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I would expect you would need money to cover the actual stock although I may be wrong In theory a straddle nets out but this will really depend on the broker i guess
You need margin you wont be able to do this without money in the account.
Within the confines of margin you can roll over every month to produce income as long as the trade goes the way you expect yes.
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Just to clarify hedging isnt when you just own a asset although you could perfect hedge by using a delta ratio (not the same as a option delta but similar). so you could hedge a airline company with oil or a stokck with an index.
Hedging is the idea of limiting downside. What you want to do is...
Im a bit confused by what you are saying but ill try my best to explain;
Different options have different prices based on their strikes depending on if they are in, at or out of the money. A option that is in the money has a high chance of staying in the money and therefore will be more...
Can I ask why you trade CFD's over spreadbet? You seem very profitable so you have to pay taxes on that which you would not do with a CFD? I may just be super naive but is it only worth trading CFD's if you are learning / unprofitable. (You may well say you are learning but based on your...
do you trade any other instruments other than spread bet? (at least I assume you spread bet). How does one trade volatility through spread betting? I know you can go delta neutral in options then scalp gamma and wait for a big move but I don't know how one would trade in spreadbetting.
How would you trade that? If he got impeached would a vice president take over or is there another election? If democrats got in I could see some sort of slide in the dollar but I am not sure why it would have much effect if his number 2 got in for example as they would have similar views /...
What sort of implications would you expect?
Trump seems to be able to do whatever and not get impeached not that I know a lot about the American political system. But they do seem scared to overtly do anything.
Hi, Im having a really hard time finding somewhere to trade options.
Ideally I want to start on the trading platforms demo account before moving to the real thing. I have tried saxo but for whatever reason the demo account will not process any orders and I am hesitant to try the real thing...