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How Dividends Affect Options Pricing

June 28, 2019

The theory of dividends and underlying stock prices is simple: The underlying price is expected to decline on ex-dividend date, by the amount of the dividend. As a result, option prices should decline as well....

Climactic Indicators Suggest Possible Buying Initiation

Cyprian Francis

May 15, 2019

Stocks

At present, it appears that the DecisionPoint climactic indicator chart could be suggesting a possible buying initiation. This is tricky. With volatility so high right now, often what appears to be an initiati...

U.S. Job Growth Booms, Unemployment Rate Drops to 3.6%

Cyprian Francis

May 3, 2019

Economy

The April jobs report shows that nonfarm payroll employment rose 263,000 versus 196,000 new hires in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. April’s rate of unemployment declined to 3.6% versus March’s 3.8%.April’s 3.6% rate of unemployment wa...

What are the best hours to trade commodities?

Cyprian Francis

April 16, 2019

Futures

From cattle to copper, commodity futures provide market participants with a variety of unique options. The diversity of these offerings allow active traders to conduct business on a near 24/5 basis. Aside from...

NBA star Shaquille O’Neal joins Papa John’s board

Cyprian Francis

March 22, 2019

Stocks

NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal will become the new face of Louisville-based Papa John’s International as a paid endorser, investment partner in nine Atlanta restaurants and a member of the company’s board...

Is Trading Futures Like Gambling?

Cyprian Francis

March 11, 2019

Education, Futures

Futures trading is often characterized as being similar to playing poker or betting horses for a living. The possibility of financial loss brings with it negative connotations ― the high wash-out rate for market newbies only fuels the fire. When it comes righ...

The law of small numbers: a mistake you’re probably making

Cyprian Francis

February 28, 2019

Education

One of the very positive advances over the past decade is the amount of attention focused on cognitive biases. We are, through the work of some gifted authors and speakers, becoming aware of how easily our bra...

How To Invest In Marijuana Vaping

Cyprian Francis

February 24, 2019

Marijuana

The marijuana vaporization products (or just "vape") market is set to explode in 2019.Today vaping makes up a tiny fraction of the booming legal marijuana industry. But a small group of marijuana companies are...

Two Major Reasons Why New Traders Fail

Cyprian Francis

February 20, 2019

Education

Most people on the internet selling trading services give you the impression that trading is easy. You wake up, you buy some stocks, you sell them after 5 minutes for 100% gains. Then you go travel to Turks and Caicos and trade on your laptop from the beach, ...

9 Things Every Trader Should Know About Market Corrections

Cyprian Francis

February 17, 2019

Education

#1 - What is a Market Correction? A trading correction is a common term used in the financial community to signify a market taking a breather but not one on life support. Think of a correction as a rain shower...

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