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BeaBu.com Archives: January 2010

Directional Trades with Stocks

What is a directional trade? In general, a directional trade is a trade in which you are betting on a particular direction (up or down) in the movement of price ...  See more

Directional Trades with Options

Directional and non-directional option trades Maybe you have already heard about an option trade being directional or non-directional. What does it mean? In short, this distinction is about how much ...  See more

Moving Averages: Choosing the Right Period Length

There is no perfect moving average Like there is no “right” way to do many things in finance and trading, there is also no “right” moving average period. Advantages of ...  See more

Volatility of Security Prices

What volatility means Volatility is a measure of how much something tends to change. Unlike the usual way people look at prices of securities and their changes – up or ...  See more

Long Straddle: How Your P/L Behaves

How to create a long straddle A straddle is the simplest non-directional trade you can make with options. A straddle is a combination of a call and a put option ...  See more