are quite simple trading instruments requiring no exceptional knowledge of or experience with trading or financial markets. Of course, superior knowledge of markets and trading does often lead to superior results but it is certainly not a prerequisite to being a profitable digital options trader. In this short article we will examine digital options, explain what they are, and explore how they are traded.

Digital Options Trading Highlights

  • Digital Options Are Market Neutral Instruments
  • Quick And Easy To Trade
  • Strictly Limited Risk
  • Small Initial Investment Required
  • Digital Options Have No Commissions, Fees, Or Other Hidden Costs
  • High, Fixed Potential Returns Known Beforehand
  • Requires Only A Small Move In The Underlying
  • Digital Options Can Be Traded At Any Time Of Day Or Night
  • Trade On Stocks, Indices, Currencies, Commodities And More

Some Digital Options Trading Disadvantages

  • Potential Returns On Winning Trades Will Always Be Less Then Potential Losses On Losing Trades (You'll need roughly a 55% win rate for profitability)
  • Many Digital Options Brokers Offer Trades Which Amount To Little More Than A Roulette Spin - 60 Second Options To Name One. (We're fans of digital options here but we recommend our readers stay clear of these types of trades.)
  • No Claim To An Underlying Asset (a possible disadvantage for some but for the majority not even an issue.)
  • Some Regulatory Conflicts For US Based Traders (Our Uncle Sam can certainly be a nosy, interfering chap sometimes...)
Digital options trading can be a great choice for some investors or speculators but as with anything in life it too has both its drawbacks and strengths and isn't right for everyone. I currently trade digital options with traderush and so far I have no complaints and I really like their platform. My first withdrawal was just a tad slow but my withdrawals since that first one have all been prompt. My account manager is great as well and is always helpful.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Tens of Billions at Significant Risk


Public Pension Funds: Tens of Billions at Significant Risk
Is now the time to gamble with retirement? 
April 04, 2012

By Elliott Wave International

To meet ambitious investment return targets, some public pension funds must now swing for the fences.
But many are down two strikes already, due to their previous big bets with hedge funds.
....the [pension] funds with a third to more than half of their money in private equity, hedge funds and real estate had returns that were more than a percentage point lower than returns of the funds that largely avoided those assets. They also paid nearly four times as much in fees.
New York Times, April 1
The same article describes how other pension funds have embraced this risky strategy, and how funds generally have their assets at risk. In 2007 pension funds allocated 10.7 percent to "high-growth" investments; by September 2011 they had increased that bet to 19 percent. All the while, hedge funds have underperformed, as this chart from our January 2012 Financial Forecast shows:

The [HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index] hit a new low on December 14, producing a rash of articles about how hedge funds got tripped up in 2011. "Many hedge-fund managers who came into 2011 riding a wave of momentum ended the year scratching their heads and nursing losses, whipsawed by markets that seemed to punish them month after month." "Head scratching" is just right for this still-early stage of the bear. Through the first ten months of 2011, 123 Asian hedge funds shut their doors, the second highest number of closures since 2008, the year world markets collapsed.
Financial Forecast, January 20
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is the nation's largest public pension fund. It recently lowered its investment return target from 7.75 percent to 7.5 percent. The system's actuary had recommended lowering it to 7.25 percent.>
The CalPERS board members were told by their staff that they had only a 50 percent chance of hitting or surpassing the 7.5 percent target, yet they adopted that assumption. Others say the odds are even worse than that.
If CalPERS loses the bet, as it is likely to, the next generation will pay the shortfall...
....if CalPERS or any other public-pension system banks on higher-investment returns, it must take greater risks to meet the target...Cal-PERS chief investment officer told Pensions and Investments newspaper last year, his system has "a reasonably ambitious return target" and "needs to have a portfolio with a lot of growth exposure."
San Jose Mercury News, March 24
Is now the time to take greater risks? You saw the 2011 performance of hedge funds, and that was a year when the DJIA was up. Imagine the scenario if the market takes a serious tumble.

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This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline Public Pension Funds: Tens of Billions at Significant Risk . EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the 
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Diagonal: Straight Shot to a Trading Opportunity

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Diagonal: Straight Shot to a Trading Opportunity

April 05, 2012

By Elliott Wave International

Today we sit down with Elliott Wave International's Futures Junctures Editor and Senior Tutorial Instructor Jeffrey Kennedy to discuss his favorite wave pattern of all: the diagonal.
EWI: You say if you had to pick just ONE of all 13 known Elliott wave structures to spend the rest of your technical trading life with, it would be the diagonal. First, tell us what the diagonal is.
Jeffrey Kennedy: The diagonal is a five-wave pattern labeled 1 through 5, in which each leg subdivides into three smaller waves: 3-3-3-3-3. Unlike impulse waves, however, diagonals are the only five-wave structures in the direction of the main trend in which wave 4 almost always moves into the price territory of wave 1. (See illustrations below.)
EWI: So, what makes this pattern so darn special?
JK: As you can see in the above charts, the diagonal is a terminating pattern. They can only occur in waves 5 of impulses or C-waves of corrections. This is why they're so exciting. Diagonals precede a dramatic change in trend. And, when they end, prices tend to retrace the entire pattern, or more, and fast -- in 1/3 to 1/2 the time it took the pattern to form.

Put simply: If you see a diagonal, you know the train of change is coming into the station.
EWI: Well, in your Daily Futures Junctures service, you do, in fact, see a diagonal underway in the recent price action of a major grain market. There, you present the following Elliott wave chart (some Elliott labels have been removed, while I took the liberty to draw a blue circle around the diagonal pattern for clarity):
JK: Yes. This is a classic diagonal unfolding in the final wave of the larger trend. As you can see, prices have put the finishing touches on wave (v) of c (circled). And, if my wave count is correct, this market's prices are about to board the "Exciting Southbound Turn" Railway.
EWI: Thank you so much for taking the time to explain the ins and outs of your favorite structure, the diagonal. And also, for alerting readers to the possible DRAMA in store for this major grain market thanks to this Elliott wave pattern.

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This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline Diagonal: Straight Shot to a Trading Opportunity. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the world.

Monday, April 2, 2012

The Central Bank Put Option



Jim Grant: ‘gold price is the reciprocal of faith in central banks’

2012-APR-02

Gold coins Up, down, and back up again: that about sums up the action in the gold and silver markets last week, though neither bulls nor bears were strong enough to move the gold price out of its trading range between $1,650-$1,680. Likewise, the silver price continues to trade in a range from $31-$33.
The indecisiveness in the metals is mirroring broader market ambiguities. German unemployment is now at a record post-reunification low, yet it’s been reported this morning that total eurozone unemployment stands at a 25-year high of 10.8%. In Italy, unemployment rose from 9.1% to 9.3% January to February – its highest level since 2004. The division between the German “core” and the Med countries (plus Ireland) grows ever wider.
New Chinese manufacturing data had cheered investors earlier today (production up for the fourth straight month) but that was before the eurozone unemployment data was released. European exchanges are down slightly and crude oil prices have taken a hit – though both WTI and Brent remain above the lows they reached last Thursday.
As for America, Barry Ritholtz posts good comment on Wall Street’s love of easy money, noting the combination of “extraordinary skills and stupendous luck” that it will take to return monetary policy “to some semblance of normalcy”. The humorous and informative James Grant remains just as sceptical, noting in the CNBC video below that “gold has more upside” because of these difficulties. Click on this link to watch James Grant discuss gold, the Fed and the US economy with James Turk.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Hurting metals still have a bright future.

Gold and silver prices holding above important support

2012-MAR-30

Silver bars Gold and silver are holding above important support levels, despite selling pressure yesterday. The gold pricemoved back above $1,660 this morning, after flirting with $1,650. The silver price sunk below $32 briefly yesterday afternoon – hurt indirectly by talk from the US, Britain and France about releasing petroleum reserves, thus temporarily lowering oil prices – but has moved back above support at $32.James Turk discusses the significance of this price action in his latest King World News Interview.
Though the gold market has been struggling for direction in recent weeks, this price action in combination with increased chatter about “QE3” in America and Spain’s debt problems may help the bulls. Though there have been times in recent years – notably during the spring of 2010 – when gold performed well during periods of EURUSD weakness, a lot will depend on how the dollar performs. The Dollar Index has again fallen below 79.00 in trading this morning, and is struggling to maintain the kind of upward momentum seen at the end of last year, when euro fears were dominant. Further dollar weakness will encourage gold buying.
During your lunch break today you might want to read “Four Numbers Add Up to an American Debt Disaster” by Bloomberg’s Caroline Baum. A key point she raises: “The U.S. is more dependent on short-term funding than many of Europe’s highly indebted countries, including Greece, Spain and Portugal”. Not enough attention is paid to the US Treasury’s reliance on short-term financing – something that could easily backfire in the years ahead.
This dynamic is not limited to the government either, given the precarious state of so many overly indebted companies and households. In the words of Peter Schiff: “America is on the mother of all adjustable rate mortgages”.

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

How To Trade Binary Options

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Do you trade stocks and options? Or thought about it but it seems out of your reach?

You may or may not have stumbled across binary options trading over the last 4 years. If binary options are entirely new to you, don't sweat it. For one thing binary options trading has only recently come on the scene and were not listed on an exchange until 2008. However, institutional investors and the big banks have been trading binary options "over-the-counter" for decades. In addition binary options are quite easy to get the hang of. One of the big advantages they have over traditional options. If you haven't yet learned how to trade binary options you just may want to give them a look-over.

To understand what binary options are and how they are traded, it will help us to understand what the meaning behind "binary" is in this case. And just in case you're unfamiliar with the word "binary" itself here's the definition:

"Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components."

One or the other. When applied to learning how to trade binary options this simply means that there are only two possible outcomes; win, or lose. If you are correct in your trade you get paid out the agreed upon (known ahead of the trade) amount and if you are wrong you are also paid out a pre-agreed upon amount. Though often this may be $0.
For the reasons above binary options are often called "all-or-nothing" options. However, many brokers will pay out some small amount on losing trades so not quite "nothing" in some cases.

As mentioned above one of the best things about trading binary options is that risk/reward is perfectly transparent before you ever place a trade. No matter what happens in the market if you meet your contract specifications the broker will pay out the pre-agreed upon return rate. This trading structure makes binary options trading very simple to learn (though it may be somewhat more difficult to master). You won't have to worry about making emotional decisions regarding when to sell or when to buy either. Another great thing that some brokers offer is "early exercise" of your options if they are "in-the-money" (ITM). Allowing active traders to pocket profit at any time their option reaches the ITM level.

In summary, you would buy a binary call option if you think the underlying asset will go up in price by the time the expiration rolls around. And, of course, a binary put option if you think it will be going lower in that time. See, when you trade binary options you don't have to worry about the size of the move at all and if it is so much as 1 tick ITM at expiration your broker pays the same return as if it was 1,000 ticks ITM at expiration. As such this form of trading can be simpler for those who don't have access to large amounts of capital or the knowledge to analyze the complexity of the traditional stock market. All you have to do is to decide whether a trade will do better or worse for the time that you hold it. That's not necessarily easy to do, but it is certainly much simpler than the alternative method of trading stocks or options. This is one of the reasons why learning how to trade binary options can be better for the beginner and part of why it has been rapidly gaining in popularity since its introduction.

I got into binary options trading less than six months ago and it has been a lot of fun and even moderately profitable. I only make small trades or I'd be a lot more profitable but I follow my own advice...don't speculate with what you can't afford to lose. Even if you think you won't lose.

If you enjoy trading then you may just want to check out binary options trading. Learning how to trade binary options is relatively painless, and potentially quite profitable.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Has the US become European?


Is the United States Headed Down Europe's Financial Road?

The recent Greek debt deal produced a big collective sigh of relief, plus some cheers for that massive liquidity injection into Europe's banking system.
It was time to grab a glass and offer a toast to the coming economic recovery of the European Union, right?
Alas, it turns out that Europe's private sector economic activity is contracting faster than expected.
The latest Markit composite purchasing managers' index fell to a three-month low. And the survey for that index was conducted in Germany and France, two of the eurozone's bigger economies.
Markit's chief economist told Marketwatch (3/22) "The euro-zone economy contracted at a faster rate in March, suggesting that the region has fallen back into recession..."
Citigroup's chief economist told CNBC (3/22) that Europe's financial problems have merely been delayed for another day. "We have really just paused for breath," he said. "It [the long-term refinancing operation] really hasn't solved the problem, and for Europe the worst is still to come."
Our Financial Forecast has said for years that the bailouts and the European Union itself would come to grief, even as other observers were optimistic.
Case in point, this excerpt from the December 2006 Financial Forecast:
Much of what's come together in Europe will come apart in coming years.
The crux of the forecast dates back to 1999, when the inclusionary force of the Great Bull Market was at its peak and The Wave Principle of Human Social Behavior argued that the post-World War II transformation toward a harmonious and borderless Europe had reached its limit:
"[The] European Union was consummated following 1,500 years of repeated conflict in the region...This multi-year pageant of apology, concession and agreement and the concurrent wonderful atmosphere of international peace and cooperation are consistent with my Elliott wave case that an uptrend of Grand Supercycle degree is ending."
That year, euro-phoria hit peak pitch, as 11 European countries surrendered their currencies to adopt the new euro and a shared monetary authority, the European Central Bank. For the next eight years, the European Union focused on expansion. This trend was perfectly consistent with the positive social mood trend, which reached its extreme in 2007. As the long and winding global financial topping process completes its final upward surges, the pageant of concession and agreement has desperately focused not on expansion but on rescue and preservation.
...The current level of unpayable debt is too big to bail.
So we're not surprised that Citigroup's chief economist just said that "...for Europe the worst is still to come."
And in the United States, the national debt has already climbed to $15.6 trillion; the federal government's own projections forecast a rise to $25-trillion by 2022. Moreover, we also know that many states and municipalities today suffer major financial woes.
Is America headed down the same financial road as Europe? And what about the future of the European Union itself?

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This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline Is the United States Headed Down Europe's Financial Road?. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the world.