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| Steve Meizinger "How Do Option Orders Affect FX Options Prices" |
| What kind of impact do options orders have on FX Options pricing? Join Steve Meizinger, Director of Education at the ISE with over 20 years experience, as he discusses how FX Options pricing differs from the theoretical options pricing model. Options are theoretically priced with mathematical models, but the FX Options traded are based on supply and demand forces of the market. Steve will discuss how these forces affect prices as well as how market makers theoretically value options. Steve will also provide specific examples on how traders can employ these models for FX Options trading. | |
02/02/10 |
4:30 PM |
| Trading Central on "FX Options Trend Opinions: Breaking Down the Charts" |
| What is a volatility cone? What are the implications of the cone for historical or implied volatility? How can you anticipate volatility move with technical analysis? What are the best technical tools? Join Trading Central’s top Forex analysts, Christophe Chevalier and Cyril Berkouk as they provide their latest opinions on where the markets are headed. Christophe and Cyril will also help to break down some of the most complex terminology and charting tools used to forecast the next currency moves provided in Trading Central’s alerts. Trading Central’s FX Options Trade Alert program enjoys a 1,253% rate of success since its inception in August 2007. FX Options Trade Alerts are based on technical analysis that identifies patterns in the foreign currency market. Subscribers receive timely options trading ideas, complete with in-depth analysis for each trade. Trading Central is one of the Best Performing Equity Research Firms, as measured independently by INVESTARS | |
02/04/10 |
10:00 AM |
| Jason Ayres on "Adapting Your Options Strategies to the Volatility of the Market" |
| Whether high or low volatility, investors should learn to adapt their strategies to any market condition. Join Jason Ayres, DMS and Founder of Optionource.net, discusses the concept of volatility and how you can adapt your strategies to take advantage or mitigate the influence of this variable. Jason will also provide specific examples on options strategies to help reduce your risk, protect your capital and profit under various market conditions. Jason hosts the popular FX Options Weekly Outlook video podcast series. | |
02/09/10 |
4:30 PM |
| Steve Meizinger on "Back to Basics: FX Options Pricing" – Part III |
| How are FX Options valued? What are the most common pricing models? How do these models take into account interest rates? Get back to basics in options trading. Join Steve Meizinger, Director of Education at the ISE with over 20 years experience, as he provides an options refresher specifically geared toward FX traders. In this session Steve will discuss how FX Options are priced, taking into account options risk exposure (Greeks) and interest rates. Steve will also provide specific examples on how to price FX Options. | |
02/11/10 |
4:30 PM |
| Mike Tosaw on "Balancing Your Portfolio with FX Options" |
| Not sure which way the markets are moving? Expecting increased volatility? Join Mike Tosaw, a top options instructor and Registered Representative at Know Your Options, as he discusses longer-term options strategies that help you play the currency markets with limited risk using FX Options. Mike will also cover the psychology of trading straddles and strangles, trade management and how to develop effective trading tactics that takes into consideration your market forecast, risk tolerance and investment objectives. Mike will also discuss what kind of strategies investors can employ to hedge against currency moves. | |
02/17/10 |
4:30 PM |
| Steve Meizinger on “Back to Basics: FX Options Greeks” – Part IV |
| What factors influence the price of an option? How can understanding the “Greeks” help you manage your expectations in the currency market? Get back to basics in options trading. Join Steve Meizinger, Director of Education at the ISE with over 20 years experience, as he provides an options refresher specifically geared toward FX traders. In this session Steve will discuss the Greeks and how they can help you help you forecast the next currency move. Steve will help you better understand this risk measure, which indicate how exposed an option is to time-value decay, implied volatility and changes in the underlying price of the commodity. Steve will look at four "Greek" risk measures - delta, theta, vega and gamma - and review some related option characteristics that will help you better understand the Greeks. | |
02/18/10 |
4:30 PM |
| John Jagerson on "Timing Your FX Options Entry & Exit Points using Fibonacci Analysis" |
| Which way is the U.S. dollar headed? What are the trends telling us? Learn how to use Fibonacci Analysis to identify profit targets, initial stops or hedges for FX Options. Join John Jagerson, a renowned author and Forex trader, as well as founder and contributor to LearningMarkets.com, as he discusses how to identify and set profit targets using Fibonacci retracement levels for the major currencies. John will also provide specific examples of different strategies available to FX Options and their unique benefits. Your analysis will vary due to individual risk tolerance, personal preference and experience. John will help you understand the concepts so that you can go out and adjust them in the live market. | |
02/23/10 |
4:30 PM |
| "FX Options Trend Opinions: Understanding Moving Averages and Trend Lines” |
| What’s the best way to read trend lines, moving average, Bollinger bands? Join Trading Central’s top Forex analysts, Christophe Chevalier and Cyril Berkouk as they provide their latest opinions on where the markets are headed. Christophe and Cyril will also help to break down some of the most complex terminology and charting tools used to forecast the next currency moves provided in Trading Central’s alerts. Christophe and Cyril will also share their methodology for trading FX Options. Trading Central’s FX Options Trade Alert program enjoys a 1,253% rate of success since its inception in August 2007. FX Options Trade Alerts are based on technical analysis that identifies patterns in the foreign currency market. Subscribers receive timely options trading ideas, complete with in-depth analysis for each trade. Trading Central is one of the Best Performing Equity Research Firms, as measured independently by INVESTARS. | |
02/25/10 |
10:00 AM |
| Toni Hansen on "Successful Marketing Timing for FX Options" |
| U.S. dollar strength or weakness? What’s your view? Learn simple technical patterns for spotting trends in the market. Join Toni Hansen, one of the most respected technical analysts and traders in the industry as she shares her unique trading style and time-tested techniques to identify and profit from a wide variety of market positions. Toni will discuss how you can improve your market timing and achieve consistent profitability. Toni’s unique style relies on a combination of time frames and identifying patterns within other patterns to aid in the most precise entry and exit timing possible. Using her simple methodology of how you can set reasonable targets prior to entering a trade, as well as accurately predict the time frame in which these levels will hit in order to maximize your profit potential. Toni takes technical analysis beyond all the indicators and patterns of traditional analysis and explores price and momentum development. Toni will help you identify strategies and tactics that are great for any market condition. | |
03/02/10 |
4:30 PM |
| Steve Meizinger on "Back to Basics: FX Options Volatility Explained" – Part V |
| How is volatility measured? How does it factor into how FX Options are priced? How can this indicator help you manage currency moves? Get back to basics in options trading. Join Steve Meizinger, Director of Education at the ISE with over 20 years experience, as he provides an options refresher specifically geared toward FX traders. In this session Steve will discuss how this indicator is measured and how it can help you forecast your next currency move. Steve will also cover implied and historical volatility and how they are indispensible to trading FX Options. | |
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4:30 PM |
| John Person on "Using Technical Analysis to Develop an FX Options Strategy" |
| Where is the U.S. dollar headed? How can technical analysis help you spot currency moves? Join John Person, a professional trader and author of several popular trading books, as he shares his unique methodology for trading the currency markets using FX Options. John will discuss how to develop an options strategy by spotting patterns in the markets. John will also explain how to predict highs and lows of market price moves using these trading techniques. John will also review how to complete your technical analysis of the market by determining your points of support and resistance from past price action, Pivot Point analysis and other technical indicators. | |
03/09/10 |
4:30 PM |
| Jack Crooks on “China’s Conflicting Relationship with the U.S. dollar" |
| Is the U.S. asset bubble good or bad for China? China's top banking regulators have sharply criticized U.S. financial management, which has resulted in a weak U.S. dollar and low U.S. interest rates, leading to "massive speculation" that was inflating asset bubbles around the world. On the other hand, China is hoping this bubble-making will succeed, creating US consumer demand and somewhere for them to export those goods. Join Jack Crooks, founder and president of Black Swan Capital with over 20 years financial advisory experience, as he discusses China’s conflicting relationship with the U.S. dollar and how this impacts currency investors, using both technical and fundamental analysis. Jack will also provide insight on how investors can uses these tools to help forecast currency movements. | |
03/11/10 |
4:30 PM |
| Jason Ayres on "Spotting Currency Trends for FX Options" |
| What’s the best way to spot trends in the currency markets? What are the market indicators telling us? Join Jason Ayres, president and founder of Optionsource.net and a leading educator and options strategist will help you identify opportunities in the currency markets. Jason will also share his view on the most commonly used technical indicators in order to find the most suitable entry points using FX Options. Demonstrating through support and resistance levels, Jason will also provide specific examples on options strategies to help reduce your risk, protect your capital and profit under various market conditions. Jason hosts the popular FX Options Weekly Outlook video podcast series. | |
03/16/10 |
4:30 PM |
| Dan Passarelli on "Trading FX Option Greeks: Understanding the Factors that Drive Profit" |
| What’s the best technique for valuing FX Options? How can accurate pricing drive profit? Why do investors need to understand how time, volatility and pricing influence FX Options trading. Join veteran options trader Dan Passarelli as he explains his methodology for option trading and valuation based on the "greeks"--the five factors that influence an option's price. Dan discussed how the greeks can lead to more accurate pricing information that will lead to trading opportunities. The "greeks" (Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, Rho) are tools for measuring minute changes in an option's price based on corresponding changes in: interest rates, time to expiration, price changes in the FX Option, and volatility. Using charts and examples, Passarelli explains how to use the greeks to be a better FX options trader. | |
03/23/10 |
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| Randy Frederick on "Exploring Vertical FX Spreads' |
| What are the advantages to using vertical spreads for FX Options? Join Randy Frederick, Director of Trading and Derivatives at the Schwab Center for Financial Research and a highly respected industry veteran, as he explores the benefits and risks of vertical spread trading for FX Options. Vertical spreads are an excellent limited-risk strategy to profit in the currency market without having to predict what will happen next. You can predict what will probably not happen in the future. Randy will compare in-the-money (ITM), at-the-money (ATM) and out-of-the-money (OTM) vertical strategies. | |
03/25/10 |
4:30 PM |
| John Jagerson on "Leverage in the FX Options Market" |
| How does leverage work in the FX Options market? Is the options market an opportunity for traders looking for an alternative to higher margin requirements in the OTC forex? Join John Jagerson, a renowned author and Forex trader, as well as founder and contributor to LearningMarkets.com as he explores the concept of leverage in the FX Options market versus the OTC FX market. Option leverage works differently than it does in the forex but it can be just as productive for an educated trader. Learn more about how options pricing works and why FX Options have been a great alternative to the OTC forex market. Forex traders have traditionally had access to fairly high leverage ratios in the over the counter (OTC) forex market. Traditionally, leverage has been at least 100:1 of notional value. That is a very high rate and one that the CFTC is determined to change. Recently forex traders have been put on notice that maximum leverage in the OTC forex will be limited to 10:1 of notional value. This has many traders rethinking their account status | |
03/30/10 |
4:30 PM |
| Steve Misic on "Charting Techniques to Shape Your U.S. dollar Opinion" |
| What’s next for the U.S. dollar? Uncertain where the markets are headed? Join Steve Misic, a top instructor (Online Trading Academy) and trader with over 15 years experience, as he discusses the best way to identify trading opportunities for FX Options based on his unique perspective on charting. Steve will provide examples of support and resistance levels, as well as how to set the rules for entries, exits, and stops. Using fundamental and technical analysis, Steve will demonstrate how you can hedge your investments, implement price forecasts with limited risks or increase your portfolio returns by selling options. | |
04/06/10 |
4:30 PM |
| "FX Options Trend Opinions: Insight to the RSI (Relative Strength Index)" |
| What is the RSI? How can it help with your FX Options trading? Join Trading Central’s top Forex analysts, Christophe Chevalier and Cyril Berkouk as they provide their latest opinions on where the markets are headed. Christophe and Cyril will also help to break down some of the most complex terminology and charting tools used to forecast the next currency moves provided in Trading Central’s alerts. Christophe and Cyril will also share their methodology for trading FX Options. Trading Central’s FX Options Trade Alert program enjoys a 1,253% rate of success since its inception in August 2007. FX Options Trade Alerts are based on technical analysis that identifies patterns in the foreign currency market. Subscribers receive timely options trading ideas, complete with in-depth analysis for each trade. Trading Central is one of the Best Performing Equity Research Firms, as measured independently by INVESTARS. | |
04/08/10 |
10:00 AM |
| Steve Meizinger - Part VI "Effects on Interest Rates on FX Options" |
| What kind of impact do interest rates have on FX Options? How do they factor into how FX Options are priced? Get back to basics in options trading. Join Steve Meizinger, Director of Education at the ISE with over 20 years experience, as he provides an options refresher specifically geared toward FX traders. In this session Steve will discuss the critical role interest rates play for FX Options and how to factor them into your trading strategies. Steve will also provide specific strategies for trading FX Options. | |
04/13/10 |
4:30 PM |