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Marcus Holland

Marcus Holland has been trading the financial markets since 2007 with a particular focus on soft commodities. He graduated in 2004 from the University of Plymouth with a BA (Hons) in Business and Finance.

By Marcus Holland On Monday, April 8th, 2013
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Collar

An options strategy which will limit the potential gains or losses on an underlying asset in a specific range. A Collar is opposite to the Condor (long) which is similar to the butterfly spread, but the Condor (long) More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, April 8th, 2013
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Call Diagonal Spread

This is a strategy for options where the investor takes two options of the same kind, and puts one into long position and the other into the short position, (two call options or two put options) but with different More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, April 8th, 2013
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Butterfly Strategy

An option strategy utilizing both bear and bull spreads and this option creates a neutral effect. By using all four option contracts, under the same expiration but three different strike prices, an investor creates More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, April 8th, 2013
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Bull Put Spread

An options strategy used when investors expect a moderate rise in the price of the underlying asset and is most often a vertical spread. Investors purchase put options at a certain strike price while also selling More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, April 8th, 2013
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Bull Call Spread

This is an options strategy used when investors expect a moderate rise in the price of the underlying asset and is most often a vertical spread. Investors purchase call options at a certain strike price while also More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, April 8th, 2013
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Bear Put Spread

An options strategy used for anticipated decline in the price of the underlying asset. Investors purchase put options at a specific strike price while also selling the same number of puts at a lower strike price.  More...

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Bear Call Spread

A type of options strategy used when a decline in price for the underlying asset is predicted. This occurs by selling call options at a certain strike price while simultaneously buying the same number of calls at More...

By Marcus Holland On Thursday, April 4th, 2013
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Turtle Trading Strategy

The Turtle Trading Strategy originated with commodity trader Richard Dennis. In conversations with his partner, William Eckhardt, Dennis contested that beginning traders could be trained to trade well by following More...

By Marcus Holland On Thursday, April 4th, 2013
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Williams Percent Range Indicator Strategy (Williams %R)

The Williams Percent Range (Williams %R) is classified as an oscillator that indicates to forex traders if the market is either overbought (the 0 to -20% range) or oversold (the -80 to -100% range). If the Williams More...

By Marcus Holland On Thursday, April 4th, 2013
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Long Straddle

Strangle (long): A long strangle is a strategy, similar to a long straddle, that an investor might employ if they believe that an underlying asset will be particularly volatile. Like the straddle, the long strangle More...