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isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-6967980903628431170</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2014 01:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-05-24T23:26:37.236-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">24 option review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">24option</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">24option review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binary options brokers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binary options reviews</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bot bosses</category><title>24Option Review - How Are They Doing Four Years On?</title><description>24Option celebrates their 4th birthday in just a few short weeks. It has been a while since we have had a chance to trade with 24Option since we are in the US and they no longer take US traders, unfortunately. But we got a chance at them again by arranging for a full-function demo account so that I could review their service. They were happy to oblige.&lt;br /&gt;
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The 24Option trading platform sure has come a long ways since we last traded with them almost two years ago. In fact it may just be the most advanced and feature-rich trading platform which we have seen at any binary options broker in memory. It is a close thing at the very least. In addition to the great functionality of the platform, they also have a great selection of underlying assets to offer.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is not, however, their underlying asset selection which impresses. No, it is good but there is better. What 24Option does do better than almost anyone else though is in their variety of different contract types to trade with. A total of seven all told. So when you combine the contract variety with the respectable asset selection, you end up with an enormous variety of different trading options and combinations. You will never have any trouble finding something to trade on at 24Option.&lt;br /&gt;
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Finally, we should talk about their customer service a bit. We couldn't really test the customer service ourselves since we were not real customers, at least not reliably test them. What we could do though was a lot of research online looking at what others in the community had to say, and what the reports from recent customers were. And the verdict was that there was amazingly few complaints or even a bad word to say about them. I haven't seen many records more spotless than this one in the binary options trading industry.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2014/03/24option-review-how-are-they-doing-four.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWLMLoi3fmA2bh0lUj5vXg7ypvKCh6NTU9Oq-ZZK4URKb4J_yS_r7HAEaRqtEut8mQJA-WUgxD3nU-U9BKq83v-h9o8mEJU0OA_d17DPqdFOLnvWig4JWoGrpjemQgz5hA6wLwnIzL_0/s72-c/Image003+2014-03-16+12.34.24.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-318805581536195188</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-07-20T18:37:38.157-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binary matrix pro</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binary options</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binary options scam</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binary options scams</category><title>Learning How To Avoid Falling Victim To Binary Options Scams</title><description>It is an unfortunate fact that there is a growing number of rather cleverly constructed binary options scams that people are falling victim to. Luckily, there are ways which we can protect ourselves from falling victim to these scams. If you want to know more about the specific kinds of scams that are currently out there the website USBinaryOptionsInfo.com calls them out whenever they are found or reported.&lt;br /&gt;
There are new versions of these scams popping up every day though. So the best way to protect yourself from them is not to try and keep track of each individually as they pop up, but rather to learn how to spot these scams on your own. By learning what to watch for when evaluating and binary options program offer you will be able to easily spot a binary options scam when you see one.&lt;br /&gt;
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Luckily for us traders, all of these scams operate along basically the same lines. They all share the same core principles at the very least. What works for the scammers also makes them easy to spot when you know what to look for.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Offers Large Returns/High Success Rate W/No Experience&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Available Free or Through Free Trial&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;But There Is One Catch For The Free Trial...&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;You Must Deposit $200+ With A Broker Of Their Choice&lt;/li&gt;
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If you see the above characteristics come into play with any binary options software or system you are being offered or are evaluating then you can be 100% certain that it is nothing but one of these binary options scams that are talked about.&lt;br /&gt;
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There are simply far too many of these scams currently operating to even begin to call each and every one of them out individually. That is why &lt;a href="http://usbinaryoptionsinfo.com/profit-in-60-seconds-review/"&gt;the USBinaryOptionsInfo.com website&lt;/a&gt; instead decided to just teach their visitors &lt;a href="http://usbinaryoptionsinfo.com/binary-options-scams/"&gt;how they could easily spot these scams&lt;/a&gt; no matter how they are disguised. And that is why we in turn have chosen to pass that information along to you, hopefully saving some people from the cost and frustration that comes along with being ripped off. Stay safe out there!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2014/04/learning-how-to-avoid-falling-victim-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZq688diYpoGHmTZCQMUU0h1WbuXrqKbyGEOoF2QgLfQaRsHt4USWLm8gSbvAMAEjjEej5rilnF25vrXGdBAXrcLUP-SAesyGdVVOsnploN1MCvuWxE3omo9UAbOMRYYQuFUkwwmFp0k/s72-c/Image003+2014-03-31+16.03.50.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-8693473557364363517</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-04-23T13:01:19.253-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binary options brokers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">goptions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">goptions review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">goptions reviews</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">US binary options brokers</category><title>A Review of 2013's Best New Binary Options Broker - GOptions</title><description>Goptions is a well-known broker that has drawn all attention among all stakeholders. They have raised many people's eyebrows due to their highly praised of their services. Their popularity has risen over the last several months and they are emerging in the market. Goptions are said to be rendering unique services to their clients that why every client is speaking highly of their services.&lt;br /&gt;
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Goptions was established in 2009 and their platform was launched early 2012. It started with a minimum deposit of $200 and they are legally accepted by the US Traders. goptions review shows that it deals with both high/low and long term contracts. Long term contract takes a week up to a yearlong.&lt;br /&gt;
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After visiting their website we have realized that their trading platform is based on a certain software technology known as SpotOption technology. SpotOption technology is popular and widely used in the industry. Goptions has a very competitive trading platform as a result of using this software. It is said to be easy to use and very reliable once used in a good way. In order to be able to benefit from spotoption trading software you need first to learn how to use it.&lt;br /&gt;
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GOptions offers long term contracts on a quite long list of a variety of underlying assets which the pay-out is up to 90% and expires from one week up to a year. This is quite a rarity. Very few binary option brokers offer such a wide window of potential expiry times for such a large variety of underlying assets.&lt;br /&gt;
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Goptions offer certain features like their binary options signal service marketplace. This marketplace offers both free and paid services but goptions offers unique services and have more information. Auto trading also is offered according to goptions review. Their clients have total access to the free signals which at least have forty different signals strategies in the marketplace. Therefore you are granted total freedom to go through the system. In the system you can get the number of signals generated by the service. Still in the system you will be able to determine the success rate and where you made some profits or loss made.&lt;br /&gt;
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Goptions has made a lot of achievements over a few months due their performance and use of more advanced technology in a competitive economic world. Other brokers have been trying to extract information about the company but all in vain. According to other goptions reviews, their clients have been receiving the best services from the goptions brokers. They are providing unique services to their prospective clients. To pull up more information on the goptions, you can also visit their website to learn more.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-review-of-2013s-best-new-binary.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtrUydVxqOuDQ5nxMJHIxZqcngafVaIpIqo8OTD-Bynh8B7ifsfPEAdTs9xaxZtA9bUwqvOW6U9f8YaN800Wm4dERGfzU8GTmUHgIwFFSYkSFqEnThwdl_aIZNa_e9LrVtEOmVMW7d9s/s72-c/Image003+2014-03-08+17.20.39.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-1309578273043708735</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-04-23T13:01:39.945-04:00</atom:updated><title>Some 60-Second Options Trading Basics &amp; Advice</title><description>There are many trading options available and &amp;nbsp;60 second binary options trading is one of them. As 60 seconds suggests, it is a trading technique that utilizes 60 second contracts for predicting the direction of stocks or other assets prices. It forecasts the direction of prices within a very short time interval hence a short term trading protocol.&lt;br /&gt;
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A person willing to trade in the money markets must first study the chart with the latest data of stocks. Therefore he/she will need to make well thought decision and act fast within the one minute lapse period. The reason is that prices fluctuate within that time frame and you need to act fast.&lt;br /&gt;
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These trades take place at high rate due to the one minute time frame set. Hence a trader can earn high returns using this strategy only if a firm decision is made very quick concerning the direction of stock prices.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since this kind of trade occur at a high frequency, a person needs to be very much informed and have the factual information about money markets. A person taking part in options trade can lose a lot of money in a matter of seconds. The recommended way to do this is by testing your strategy on a demo first then on risk &lt;br /&gt;
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free account. This way you will be at ease and be ready to participate on a live account.&lt;br /&gt;
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A person should not engage in live binary trading accounts without going through the basics of a demo. Although it may be slower to master in some people, it should be a easy for you. The time depends on your speed of learning and interest. We also recommend that you use this easy 60-second options trading strategy for all your trading in these contracts. It works and it's simple to implement.&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyone who learns the demo really well and fast may have the ability to make big time money, just with a few trades. Everyone likes and wants money hence this strategy can be very tempting and highly risky. Therefore persons willing to engage in such options trading strategy must be aware of the risks that come with it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Binary options trading can be an incredibly profitable, and even fun undertaking. But it can also be an expensive form of entertainment if you are not careful. Far too many people treat binary options trading as a form of gambling. And when you treat it like gambling, the results you get will probably be on par with those you might get in Vegas. If, however, you treat these options with the care and respect which is due any speculative financial instrument then you should do just fine.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2014/02/some-60-second-options-trading-basics.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxJ0Lxg6_TR-dVnxHlr3qVnblMRKliBJbzeSS_YReuuWusLFerqepwcg2mU89J6VtOQgEjRCoDCp4vjF58RhnWOfMxEU74Fq4qkbaMKgsvtJw-3VZz4HTK4kH4B7wbqJSnSG3fxX_6qU/s72-c/Image003+2014-01-09+14.55.18.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-3757257477423974072</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-04-23T13:01:59.270-04:00</atom:updated><title>TradeRush Claims To Support More Languages Than Any Other Broker</title><description>In a recent press release Traderush now claims that they support more languages than any other binary options broker in the industry. This applies to both platform languages and customer support services. But is this claim actually accurate? We were a little bit skeptical so we wanted to research this question for ourselves to see if this claim could stand up to the scrutiny. Here's where we report our findings.&lt;br /&gt;
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There are currently well over 200 different brands of binary options broker out there operating in the market. Many of them are so-called "white-label" platforms which are really just rebranded versions of other popular broker platforms. But a great many are also stand-alone brokers. Far too many for us to individually research each and every one of them to see how many languages each supported. We did, however, personally research every single one of the top 20 brokers in the industry, accounting for over 85% of total market share. And for the remaining 15% of the market we put google to work looking for any signs that any of these smaller and lesser-known brokers supported any great number of languages. We saw no evidence of any such thing.&lt;br /&gt;
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As for the top 20 brokers we personally visited each one and researched exactly how many languages each supported. In some cases even having to talk to someone at the company to confirm the number. All-in-all this took us about 3 days to complete and to hear back from those firms which we had to contact. And at the end of that time what was our final result? Did we confirm or deny the claims of Traderush? Well, we did indeed confirm that the claim of Traderush to support the most languages is 100% accurate. In fact, as far as we could find out the next closest broker in terms of platform languages supported was still 3 languages behind Traderush!&lt;br /&gt;
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It would appear that not only are Traderush's claims accurate but the rest of the market still has a ways to go to even begin to catch up to them. But this kind of competition is good for us traders and we wish those other brokers the best of luck in trying!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2014/01/traderush-claims-to-support-more.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-5528404342572464545</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-05-28T21:03:13.911-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">redwood options</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">redwood options demo account</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">redwood options review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stockpair</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush</category><title>Redwood Options And TradeRush Offering Pair Options Trading</title><description>Up until very recently if you were a fan of pair options trading like us then the one and only choice you had for trading them was the broker StockPair. Now luckily StockPair is an outstanding broker and one which we can wholeheartedly recommend - we've traded there for years ourselves - but it is also good to have some competition. Competition drives innovation and excellence in service which benefits the clients, us. We've written about StockPair several times here though and we aren't here to talk about them today. Today we are here to talk about a couple of &lt;a href="http://www.globalbinaryoptionsresearch.com/traderush-review/"&gt;new entrants to the pair options trading scene: TradeRush&lt;/a&gt; and Redwood Options.&lt;br /&gt;
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Both of these popular brokers are owned by the same parent company and it shows. It shows not only in the basic look and feel of the trading platforms, but more importantly in how successfully the brokers are run. This company has consistently led the industry in innovation, being the first to introduce 60-second options as well. A feature which has now been copied by nearly every popular broker out there.&lt;br /&gt;
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Pair options, while technically a variety of binary options contract, are traded somewhat differently and therefore require a different setup than the standard binary options trading platform. For this reason it is unlikely that any dedicated binary options broker will ever be able to directly compete with StockPair when it comes to pair options trading. Certainly not anytime soon. TradeRush and Redwood do, however, offer a reasonable selection of these pair options to trade on and it makes a nice compliment to their extensive binary options lineups. We are fans of these brokers and are glad to see this addition to their platforms. To read about the specifics head on over here&amp;nbsp;for a detailed redwood options review by the folks over at BOTSchool, one of our favorite binary option information portals. So until next time people, trade smart and get lucky!&lt;br /&gt;
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Pair options trading is considered to be one of the best and latest financial trading tools that are used in speculative trading. This type of trading involves predicting the stock options that deemed to perform best compared to other options. This allows traders to get the best pair of stocks and earn great profit in the end. 
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There are different types of pair options trading at StockPair. One is called the fixed trading option and the other is the floating pair option. The former type of trading option can provide a return of approximately 86% while the latter can deliver a return of 680%. Traders can choose the option that they think can benefit them the most since it is possible to know the pay rates in advance. They are able to weigh the risks and the rewards of an option allowing them to know whether it is strategic to use.&lt;br /&gt;
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Traders are also advised to seek consultation from an expert pair options broker. StockPair is that broker. This will give them ideas about the stock pair and as well as the risks and possible returns of the trade. Another possible exchange trader that does trading in behalf of the clients and investors is the binary options broker. If you want to know a bit more about StockPair before learning more about pair options in general then a good place to start would be looking into a fully detailed StockPair review.
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The fixed pair options are considered to be the basic pair options since they are normalized during the purchase. This implies that the performance or the record made prior to the purchase will no longer matter. However, the floating pair options still add weight on previous performances in a certain period since this will help determine the outcome or result of the trade. The time period mentioned here can be as short as days or can be as long as months.
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This is the reason why StockPair now provides the opportunity for traders to participate and join in this rewarding business. StockPair offers pair options to consumers that are interested in trading. In fact, there are already a lot of groups and individuals who became very successful in trading from this type of platform. This is why people are already beginning to see the wonderful opportunities provided to them by the pair options trading.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2013/12/some-benefits-of-pair-options-trading.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-7624292002351359549</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2013 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-04-23T13:02:40.102-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binary options brokers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binary options trading</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">binaryoptionstradingschool.net</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">top 10 binary options brokers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush</category><title>New Top Ten Binary Options Brokers List For 2013-2014</title><description>&lt;h1 style="text-align: center;"&gt;
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Investing for a better future is one of the wisest moves any person can ever make in life. Having a sound investment plan will be the best assurance of a comfortable and stress-free life for you and your
family in future. With the numerous investment options and investment advice at your disposal, you can never go wrong with the choice that you make. An investment opportunity that is gaining popularity due to its straight-forward and simplistic nature is binary options trading.
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Most of the best binary options brokers for USA traders have been operating in the market ever since 2008. Its introduction has seen bold investors with a knack for risk-taking reaping handsomely from its returns themselves. So they know what it is that traders want from a broker. This financial venture has numerous platforms for trading, which are available at your disposal. As an investor, all you need to do is to place a bet on the most likely direction that an asset will follow. If your prediction is right, then you will get a handsome return on investment.
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All binary options trading operate on a 1-0 platform, which means that you either win or lose. For example, if you purchase a $100 binary option from a reputable firm and speculate that its value will
appreciate at the end of the day and it does, then you will get a return on investment of about 71%. This means you will go home with a payout of $171 at the end of the day. However, if trading goes the opposite direction, then your refund will be only $15. From this foregoing, we can easily deduce that binary options trading are predetermined contract where there are only two possible outcomes; a win or a losing probability. This choice of trading comes with many investment options compared with regular investments where investors pay for every point that they purchase.
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Regular investments are not appealing and flexible options as investors will make a profit or incur a loss based on the difference between the strike price and the expiry price. A lot of caution should be exercised before investing large sums of money in binary trading options, since it will not be possible to trade midway; you will have to hold on until it reaches its expiry date.
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Do not be swayed by binary options brokers who may advise you to trade your options midway. This is a common trick among brokers that will only serve to distract your thoughts from your actual financial goals. The growth of binary options trading has been consistent ever since it was introduced and many people are gaining interest due to its outcomes. Moreover, many websites for binary options trading have been established so that you can learn more about  various options and how they works before investing real money.  Some binary options trading brokers like &lt;a href="http://binary.traderush.com/SH1cY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;TradeRush&lt;/a&gt; give investors not less than 65-81% profitability and many markets options such as Stocks, Commodities, Forex and Indices.&lt;br /&gt;
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Clearly then choosing the most appropriate broker for your own specific needs and preferences as a trader can be a daunting task with so many firms entering this rapidly growing market. Luckily for us others have done most of the hard work for us.&lt;br /&gt;
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Some Things You Need To Know About 60-Second Binary Options Trading&lt;/h2&gt;
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For those considering venturing into the world of &lt;b&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/b&gt; trading, there are some things you need to know first in order to make an informed and intelligent decision. &lt;i&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/i&gt; trading strategies are certainly not for everyone but for those of us to whom it is suited, it can be a very very profitable venture.&lt;br /&gt;
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Binary options have greatly simplified the trading of options and have made it very accessible for traders who do not have large sums of money with which to start their trading&amp;nbsp;career. For decades only the big dogs on Wall Street and their buddies around the world have had access to binary options. Not so anymore. Now us "small-time" retail investors have our chance to play with the big boys.&lt;br /&gt;
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When an investor buys a binary option, he or she chooses how much he or she is willing to invest for it, how long the contract will be active for (expiry), and the directional movement during that chosen time frame. That's it, that's all. Before placing a trade the various return rates offered on assets with their selection of expiry times are prominently displayed for the trader to see and evaluate prior to placing any trade. None of these factors for &lt;i&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/i&gt; are any different than that of standard "high/low" binary options contracts. Really the only substantial (and&amp;nbsp;obvious) difference between standard binary options and the &lt;i&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/i&gt; variety is the...&lt;br /&gt;
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However, that one "small" difference makes for a world of difference in trading style, strategy, and money management practices. For instance many people trade these instruments in a "series". Trading &lt;b&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/b&gt; can be very exciting with their hyper fast-paced action and high returns. And just like "regular" binary options, &lt;i&gt;60-second binary options&lt;/i&gt; trading is also quite simple and easy to learn. But with that said, mastering the process and becoming a consistently profitable &lt;i&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/i&gt; trader may not be as simple as the above would make it seem. Like many things worth doing it takes some practice and hard work to become truly good at it. If it was completely easy then everyone would quit their jobs and get rich trading &lt;u&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/u&gt;. Sadly, it just isn't that easy haha. It is, however, entirely within reach to become a consistently profitable &lt;i&gt;60-second binary options&lt;/i&gt; trader. I've done it, and that means others can too. Lots of practice, the reading of other traders' strategies and learning processes, keeping an open mind, and then eventually the development of a solid plan which you test and - if promising- stick to religiously will take you &lt;b&gt;far&lt;/b&gt; towards your goal of &lt;i&gt;becoming a profitable &lt;b&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/b&gt; trader&lt;/i&gt;. But in your rush to reach your goals, don't get caught up in the get rich quick schemes and scams that exist out there. For a current example check out this report: "&lt;i&gt;The Profit in 60 Seconds Scam Review&lt;/i&gt;". If you read that carefully you should then be able to spot other scams that operate on the same basic principles.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/b&gt; trading is an innovative practice developed by &lt;a href="http://tracking.traderush.com/20302.46.15097" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;TradeRush&lt;/a&gt; and adopted industry-wide which can be both exciting and very profitable for traders of all styles and experience levels. They can be especially powerful and profitable during temporarily strongly trending markets (the trend &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; is your friend with 60-second options!). &lt;i&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/i&gt; are also &lt;i&gt;great&lt;/i&gt; for trading on news and other "event-driven" speculative plays.&lt;br /&gt;
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The method of choosing which asset out of a "pair" of asset will perform better over a given period, is known as &lt;a href="http://www.globalbinaryoptionsresearch.com/pair-options-trading-oveview/"&gt;pair options trading&lt;/a&gt;, and it is one of the latest techniques to be practiced in speculative trading. There are different types of trading involved, including trading with a fixed or floating pair, which can potentially yield profits of around 86 percent and up to 350 percent respectively. Regardless, a healthy profit is assured to any trader who chooses the winning asset of a "pair".&lt;br /&gt;
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Binary options are perhaps better known and used more widely, and pair options trading is basically a version of this, although the pair options can be chosen more accurately as traders always know the pay rates ahead of time. A &lt;a href="http://www.globalbinaryoptionsresearch.com/stockpair-review/"&gt;pair options broker like Stockpair&lt;/a&gt; can offer expert advice and is able to provide more specialized and accurate knowledge on these types of trades, allowing traders to compare risk against reward and therefore profit from the often high returns. A binary options broker is also able to trade on behalf of clients and investors.&lt;br /&gt;
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Basic pair options known as fixed pairs options have their previous performance taken into account before they are purchased; they are said to be normalized. However, if the previous performance over a certain designated period is taken into account the pairs are said to be floating, and the outcome of the trade will be determined by these statistics. The length of time that is taken into account can be days, weeks or even months.&lt;br /&gt;
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Pair options trading can be lucrative, and &lt;a href="http://tracking.traderush.com/20302" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Traderush&lt;/a&gt; offers investors the chance to participate in and potentially profit from these trades, and many investors have taken advantage of the trades offered by the company's website. The attractive returns being seen have meant that people all over the world have started to take notice of this type of profitable and exciting trade.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2012/07/an-introduction-to-pair-options-trading.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-8462736613729745227</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-01-02T20:25:26.949-05:00</atom:updated><title>60 Second Binary Options: Bringing In The Future In A Minute</title><description>&lt;h2&gt;


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&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;Investing in the stock market has always been a kin to gambling with the exception that researching can increase a person’s odds of a positive outcome. However, the problem has been that with the undefined potential gain, there was also an undefined potential loss. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="background-color: white;"&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt; are a relatively new trend introduced by binary options broker &lt;a href="http://binary.traderush.com/SHZg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;TradeRush&lt;/a&gt; that has eliminated this degree of uncertainty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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First, binary trades work on a simplistic concept. The investor sets the amount that he or she is willing to risk. Then he or she states whether the stock price will be above or below a specified valued at the lapse of minute’s time. If the investor has predicted correctly, then he or she is paid the profit amount agreed upon at the purchase of the trade. One should note that the profit amount does not increase or decrease in correlation to how large the gap between the specified value and actual market value in the favorable direction became. Furthermore, the profit is a fixed return on the initial investment to which the investor agreed in order to be able to definitively know what the potential loss of the investment will be at the time of purchase.&lt;br /&gt;
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The strong appeal of &lt;i&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/i&gt; trading at &lt;b&gt;TradeRush&lt;/b&gt; is the all or nothing payout after a very short increment of time. In addition, this type of trading does not require that the investor formulate any sort of exit strategy in the event that a profitable stock investment beings to go south.&lt;br /&gt;
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While the utilization of binary trades is not a new occurrence in the general market, &lt;i&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/i&gt; trades were thought to be virtually impossible. Reasoning for this was that none thought the speed needed to pass information between all necessary parties could be attained. However, the advent of platforms for web-based trading allow for real-time data streaming affording the speed necessary to perform the &lt;i&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/i&gt; in the complex transaction and derivative markets. Therefore, fast moving markets have greatly benefited from these short expiries binary trades because they boost the influx and out-flux of traders. With this constant flux, the prices are constantly changing drawing more attention from short term traders that are looking for this type of finite risk investment.&lt;br /&gt;
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The return on a &lt;a href="http://binaryoptionstradingschool.net/60-second-binary-options/"&gt;http://binaryoptionstradingschool.net/60-second-binary-options/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;at TradeRush can be as high as 81 percent. With the profit being that great, it is easier to see why investors would be attracted, but also why there needs to be measures to ensure that this new trend in trading does not prey on individuals that have issues with gambling. Most sites that offer 60 second trades will limit the amount per trade and that is probably a good thing. However, TradeRush offers limits up to $500 per option for its &lt;b&gt;60 second binary options&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2012/07/60-second-binary-options-bringing-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSg3lIFphqFvs3Gc45XwjsNQsEZ_JsNhLfAPtrxUg3KbxDNjyExBpR9Vout6Jmr9dSsdHgCSsYSfYhTUQR38UETYKJNAc1FyirQzhjPSs4NKqgqFgxn9q2fnwvSdGVmUVjXmi_c0T9g5M/s72-c/TR60-SecondLogo_200x200.png" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-2866360845210121501</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-04-23T13:08:16.535-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush pair options</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush reviews</category><title>TradeRush Asset Selection Expanded</title><description>&lt;h3&gt;


Review of TradeRush's New Features And Asset Selection&lt;/h3&gt;
TradeRush has once again expanded its offerings to its traders by adding an outstanding 20+ asstets to their already impressive list. This is in addition to their recent launch of pair options trading on the platform and the new assets that came along with that.&lt;br /&gt;
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With these new additions TradeRush now has a market-dominating 110 underlying assets on which you can base your trades. TradeRush is also the one and only place you can currently trade both binary options and pair options on the same platform.&lt;br /&gt;
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TradeRush has pretty much lead the pack right out of the gate after its launch in mid-2011 and has done so right up to the present time. From their introduction of 60-second options to the most recent innovation of offering pair options TradeRush is usually first, and best. They remain our favorite of the top by a wide margin.
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AnyOption Reviews 2012 - AnyOption Introductory Video For Beginners Or New Traders To AnyOption
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AnyOption is one of the most popular binary options brokers. Possibly &lt;i&gt;the&lt;/i&gt; most popular binary options broker. While we don't&amp;nbsp;necessarily&amp;nbsp;agree that this level of popularity is justified we can't deny that they must be doing something right over there or they wouldn't be this popular. Our personal endorsement goes to TradeRush hands down. It's where we trade and we've always been extremely satisfied with the service and platform. And no other binary options broker offers even close to the variety of features and investment options (you can visit traderush &lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz/go2/traderush.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;). That said AnyOption is also a respectable broker with a good reputation overall. And with the 15% return rate on losing trades across the board at AnyOption it could be a choice to consider for some potential traders looking at binary options brokers.&lt;br /&gt;
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As a popular binary options broker, &lt;b&gt;AnyOption reviews&lt;/b&gt; are fairly abundant on the web. And from those AnyOption reviews we've taken out some of the video footage generated. Some of it is from the AnyOption website itself and some of it is user-generated content from AnyOption customers and partners.&lt;br /&gt;
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This first AnyOption reviews 2012 video comes from their own website and is mostly promotional in nature but you can still get some good information about the company and its services from the video.&lt;br /&gt;
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This next &lt;b&gt;AnyOption Reviews 2012&lt;/b&gt; video also comes from the AnyOption website and is actually more than a video with interactive features. Simply click on the demo image to be taken to the interactive demo to learn more about the &lt;i&gt;AnyOption binary options trading platform&lt;/i&gt;. The interactive demo covers the basics of using the platform and trading in several types of contracts and asset classes. AnyOption welcomes traders from all over the world, including the US where they are very popular.&lt;/div&gt;
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The video is about fifteen minutes long and goes over all of the features available at AnyOption, the various assets on which you can base your trades, the different binary option contract types offered, return rates available on various assets and the average across all asset classes and website navigation. The video itself is not of the greatest quality but it does cover all the bases at AnyOption and should give you a good idea of what you might be getting into with them.&lt;/div&gt;
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Here's what Elliott wave analysis is all about: You study charts to find non-overlapping 5-wave moves (trend-defining) from overlapping 3-wave ones (corrective, countertrend).&lt;/div&gt;
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With that in mind, please take a look at this chart of the S&amp;amp;P 500, which our&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;U.S. Intraday Stocks Specialty Service&lt;/em&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.elliottwave.com/r.asp?acn=1203fob&amp;amp;rcn=aa278&amp;amp;dy=aa061512&amp;amp;url=http://www.elliottwave.com/wave/US-Stocks-FreeWeek-AFFA" style="color: #0072bc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"&gt;FreeWeek is on now&lt;/a&gt;) posted for subscribers at 9:37 AM today (June 14):&lt;/div&gt;
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Immediately, you can see that the S&amp;amp;P 500 has been moving sideways in a choppy, overlapping manner. That's the definition of a correction -- i.e., that is NOT the trend. The trend, as the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;U.S. Intraday Stocks Specialty Service&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;editor Tom Prindaville said in the morning market overview, was higher -- at least in the short-term:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;...sideways-to-up over the very near term will be expected. Simply put, overall&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;higher near-term&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;remains the intraday call -- to complete a corrective second wave.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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And here's a chart of the S&amp;amp;P 500 at the close of the market that the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Service&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;posted at 3:34 PM on the same day:&lt;/div&gt;
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To make this bullish forecast, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Service&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;editor Tom Prindaville was simply following the Elliott wave model of market progression. The model called for a completion of the developing wave 2 -- in this case, "higher near-term."&lt;/div&gt;
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Market corrections -- the sideways, choppy moves you see in both charts above -- are notoriously hard to forecast. And not every Elliott wave forecast works out. But you&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;get a&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;real, practical&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;roadmap of the expected market action.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.elliottwave.com/r.asp?acn=1203fob&amp;amp;rcn=aa278&amp;amp;dy=aa061512&amp;amp;url=http://www.elliottwave.com/freeupdates/archives/2012/06/14/SP-500-Elliott-Wave-Forecasts,-Simplified.aspx%26articleid=3253" style="color: #0072bc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;S&amp;amp;P 500: Elliott Wave Forecasts, Simplified&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the world.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2012/06/ewis-most-current-wave-analysis-of-s.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-306378559149046551</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-04-23T13:06:23.082-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pair options</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pair options trading</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reviews of traderush</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush deposit bonus</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush pair options</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush reviews</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush user reviews</category><title>TradeRush Review - New Features For 2012</title><description>&lt;h2&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;TradeRush Review Of All New Features For 2012 - 06/12/2012&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Traderush is one of the newer major binary options brokers to enter the market with its launch coming in mid-2011. And it was off to the races from there. TradeRush quickly became, first a market leader in the industry, and then &lt;b&gt;the&lt;/b&gt; market leader in the binary options trading industry. All in less than one year. They must be doing something right over there (&lt;i&gt;This TradeRush review is a much more recently updated review than ours, which is really made necessary by all the changes that have taken place over there. We just don't have the time to do it ourselves&lt;/i&gt;). An already great binary options broker just got even better.&lt;br /&gt;
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Read On For Our Full &lt;i&gt;TradeRush Review&lt;/i&gt; Of These New Features.....&lt;br /&gt;
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TradeRush Review Basics
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&lt;td class="left"&gt;TradeRush Home:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://binary.traderush.com/SHbC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="TradeRush"&gt;http://www.traderush.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td class="left"&gt;TradeRush Minimum Deposit:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$200 Or Equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td class="left"&gt;Minimum Trade Size:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$25 Or $10 For 60-Second Contracts&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td class="left"&gt;Account Currencies:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;USD, EUR, GBP&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td class="left"&gt;US Traders:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Welcomed!&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td class="left"&gt;TradeRush Deposit Bonus:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes - Up To 50% For Standard Accounts. Up To 100% For VIPs!&lt;/td&gt;
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TradeRush Review - Newly Introduced Features (06/01/2012)
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NEW -&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;StockPairs now offered!!! Only Broker Offering BOTH Binary And Pair Options!&lt;/b&gt;
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NEW - &lt;b&gt;FaceBook stock now available for trading!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
NEW - &lt;b&gt;6 month expiry times! - Expiry times at TradeRush now range from 60 seconds to 6 months!&lt;/b&gt;
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NEW - &lt;b&gt;$500 Max On 60-Second Options. Highest Of Any Binary Options Broker.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
NEW - &lt;b&gt;High-Yield Contracts For 60-Second Options And Option Builder Contracts.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
NEW - &lt;b&gt;Deposit Method - Liberty Reserve.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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TradeRush Review Details
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That's a lot of new features to be rolled out all at once! We're loving them though and we thought that a &lt;b&gt;TradeRush review&lt;/b&gt; update was in order considering the substantial changes. Probably the biggest news here is the introduction of pair options trading to the TradeRush binary options platform. Until now if you wanted to trade dedicated pair options pretty much your only option was Stockpair. A good broker for sure and one we can easily recommend for pair options trading but nonetheless, variety is nice and we've been hoping more brokers would start offering pair options. It's no surprise to us that it was our favorite broker, TradeRush, who pulled the trigger first on this. We suspect that many more binary options brokers will follow the lead of TradeRush, as they usually do. TradeRush has done a good job of establishing itself as the leader in binary options trading with others doing the following. They were also the first to introduce 60-second options to the scene with other brokers playing catch-up and following suit.&lt;br /&gt;
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TradeRush is offering a decent selection of pair options for the feature's launch and they plan to continue adding to the list as we move forward. This will certainly give TradeRush a distinct advantage over most of the competition. Below is the list of pair options introduced for the feature's launch and a company representative contacted for this &lt;b&gt;TradeRush review&lt;/b&gt; assured us that more are on the way!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;th&gt;Indices&lt;/th&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;CITI v. JPM&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;GOLD v. SILVER&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;DAX v. CAC&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;AAPL v. GOOG&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;GOLD v. CRUDE OIL&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;AMZN v. AAPL&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;GOLD v. EUR&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;BNP v. BARCLAYS&lt;/td&gt;
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Not a bad list to start but I think we can expect this selection to grow rather rapidly as pair options are continuing to gain in popularity. TradeRush is all about giving the clients what they want and what they want is more variety and more trading options. Equaling more profit opportunities. TradeRush continues to deliver on this front and doing this TradeRush review&amp;nbsp;convinced us that they will almost certainly continue to be the leader in binary options trading technology for some time to come.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img align="center" alt=" " border="0" src="http://binary.traderush.com/SHbC" height="0" width="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2012/06/traderush-review-new-features-for-2012.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-1596946685981538141</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-06-05T12:54:30.146-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">elliot wave analysis</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">elliot wave international</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">EWI</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush 60 second options review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush 60 second options trading</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush payouts review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">traderush returns review</category><title>80/20 Trading - An EWI Perspective</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
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The 80/20 Trade: "Pounce Like a Cat"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Patience Can Be Rewarding&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;June 04, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small;"&gt;By &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elliottwave.com/a.asp?url=/&amp;amp;cn=1203fob" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; font-size: small;" target="_blank"&gt;Elliott Wave International&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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Copy the tiger when stalking and capturing a "pounce-ready" trade.&lt;/div&gt;
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Tigers know the prey they covet is elusive: they show great patience and care when stalking the target.&lt;/div&gt;
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I came across this description of the tiger's technique:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;"When hunting, this cat...may take twenty minutes to creep over ground which would be covered in under one minute at a normal walk...the tiger will sometimes pause...move closer and so lessen that critical attack distance...before finally raising its body and charging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"...they wait until a victim comes close and spring up...This ambush method of hunting uses less energy and has a greater chance of success."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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You must "ambush" high confidence trades. Long-time professional trader and teacher Dick Diamond says patience is vital before the ambush.&lt;/div&gt;
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I talked to Diamond about his famous 80/20 trade, which he means literally -- he says it has at least an 80 percent chance of success. It's the only trade set-up Diamond will take.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://tracking.traderush.com/20302.8?campaignId=1845" rel="nofollow" title="TradeRush 60 second options trading"&gt;&lt;img alt="TradeRush 60 second options trading" border="0" height="90" src="http://www.rushbucks.com/storage/b/8.gif" width="468" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Q:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Could you tell me about the 80/20 trade?&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Diamond:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;The 80/20 trade is based on indicators that create a specific trading set-up. A trader must act on this set-up immediately. You must wait, and then pounce like a cat when the opportunity presents itself. Then you set stops. In shorter time frames, like trading from a five minute chart, the 80/20 set up may come along a few times a day. If you're trading a longer time frame, like off of a 120 minute or 240 minute chart, the 80/20 will come along less frequently, but when it does, the opportunity will be bigger. The 80/20 trade can be especially rewarding for position traders. Sometimes the indicators reveal what I call 90/10 or even 95/5 trades.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Q:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;What emotional factors do students need to work on the most?&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Diamond:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Traders must be calm and confident. You can't be a Nervous Nellie and succeed at trading. Calmness comes from learning the proper trading techniques.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Q:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;What's different about trading today vs. when you started out in the 1960s?&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Diamond:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;When I started trading, execution took up to five minutes -- now it takes less than a second. Time is money, so computers provide a great advantage to today's trader compared to pre-computer days. At the same time, while computers allow the trader to see multiple indicators on the screen, one must avoid indicator overload. One must learn to narrow down the number of indicator&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://binaryoptionsreviews.biz"&gt;Binary Options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://financeandopportunity.blogspot.com/2012/06/8020-trading-ewi-perspective.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Market Madness)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880868370997034595.post-8836602243491002043</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-04-23T13:09:47.672-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">forex binary options trading</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">opteck</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">opteck currency pairs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">opteck forex</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">opteck platform</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">opteck review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">opteck scam</category><title>Forex Hedging With Binary Options</title><description>&lt;h2&gt;An Intro To Using Binary Options As A Forex Speculation Instrument&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Definition of 'Binary Option' &amp;nbsp;-- &amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;(From &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/binary-option.asp#axzz1tCHXwb1M" target="_blank"&gt;Investopedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
A type of option in which the payoff is structured to be either a fixed amount of compensation if the option expires in the money, or nothing at all if the option expires out of the money.&amp;nbsp;Also sometimes referred to as "all-or-nothing options" or "digital options".&lt;br /&gt;
These binary options are different from "plain vanilla" options.&lt;br /&gt;
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Using binary options as a vehicle for&amp;nbsp;speculating in the Forex markets&amp;nbsp;is really quite straightforward and uncomplicated. This can allow those who are who have little experience or are just getting into financial markets and Forex to get their feet wet without risking losing their shirt. You could potentially get started with the very modest minimum initial investment of $200 - though $500 as a minimum is recommended for proper money techniques to be implemented.&lt;br /&gt;
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There frankly isn't a whole lot out there as far as resources for opteck trading but there is a lot of user feedback and Opteck themselves offers quite a bit in the way of resources. Overall, it's pretty clear that they are popular outside the US for a reason and considering their current aggressive courtship of US binary options traders there doesn't seem to be much doubt that we will be hearing more and more about Opteck in the coming months and years.&lt;/div&gt;
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We've been trading binaries for awhile now so for ourselves we had no doubt but we do run across a fair amount of confusion surrounding this subject.&lt;br /&gt;
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A plea for sanity&lt;/h1&gt;
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2012-APR-25&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;img align="left" alt="Dollar" height="90" hspace="5" src="http://www.goldmoney.com/images/thumbnails/iStock_000017411059XSmall.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 620px;" width="120" /&gt;An&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://thespellmanreport.com/2012/04/21/warren-buffet-and-the-new-calculus-of-gold/?gmrefcode=marketmadness" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003366;" target="_blank"&gt;article by Professor Lew Spellman&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;has caught the attention of the sharp-eyed, and may indeed be important. Spellman, who in the past has been an economist at the Fed and served as an assistant to the Chairman of the President’s Council of Advisors, makes the point that gold is quietly becoming a core banking asset for collateral purposes, at a time when the alternative, sovereign obligations, is becoming dangerously unstable as a bedrock of value. This is an establishment economist suggesting that gold is being chosen by markets as an alternative to money issued by government diktat.&lt;/div&gt;
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He even suggests that ownership of gold would allow banks to increase leverage of their balance sheets. The London Bullion Market has been lobbying for this for the last six months, and at government level the Chinese have long pressed for gold to have a monetary role on a supra-national basis. Powerful forces recognise the benefits, and if the Basel Committee which is considering the matter agrees to banks using gold as Tier 1 Capital, it would create substantial demand for physical bullion, for any such gold would have to be physically held on an allocated basis.&lt;/div&gt;
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Anyone who understands gold’s historic role will grasp the importance of the argument behind extra bank leverage. Direct ownership of bullion by a bank is superior to holding the fiat money issued by a central bank. It should increase confidence in any bank and the system as a whole. Given relative values, bank purchases of bullion will drive the value of gold as Tier 1 Capital up relative to other qualifying assets, increasing its desirability for regulatory purposes further without a gold-owning bank doing anything.&lt;/div&gt;
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The fly in the ointment is politics. Ever since the Nixon shock in 1971, the US Government has tried to convince the world that gold has no monetary role. It would require the US Treasury to accept that gold might be superior to the paper dollar after all. No doubt that U-turn can be performed, but the concern would be that gold being officially recognised as a form of money would disadvantage the dollar and hand substantial power to the Chinese, who have been accumulating gold from their own mines.&lt;/div&gt;
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This raises the question about how much gold the Chinese actually own. They have been mining the stuff for over a thousand years, and if Marco Polo is to be believed, seven hundred years ago there were enormous quantities of gold throughout both the Chinese Empire and Japan. This is certainly under-recorded by the World Gold Council, and while it and subsequent production may be tucked away, it won’t have been destroyed. It is a fair bet that some of it is still in China, under the control of the government, the ultimate inheritors of the dynastic legacies.&lt;/div&gt;
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Why does this matter? It matters because if gold is accepted as the ultimate collateral, the balance of monetary power shifts from the US to China. China is already angling to conduct Asian trade settlements without using the dollar, and is ready to start using gold for settling her trade balance with Iran. This is an important development, the predictable result of US attempts to dictate terms of trade.&lt;/div&gt;
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China is ready to use gold for monetary purposes, as is much of Asia and the Middle East. Europe is falling apart and needs gold as collateral for its banking system. Central banks everywhere, from Mexico to the Ukraine, are adding to their gold reserves, and according to the IMF in March alone twelve of them added 58 tonnes to their reserves, presumably in anticipation of its monetary return. The official price of $42.22 is an old joke that no longer amuses. How about it, Mr President?&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;img align="left" alt="Falling plot line over Europe " height="90" hspace="5" src="http://www.goldmoney.com/images/thumbnails/falling_plot_EU.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 620px;" width="120" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Much has been learned from the ongoing financial debacle that has been painfully rattling the world’s financial structure in recent years. Foremost among these valuable lessons is the&amp;nbsp;realization&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;all&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;financial assets have risks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Even the bonds of many sovereign nations are being called into question, and rightly so. Though often deemed to be “riskless” because of a country’s ability to extract tax from its citizens, logic tells us that nothing in life is risk-free. This conclusion can also be reached by even a cursory reading of monetary history, or in a more meaningful and instructive way, just by closely observing financial events in recent years. Unquestionably, sovereign bonds have risks.&lt;/div&gt;
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In fact, there are three of them. Each of these risks needs to be seriously considered and analysed before purchasing the bond of any sovereign nation.&lt;/div&gt;
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1) Currency risk – There are two types of currency risk. The first is inflation, which has been eroding the purchasing power of currencies ever since governments abandoned the classical gold standard decades ago. This risk is particularly acute in today’s environment in which continuous central bank intervention manipulates artificially low interest rates, with the consequence that the interest income earned on a bond is not likely to completely offset the loss of purchasing power of the currency in which the bond is denominated. The other currency risk comes from fluctuating exchange rates. A declining exchange rate will reduce the value of bonds denominated in a foreign currency. For example, any euro-based investor who owned bonds denominated in British pounds saw their wealth eroded when the pound’s exchange rate collapsed against the euro a few years ago.&lt;/div&gt;
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2) Interest rate risk – Although central banks have been actively intervening in the credit markets to keep interest rates low, it is inevitable that interest rates will again rise. Rising interest rates mean that bond prices will fall. Bond prices will fall so that the yields of the bonds’ coupons will always equal the prevailing interest rate.&lt;/div&gt;
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3) Counterparty risk – Most devastating of all is the risk of default. A country will repay its bonds only if it has both the financial capacity and the willingness to repay. In this regard, investors are learning from recent events that many countries have exceeded the ability to repay its debts, even if they want to do so.&lt;/div&gt;
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Despite these recent events, many bondholders still believe that they can achieve a favourable risk/return ratio by owning a government bond. While that assertion may have been true in the past, most governments today are over-leveraged and stretched to the limit. It is no longer reasonable to expect that a government bond can be bought and held to maturity. They have become a trading vehicle, to be bought and sold like commodities in an attempt to profit from price fluctuations. This task requires unique skills, so it is best to leave the ownership of sovereign bonds to professional traders and speculators.&lt;/div&gt;
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As a consequence of countries living far beyond their financial capacity, many promises made by politicians are going to be broken. This will include the insincere promise to always honour a country’s debts. The plain truth is that many governments around the world are running out of money, and in that environment, sovereign bonds are not risk-free.&lt;/div&gt;
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How to Handle an Economic Implosion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;April 18, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;By Elliott Wave International&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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I came across some research on the subject of worry. Here's how it was presented:&lt;/div&gt;
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Things People Worry About:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;things that never happen - 40%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;things which did happen that worrying can't undo - 30%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;needless health worries - 12%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;petty, miscellaneous worries - 10%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;real, legitimate worries - 8%&lt;/li&gt;
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Of the legitimate worries, half are problems beyond our personal ability to solve. That leaves 4% in the realm of worries people&lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;do something about.&lt;/div&gt;
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I thought about our gigantic national debt and weak economy. These seem to fit into both subcategories of "real" worries. You&lt;strong&gt;can't&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;do much as an individual to solve the nation's debt and economic problems, yet you&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;can prepare&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for a worsening economic downtrend.&lt;/div&gt;
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Do we see evidence for an economic turn for the worse?&lt;/div&gt;
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Well, consider that the evidence is so overwhelming that it took 456 pages of the second edition of Robert Prechter's book,&lt;em&gt;Conquer the Crash&lt;/em&gt;, to cover it. And since that book published, Prechter has consistently devoted his monthly&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Elliott Wave Theorist&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to the facts and evidence behind his forecast.&lt;/div&gt;
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Here's a chart from the book that was updated by Elliott Wave International in March 2012:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://www.elliottwave.com/images/freeupdates/Image/1929Molehill.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The downturn from 2008 is critically important, as it shows that after an almost unbroken 60-year climb, the contraction is underway. It surely has much further to go, because it is still a third higher than it was at the outset of the last debt deflation in 1929.&lt;br /&gt;
--&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast&lt;/em&gt;, March 2012&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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The rating agencies are well aware of what the above chart means. You probably know that Standard &amp;amp; Poor's downgraded U.S. debt from the nation's long-standing triple-A to AA+. Now, another rating agency has taken their rating even lower:&lt;/div&gt;
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Rating firm Egan-Jones cuts its credit rating on the U.S. government to "AA" from "AA+" with a negative watch, citing a lack of progress in cutting the mounting federal debt.&lt;br /&gt;
--&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;CNBC.com&lt;/em&gt;, April 5&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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Digital Options Trading Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Digital options&lt;/b&gt;, frequently referred to as "binary options" or "fixed return options" are similar to traditional options in many ways but also differ in some very significant ways. Digital options are quite simple trading instruments requiring no exceptional knowledge of or experience with trading or financial markets. Of course, superior knowledge of markets and trading does often lead to superior results but it is certainly not a prerequisite to being a profitable digital options trader. In this short article we will examine digital options, explain what they are, and explore how they are traded.

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Digital Options Trading Highlights&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Digital Options Are Market Neutral Instruments&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Quick And Easy To Trade&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Strictly Limited Risk&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Small Initial Investment Required&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Digital Options Have No Commissions, Fees, Or Other Hidden Costs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;High, Fixed Potential Returns Known Beforehand&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Requires Only A Small Move In The Underlying&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Digital Options Can Be Traded At Any Time Of Day Or Night&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Trade On Stocks, Indices, Currencies, Commodities And More&lt;/li&gt;
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Some Digital Options Trading Disadvantages&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Potential Returns On Winning Trades Will Always Be Less Then Potential Losses On Losing Trades (You'll need roughly a 55% win rate for profitability)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Many Digital Options Brokers Offer Trades Which Amount To Little More Than A Roulette Spin - 60 Second Options To Name One. (We're fans of digital options here but we recommend our readers stay clear of these types of trades.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Claim To An Underlying Asset (a possible disadvantage for some but for the majority not even an issue.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Some Regulatory Conflicts For US Based Traders (Our Uncle Sam can certainly be a nosy, interfering chap sometimes...)&lt;/li&gt;
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Public Pension Funds: Tens of Billions at Significant Risk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Is now the time to gamble with retirement?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;April 04, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;By Elliott Wave International&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
To meet ambitious investment return targets, some public pension funds must now swing for the fences.&lt;br /&gt;
But many are down two strikes already, due to their previous big bets with hedge funds.&lt;br /&gt;
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....the [pension] funds with a third to more than half of their money in private equity, hedge funds and real estate had returns that were more than a percentage point lower than returns of the funds that largely avoided those assets. They also paid nearly four times as much in fees.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt;, April 1&lt;/div&gt;
The same article describes how other pension funds have embraced this risky strategy, and how funds generally have their assets at risk. In 2007 pension funds allocated 10.7 percent to "high-growth" investments; by September 2011 they had increased that bet to 19 percent. All the while, hedge funds have underperformed, as this chart from our January 2012&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Financial Forecast&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;shows:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.elliottwave.com/images/freeupdates/Image/Hedgefundindex.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The [HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index] hit a new low on December 14, producing a rash of articles about how hedge funds got tripped up in 2011. "Many hedge-fund managers who came into 2011 riding a wave of momentum ended the year scratching their heads and nursing losses, whipsawed by markets that seemed to punish them month after month." "Head scratching" is just right for this still-early stage of the bear. Through the first ten months of 2011, 123 Asian hedge funds shut their doors, the second highest number of closures since 2008, the year world markets collapsed.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Financial Forecast&lt;/em&gt;, January 20&lt;/div&gt;
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is the nation's largest public pension fund. It recently lowered its investment return target from 7.75 percent to 7.5 percent. The system's actuary had recommended lowering it to 7.25 percent.&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The CalPERS board members were told by their staff that they had only a 50 percent chance of hitting or surpassing the 7.5 percent target, yet they adopted that assumption. Others say the odds are even worse than that.&lt;br /&gt;
If CalPERS loses the bet, as it is likely to, the next generation will pay the shortfall...&lt;br /&gt;
....if CalPERS or any other public-pension system banks on higher-investment returns, it must take greater risks to meet the target...Cal-PERS chief investment officer told Pensions and Investments newspaper last year, his system has "a reasonably ambitious return target" and "needs to have a portfolio with a lot of growth exposure."&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;San Jose Mercury News&lt;/em&gt;, March 24&lt;/div&gt;
Is now the time to take greater risks? You saw the 2011 performance of hedge funds, and that was a year when the DJIA was up. Imagine the scenario if the market takes a serious tumble.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.elliottwave.com/r.asp?acn=1203fob&amp;amp;rcn=aa260&amp;amp;dy=aa040412&amp;amp;url=http://www.elliottwave.com/freeupdates/archives/2012/04/03/Public-Pension-Funds-Tens-of-Billions-at-Significant-Risk.aspx%26articleid=3032" style="color: #0072bc; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Public Pension Funds: Tens of Billions at Significant Risk&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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