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0dte options: what are zero-day options?
Zero-day options are rising in popularity as they give traders the chance to earn profits quickly, but they come with a huge amount of risk. Let’s take a look at what they are and how 0dte strategies work.
Implied volatility in options trading explained
Implied volatility is a key factor when it comes to pricing options – it helps traders understand the market’s expectation of changes to underlying prices over a given period. Let’s take a look at what implied volatility is and how you can use it in your trading strategies.
European Open: Options trades expect a more volatile (and weaker) USD/JPY
A notable rise of downside protection, and increase in implied volatility over the next week for USD/JPY suggests traders are taking precautions.
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Market Brief: Stocks only inch higher despite a glut of positive stimuli
It's 'RISK-ON' but are risk assets getting ahead of themselves?
Sterling’s up and ready to swing hard
The pound has become a broad risk proxy, all the more reason to watch for reversals
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Netflix says subscribers will fall 8% in Q2, just as it faces rising competition and higher content costs
Why sterling remains resilient
Sterling still hasn't collapsed
Pound places a small premium on control
Sterling longs spy another short-lived opportunity
Daily Brexit update: Late-night flights for sterling and May
The night before another 'meaningful vote', sterling is on a tear
Sterling finds meaning in tonight’s vote
Could Wednesday’s votes turn out to be quite meaningful?
Sterling's soft-Brexit boost nears limit
Prime Minister expected to rule out a no-deal Brexit in Commons speech
Daily Brexit update: Here we go again
If outcomes for tonight's vote can be predicted at all...
Daily Brexit update: ‘Plan B’ is set to look familiar
Now for Plan B, but will it suffer a similar fate to Plan A?
Daily Brexit update: May faces ‘No Confidence’ though markets have lots
For the second time in two years the British government is on the brink of collapse, but markets are, overall, buoyant.
UK markets on edge as Brexit deal splinters
The worst-case scenario for the Brexit deal has been avoided for now, but prospects and markets remain in a state of volatile flux.
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Sterling volatility crowns Brexit unknowns
Sterling volatility is one sure thing whilst Brexit uncertainty reigns.
Stocks falter as lira wobbles
Lira after-tremors push investors back to the side lines.
Sterling fades through “backstop” deal
Britain and the EU’s “backstop” agreement to avoid a harder border for Northern Ireland does not guarantee “backsliding” can be avoided
European markets less complacent after Italian election
European markets dropped their air of complacency after Eurosceptic parties outshone the establishment in Italy's general election