when you just buy options -- your risk is limited to the price of the option only.. it has to move in your favor during a certain time frame..
selling options is a totally different story, its very risky to sell first..
trading futures and trading options are 2 different things.. i trade meats, grains, softs, emini market and a little of the metals.
selling options is a totally different story, its very risky to sell first..
trading futures and trading options are 2 different things.. i trade meats, grains, softs, emini market and a little of the metals.
it has been at times in the past but its also time consuming and im too strung out at the moment to put the effort required into it.. its definately a form of legalized gambling.. you can trade the actual dow jones and its $10 for every point it moves, you can either be long or short, making or losing as it moves up or down.
RPM
The money in Forex trading and options and other derivatives can be insane, but the risk is generally commensurate with that, especially if your friend is doing anything on margin (as is usually the case in Forex trading.)
newbie666
While a wonderful currency, gold is a terrible investment, generally speaking. Over the very very long term you'll outperform inflation generally, so it beats for example a savings account at your local bank, but the only way to make any real money investing in gold is with timing -- and that holds true for all commodities, nothing to do with gold itself.
Phaedrus
The money in Forex trading and options and other derivatives can be insane, but the risk is generally commensurate with that, especially if your friend is doing anything on margin (as is usually the case in Forex trading.)
newbie666
While a wonderful currency, gold is a terrible investment, generally speaking. Over the very very long term you'll outperform inflation generally, so it beats for example a savings account at your local bank, but the only way to make any real money investing in gold is with timing -- and that holds true for all commodities, nothing to do with gold itself.
Phaedrus
