In January 2016, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published the standard Minimum capital requirements for market risk (access the BIS full text here). With the goal of promoting a consistent global implementation of this standard, which is to become the basis for Pillar 1 capital requirements in 2019, the Basel Committee periodically reviews frequently […]
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5 Essential Rules for Trading with Futures
A “Futures contract” is a legal agreement between two parties that agree the delivery, from one party to the other, of a specified quantity, of a specified asset, on a specified future date, at a price agreed on the moment of the trade execution. Futures contracts are exclusively exchange-traded (the equivalent OTC instrument is called a […]
Exclusive Interview with Options Expert & Author Pierino Ursone
Pierino Ursone has more than twenty years working as a professional Options trader in the equity and commodity markets (half of it as a Market Maker in Equity Options, the other half as a Proprietary Options trader in the Energy Markets). He has authored Amazon’s popular book How to Calculate Options Prices and Their Greeks: […]
INFOGRAPHIC: How Does the U.S. Stock Market Perform in Election Years?
Tomorrow is a big day for the American people. It is estimated that over 200m people will go to the ballots, in what is already being considered the most controversial elections in U.S. history. The outcome will be either a Republican victory, with Donald Trump heading, or a Conservative outcome meaning Hillary Clinton will win. One of […]
INFOGRAPHIC: What is a Stock Chart?
If you’re taking your first steps into the world of stock markets and possibly thinking of investing, you are probably spending quite some time surfing the web and googling for everything you can on the subject. Depending exactly on what you are looking for, the topic might be vast and complex. Moreover, some very bright […]
Popular Systematic Trading Strategy – Breakout Trading
London based Man AHL – Leading Quantitative Investment Manager and one of the biggest hedge funds in the world ($19 billion AUM), published a series of videos explaining how maths are the core for their predictive trading tools. The video highlighted below explains “breakout trading,” which is one of one of the most popular systematic […]
Measuring Risk with Options using the Greeks
If you’re trading with options (or about to start), you will need to get acquainted with the Greeks. The Greeks are composed of four main measures of risk which represent several variables that influence option prices. They are used to support a trader or portfolio manager to determine the risk and reward in options trading. The Greeks risk measures indicate […]