Brent slips to $116 on Greece risk, spread trade
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude futures fell to near $116 a barrel on Wednesday, as uncertainty over Greece’s ability to resolve its debt problems weighed on sentiment and traders narrowed the benchmark’s premium to U.S. crude. The risk of
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Spread looks for huge gains in Sears
Today one option trader is set up to profit from that possibility. Shares of the department-store operator are up 2.18 percent to trade at $48.33 this afternoon. SHLD was above $80 in early November and above $90 a year ago, but it was below $32 coming
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Oil Up on Volatile Spread Trade, Weak Dollar
Brent crude rose slightly on Tuesday and U.S. crude jumped more than 1.5 percent, bolstered by an unplanned outage at a Canadian oil sands plant and optimism about an agreement on Greece’s debt crisis. An Alberta plant that processes Canadian oil sands was
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Jobs report drives heavy trading traffic in Ford, General Motors options
with the stock trading 8.4% higher on the session at $26.35 as of 12:55 p.m. in New York. Optimism spurred by this morning’s stronger-than-expected jobs report was followed by greater-than-usual options action in the name. A debit put spread
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You’re Doing It Wrong! 5 Common Spread Betting Mistakes
Thanks to its low margin, spread betting is one of the most accessible forms of trading the financial markets, providing an easy entry level for new traders. However, even the best traders sometimes get it wrong. Here City Index outlines the 5 most common
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A Deeper Look At ETF Liquidity: The Case Of PHO Vs. FIW
The average bid/ask spread for PHO was about $0.02 and FIW’s was $0.04. The average investor, which includes me, (50 - 500 share trade, or about $1,000 - $10,000) would look at these figures (especially volume) and write a ticket for PHO
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