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Options 101: Pricing

Released: 06/02/2009

The Options Pricing 101 course is designed to familiarize traders with the variables in options pricing models.

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Options 102: The Greeks

Released: 06/02/2009

The Options Greeks 102 course is designed to familiarize traders with a set of Greek risk factors used to monitor a portfolio's profile.

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Options 103: Strategies

Released: 06/02/2009

The Options Strategies 103 course is designed to show how options work as a tool for hedging positions and how they can be used for speculative purposes.

Mechanics of a Short Sale

Released: 10/17/2008

The Mechanics of a Short Sale is a tutorial that is designed to show you the inner workings of how a Short Sale works.

Introduction to Technical Analysis

Released: 12/01/2009

The Technical Analysis Tour explains the important role of the chart analyst and how technical and fundamental analyses differ. In this introductory tour, you will learn how to identify areas of support and resistance on a chart, the role of different time frames, and how to interpret basic trend formation.

Mechanics of a Foreign Stock Transaction

Released: 08/24/2010

The Mechanics of an Overseas Stock Transaction Tour describes the choices facing investors wishing to invest in stocks denominated in currencies other than their base domestic currency. This tour attempts to explain these alternative approaches and also shows the impact of exchange rate risk on transactions that can be made overseas.

Contracts For Difference (CFDs)

Released: 07/11/2011

Investors using Contracts for Difference or CFDs are making almost identical decisions to those using ordinary shares in a company. CFDs are meant to mirror the performance of the underlying share price whether it goes up or down. There are, however, some key differences that we reveal in this Contracts for Difference tour. Compare the impact of tax treatment, leverage and commissions charged between regular securities trading and the treatment of CFDs.

Mechanics of the Futures Market

Released: 11/12/2009

This tour is designed to help you better understand the workings of the futures markets, why futures contracts exist, who uses them and what makes them tick. You will also learn the difference between on-and-off-exchange transactions and the benefits of trading through a regulated exchange where professional traders provide liquidity. Investors will learn the basics of how futures are priced and learn how to locate contract descriptions, specifications along with margin values using the Interactive Brokers website. We also walk viewers through some basic trade examples to illustrate the profit and loss calculation associated with leveraged derivative instruments.

Mechanics of Interest Rate Trading

Released: 06/01/2010

This tour is designed to help introduce investors to key factors surrounding monetary policy, the economy and how interest rates are set. Investors will learn about yield curves, what causes the curve to change shape and how expectations about the future price of money play an integral role. We explain the key trading tools for anyone interested in watching or trading the interest rate markets and illustrate how monetary futures markets work. Whether you are a hedger, speculator or just want to expand your knowledge of trading futures and options this tour covers the international monetary space.

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Forex Markets 101

Released: 05/11/2009

The Forex Markets 101 Tour is designed to help investors recognize the nature and needs of participants in the currency market along with how various foreign currency instruments have been developed to create the largest traded market around the globe.

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Forex Markets 102

Released: 05/11/2009

The Forex Markets 102 Tour helps investors better understand the mechanics, quotations and pricing behind currency trading and what makes the exchange of currency different from other types of investing.

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Options Pricing Calculator Widget

Released: 06/30/2008

The Options Pricing Calculator Widget is a free downloadable tool that allows users to price options using a "what-if" type analysis. The calculator allows users to input the underlying price of a security, the striking price of an options, the number of days to expiration and other necessary inputs. The output displays not only the theoretical price for both calls and puts using those assumptions, but also the array of associated Greek values for each side of the equation. Use the calculator to make changes to any of the input fields to learn the impact on the price of an option.

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Options Strategies Widget

Released: 06/30/2008

The Options Strategies Widget allows investors to view the profit-and-loss profiles of an array of option combinations that might help in their understanding of option and stock trading. The Widget is a free downloadable tool and can be used by investors wishing to understand better how to use options and options combinations to speculate on an underlying security or to hedge against an adverse movement in a security they currently own. The user can select from a series of drop down menus to isolate bullish or bearish movements in the price of an underlying security or could select a strategy that would perhaps benefit under a period of either rising or falling market or security specific volatility.