All center fielders are baseball players but not all baseball players are center fielders. In much the same way, stock options are derivatives but not all derivatives are stock options. A derivative is a financial instrument whose value is “derived” from the underlying asset. It is a contract between two or more parties and the value is determined [...]
Entries Tagged as 'flash trading'
Derivatives- Stock Options and More
December 6th, 2009 · 24 Comments
Tags: Derivative · Futures Contracts (Futures) · Hedgers · Speculators · Step-up Orders · Swap · flash trading
Beware of “Pump and Dump” Scams plus Flash Trading Update
September 20th, 2009 · 21 Comments
I’ll bet that each and every one of you have received an email that went something like this:
IMAGINE IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO BUY A WAL-MART FRANCHISE IN MEXICO RIGHT WHEN IT FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS THERE AND ALL YOU NEEDED WAS A SMALL STAKE TO GET IN.
Hurry, we see this stock starting [...]
Tags: economic news · flash trading · painting the tape · pump and dump scam
The Yield Curve: Trading Opportunities and Economic Outlook plus What is Flash Trading?
August 15th, 2009 · 21 Comments
Baseball fans know all about slow curves, knuckle curves and Uncle Charlie but a sports fanatic who invests in the market should also know about Yield Curves. This is a line that plots the interest rates of (most frequently) three-month, two-year, five-year and thirty-year U.S. Treasury debt (bonds and T-bills). The curve is also used [...]
Tags: economic news · flash trading · yield curves


