Trading Psychology: Your Offer vs Their Offer1. Understanding “Your Offer” in Trading
Your offer represents everything you bring into the market as a trader. It includes your capital, strategy, expectations, emotions, patience, discipline, and risk tolerance.
1.1 Expectations and Beliefs
Every trader enters the market with expectations—how
Part 7 Trading Master Class1. Start with Buying Options
Risk is limited → good for beginners.
2. Learn Greeks
Greeks are the foundation of professional trading.
3. Use Spreads
Spreads reduce cost and risk.
4. Avoid Trading Near Expiry Initially
Premium decay is extremely fast.
5. Always Keep Stop-Loss
Especially for
Part 8 Trading Master Class With Experts Factors Affecting Option Pricing
Option pricing is influenced by several factors, often modeled using the Black-Scholes formula or Binomial models:
1. Underlying Asset Price: Directly affects intrinsic value.
2. Strike Price: Determines the ITM, ATM, or OTM status.
3. Time to Expiry: More time i
Part 7 Trading Master Class With Experts How Options Work
Options provide leverage. For a fraction of the underlying asset's price, traders can control a large position. For example, buying 100 shares of a stock directly may cost $10,000, but buying a call option on those shares could cost $500, offering similar profit potential if the st
Part 2 Support and Resistance How to Trade Options
Many brokers today allow access to options trading for qualified customers. If you want access to options trading, you will have to be approved for both margin and options with your broker.
There are four basic things you can do with options:
Buy (long) calls
Sell (short) call
S&P 500: Positioned for a Santa Rally?While tracking the global markets — especially the US indices — one thing stood out clearly.
The rally from 6521.92 to 6895.78 unfolded as a clean impulsive move , not a corrective grind. That structural behavior is what made me treat this leg as an impulsive rally (Wave 1/A) rather than just a
S&P 500 – Structural Roadmap & Macro ContextIntroduction
The S&P 500 remains one of the most important global risk benchmarks, influencing capital flows, sentiment, and cross-asset behavior.
This analysis focuses on the structural and wave-based framework of the index, shared strictly for macro context and market understanding, not for shor
US 500 – Next Moves on a Knife EdgeIt’s often said that fear and greed underpin moves across financial markets and that was certainly the case for US indices at the end of last week.
Focusing on the US 500, prices first reacted positively to a Federal Reserve interest rate cut which was accompanied by a more dovish outlook than man
Part 10 Trade Like Institutions Role of Option Greeks
Option Greeks help traders measure risk:
Delta: Sensitivity to price movement.
Gamma: Rate of change of delta.
Theta: Impact of time decay.
Vega: Sensitivity to volatility.
Rho: Sensitivity to interest rates.
Understanding Greeks enables better strategy selection and pos
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S&P 500 Index - Standard & Poors 500 (SPX) reached its highest quote on Dec 26, 2025 — 6,949.6 USD. See more data on the S&P 500 Index - Standard & Poors 500 (SPX) chart.
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