Call buying

As we have already seen, when you buy a call it is because you have a bullish view of the market. The underlying asset is expected to rise in price. There are two types of strategies with the purchase of options: 1. Keep the shares: In this case, you want the price of the shares … Read more

Selling covered calls

Selling a call means that you have an obligation to sell shares on the expiry date of the contract, at a certain price defined by the strike, and in return you receive a payment (the premium). What is selling a covered call? Those who use this strategy usually benefit, if things go as expected, from … Read more

Buying Puts

As we have already seen in some examples, when you buy a put it is because you have a bearish view of the market. The underlying asset is expected to go down in price, and the put contract is expected to go up. Those who buy a put have the right to sell shares at … Read more

Selling Puts

Although a put may sound like a bearish scenario, this is not always the case. Whoever sells a put wants the price to end up above the strike price so that the buyer does not exercise the right. Remember that the seller of the put is selling the right for which he receives the premium, … Read more

Set Stop Loss

As we already know, stop losses are part of risk management and money management, aspects that we must understand very well in order to be profitable in the long term. How to Set Stop Loss? It should be placed where we think the price will never arrive. That is why if it arrives, it takes … Read more

Number of operations

Money Management techniques in trading In addition to the risk per trade, it is necessary to have a maximum risk for the total account. This maximum risk would be the percentage you would be willing to lose in total, assuming that all your open trades end up losing. If you are a swing trader you … Read more

Risk management

Risk management is about measuring and quantifying the likelihood of adverse market effects that may affect our investments. In other words, it is about keeping risk under control. No matter how good a trading strategy you have, you can end up losing all your money if you do not use proper risk management. Financial risk … Read more

The Gambler’s Fallacy

What is the Gambler’s Fallacy? A common false belief among novice traders is that after a series of losing trades in the market, the probability that the next trade will be a winning one increases. Therefore, they believe that the best way to recoup losses and make a profit is to increase the size of … Read more

Position size

One of the keys to money management in trading is knowing how to size the position correctly. For this, there are a few techniques: Martingale Antimartingale F for Kelly Hedging technique Drawdown Portfolio diversification Martingale This method consists of adding money to a losing position, usually by “doubling the bet”, so that if the market … Read more

Types of orders

Before talking about money management and risk management, we should mention the types of orders that exist and their uses in order to understand some concepts that we will see later. Brokers have several types of orders to enter and exit a trade, some have their own, so we will only mention the most used … Read more