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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Important Binary Options Trading Tips

By Steve Rogers


Of all the different kinds of investing, binary options trading gives you more advantages. With this kind you have the option to be more flexible due to trading circumstances.

When a buyer enters into a binary options contract he is buying the right, not the obligation, to buy the underlying asset at a specific price within a specific time frame. Underlying assets, or the securities used in the trade, can be commodities or currencies and stocks.

Binary Options are traded when the trader determines the underlying asset is going to go up or down. He then executes his trade at the strike price which is the fixed price at the time of execution.

There are only two outcomes in binary trading. A call trade is made when you think the underlying asset will be higher at expiration than the strike price at execution time. A put trade is used when you think that the underlying asset price will be lower at expiration than the strike price was at execution time. The expiration date is the time and date that the puts and calls become due.

There are elements of the trade that can be controlled such as the stock you choose to trade, the expiration that you choose, and the direction that you decide the stock will go. The unknown element or the risk part is not knowing which way the stock is going to go. If you buy a Call and it goes above your strike price, you are in the money at expiration. If you buy a Put, and your trade does not continue in the down direction but goes up from your strike price, you are now out of the money at expiration. There is always risk involved in trading so it is crucial to your financial health not to trade with money that you need for bills and food.

Getting educated in the markets should be your first step before you trade anything. To become a winning trader you must know the markets and how they work. They are all connected with each other in more ways than one and watch the news as you can get information on the markets there.

If you have around one hundred dollars you can sign up for an account with any on line trade platform. Since these on line platforms are internet based, it is easy to trade from your cell phone or tablet or home computer. Make sure you are educated first and know what you are doing then you can prosper with binary options.




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