In the era of capitalism, with arguments of whether socialism would take over, emerged the concept of stocks and hence stock markets. We were always familiar with the bonds that the government issued against a certain security it provided us, which we often term as deficit financing. It now is …

Of all the important skills in trading, survival is number one. For unless we make it through the inevitable bad times, we won’t be around to capitalize on the good. I’ve laid out some trading account guidelines that specify the account size required to conduct various commodity futures and option …

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has the broad responsibility for orderly settlement of all option contracts, which takes place through contact between brokerage houses and customers working with the exchange. Orderly settlement means, generally, that buyer and seller both trade in confidence, knowing that they will be able to execute …