CBOE Brings In Tech Help After More Glitches – Wall Street JournalPosed On May 3rd, 2013

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CBOE Brings In Tech Help After More Glitches Wall Street Journal Some “spread” trading strategies were unavailable to traders for the first half-hour of trading Thursday, according to notices sent to traders by the exchange. Parent CBOE Holdings Inc. runs the busiest U.S. options exchange in terms of contracts … Some Options Trading Delayed at CBOE – NASDAQ.comNASDAQ CBOE Commemorates One Week Anniversary Of Snafu With New, Shorter …DealBreaker CBOE brings In tech help after more glitches – Financial NewsFinancial News all 16 news articles »
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About that Friday Turnaround in the Price of Gold – Barron’s (blog)Posed On April 29th, 2013

 
About that Friday Turnaround in the Price of Gold Barron’s (blog) When market investors caught wind of the put spread trading, it set off a wave of selling in the futures, and resulted in a ~30pt (~2%) drop in gold down to about 1452. As a frame of reference, about 30k futures traded during the put spread buying … and more »
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Brent oil hits 9-mth low near $101, bounces on spread trade – Moneycontrol.comPosed On April 14th, 2013

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Brent oil hits 9-mth low near $101, bounces on spread trade Moneycontrol.com Brent crude oil fell to a nine-month low near USD 101 a barrel on Friday as a broad investor sell-off in commodities triggered a fall as much as $3 a barrel, but the global oil benchmark pared losses in afternoon New York trade as bargain hunters emerged.
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WTI Oil Trades Near One-Week High as U.S. Stockpiles Seen Rising – BloombergPosed On April 11th, 2013

The Nation
WTI Oil Trades Near One-Week High as U.S. Stockpiles Seen Rising Bloomberg … rose 57 cents to $105.23 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The European benchmark grade was at a premium of $11.67 to WTI futures. The spread was $11.30 at the close of trading yesterday, the narrowest gap since June 22. Brent Bobs and Weaves, but Settles Above $104CNBC.com Oil on the defense after EIA cuts demand projectionFutures Magazine UPDATE 9-Oil prices end mixed on strong equities; rise in oil stocksReuters UK Upstream Online -Yahoo!7 News all 178 news articles »
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Spread Trading – The Top 5 Golden Rules for Success – Business 2 CommunityPosed On January 10th, 2013

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Spread Trading – The Top 5 Golden Rules for Success Business 2 Community Financial Spread trading has gained hugely in popularity in recent years for three main reasons. First it enables people with existing investments to hedge positions and, secondly, it affords people the opportunity to make substantial profits from a …  
 
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FOCUS: Gold ETF Popularity Rebounds; Focus Turns To Costs – ForbesPosed On November 9th, 2012

 
FOCUS: Gold ETF Popularity Rebounds; Focus Turns To Costs Forbes Because the SPDR ETF is 1/10th of an ounce of gold, its bid/ask spreads are lower than ETFs priced with a smaller notional value, as a percentage of net asset value. Coyne said the bid/ask spread for SPDR ETF is currently one cent and because it trades … and more »
 
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Oil Fluctuates on US Crude Supplies; Brent Spread Gains – BusinessweekPosed On October 11th, 2012

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Oil Fluctuates on US Crude Supplies; Brent Spread Gains Businessweek WTI for November delivery increased as much as $1.06 to $92.31 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was up 86 cents at $92.11 as of 1:06 p.m. London time. The contract fell 1.2 percent yesterday to $91.25, the lowest … Crude Declines on Global Growth Concerns4-traders Crude Options Volatility Increases as WTI-Brent Spread WidensBloomberg Gold, Silver and Oil Trading PreviewInternational Business Times NASDAQ -Wall Street Journal -Live Trading News all 1,572 news articles »
 
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Using a Call Spread to Fine-Tune Risk / Reward – Minyanville.comPosed On October 1st, 2012

 
Using a Call Spread to Fine-Tune Risk / Reward Minyanville.com There are a great many types of option spread trade strategies. All spreads involve buying a number of option contracts and then offsetting those by selling other option contracts. Just for fun, let’s list the spread categories to give you an idea of …
 
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2 Strategies For Making Extraordinary Returns With Apple Options – Seeking AlphaPosed On September 4th, 2012

 
2 Strategies For Making Extraordinary Returns With Apple Options Seeking Alpha As I write this, AAPL is trading at $663. You could buy a call vertical spread in the Feb-13 series which expire on February 13, 2013, about six months from now. If you chose the 635 strike as your long position and the 685 strike as your short …
 
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Gold Traders Protect Profits – The Options InsiderPosed On August 29th, 2012

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Gold Traders Protect Profits The Options Insider The Aug $159 weekly put was sold, on the bid, for $0.22-0.23, while the Aug $162 put traded between the bid/ask spread for $1.21-1.23. Volume on the Aug $159 strike has since risen to 2,677 contracts; open interest is only 687. The $162 put has traded … A Golden Opportunity to Trade Big EventsBarron’s   all 10 news articles »
 
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