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Why use spreads as an option trading strategy in todays stock market

If you only buy options, the deck is stacked against you. Roughly 75% of options expire worthless or are closed at a loss. Since everything must add up to 100%, that means if 75% lose then only 25% win. If those odds sound good to you, you should spend a lot of time in Atlantic City or Las Vegas.

No one is right about the market 100% of the time. Sometimes things happen that upset your trading plan, such as 911, or Libya, or Congress not compromising and threatening a government shutdown or an oil spill in the Gulf. However, spread trading allows you to balance your risk and increase your odds of winning. It doesn’t matter whether it is a call spread or a put spread. If you buy a call and then sell a higher call on the same stock, you have balanced your risk. For example; XYZ stock is trading at $41.00 a share. The November 40 call is trading at a bid of $3.85 and ask of $3.90 and the November 45 call is trading at a bid of $1.70 and ask of $1.75. The total call spread is trading at a bid of $2.15 and ask of $2.15.

Instead of just buying the November 40 call at $3.85, you could buy the November 40 call and sell the November 45 call for $2.15, in equal quantities thus saving $1.70. If the stock rises as you expected, you could close the call spread for more than $2.15 which is a profit. If the stock price falls after the call spread is executed, you could buy the November 45 call for less than you received when you sold it, which is a profit and then wait for the stock price to correct (rise) and then sell the November 40 for more than you paid which is a profit on both sides (legs) of the call spread. The same concept would apply to a put spread.

Call spreads and put spreads reduce your cost and balance the risk. By being both a buyer and seller simultaneously, you have increased your chances of winning. However, this doesn’t substitute for doing your homework of technical analysis and fundamental analysis on the underlying stock to increase your chances to win. Turn your next option trade into a winning trade. Stop losing money trading options. Use spreads to mitigate the risk and get more consistent returns.

Brazil Cosmetics And Personal Care Market to Grow at 13 Percent CAGR

According to our research report “Brazil Retail Industry Analysis”, Brazilian retail industry has been witnessing strong growth in sales for the past few years and it is also expected to grow in the coming years. Rising purchasing power due to the stable macroeconomic factors and the strengthening middle class base is anticipated to fuel the Brazilian retail industry. In non-food retail sales, Cosmetics & personal care industry in Brazil has shown an impressive performance and is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 13% during 2011-2014 to reach BRL 44.6 Billion by 2014 end.

As per the study, food retail sales were slightly higher in terms of share than the non-food sector in the total retail sales during 2010. Among the Brazilian consumers, coffee is the favorite hot drink and also accounts for significant sales in the Brazilian beverage industry. At the distribution channel front, retails formats, such as Hypermarkets and supermarkets have gradually taken market share from traditional stores in recent years and the country’s retail market has become home to several of the world’s largest grocery retailers.

Besides, the report covers details regarding the mergers & acquisitions activities in the Brazilian retail industry. Additionally, the report includes data about the country’s demographics, franchising industry, and food retail chains, which will further propel the retail sales in the country.

Our report “Brazil Retail Industry Analysis”, has been authored to evaluate the growth potentials of the Brazilian retail industry. It is an outcome of extensive research and conceptual analysis of the industry and provides information on all the prominent segments of the industry. The report facilitates analysis of various industry segments, i.e. production, consumption, and trade trends. Further, the report talks about various aspects of the retail industry, such as industry performance, future prospects, growth opportunities etc. A brief business description of prominent players operating in the industry has also been included in the report to provide a balanced treatment of the analysis. In this way, the report presents a complete and coherent analysis of the Brazilian retail industry, which will prove decisive for the clients.

US Wireless Carriers Partner with Big Credit Card Companies Boosting Cell Phone NFC Market

The decision by three major U.S. wireless carriers to partner with leading credit card companies on a mobile commerce initiative will boost the market for embedded payment technology in cell phones, helping global shipments of handsets with near field communication (NFC) technology to rise to nearly 550 million units by 2015, according to new IHS iSuppli (NYSE: IHS) research.
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile said they would work with Visa and MasterCard on their Isis joint venture, which was established to form a nationwide infrastructure for NFC enabled mobile payments using mobile handsets in the United States. The original Isis joint venture announced in November 2010 did not include Visa and MasterCard, the largest U.S. credit card companies. Instead, Isis employed Discover Financial Services and the U.S. arm of U.K. bank Barclays to handle the monetary aspects of commercial NFC mobile payments services in the United States.
“By partnering with the dominant players (Visa and MasterCard) the wireless carriers are making the right moves to create an ecosystem that will allow consumers to become comfortable with making NFC payments through their cell phones,” said Dr. Jagdish Rebello, director and principal analyst for communications and consumer electronics with iSuppli. “The carriers hope to leverage the dominant position enjoyed by Visa and MasterCard in credit card payments to ensure a seamless consumer experience when customers use their mobile phones to make payments. Such a move will drive an increase in unit shipments of cell phones with embedded NFC capability in the United States and around the world.”
With the participation of Visa and MasterCard, the Isis system will allow consumer credit card information to be securely stored on cell phones, and will use NFC as the communication protocol to facilitate the financial transaction.
Combined with Google Inc.’s continued efforts to promote mobile payment technology in Android smart phones, the changes in the Isis initiative have spurred an upgrade in the IHS iSuppli forecast for global shipments of NFC-equipped cell phones. IHS now predicts 93.2 million NFC-equipped cell phones will ship worldwide in 2011, up from the December forecast of 79.8 million, as shown in the attached figure. In 2014, 411.8 million NFC cell phones will ship, compared to 220.1 million in the previous prediction.
Shipments then will rise to 544.7 million in 2015. This means that 30.5 % of all cell phones shipped in 2015 will have the capability to conduct mobile commerce using NFC technology.
NFC promises to revolutionize the way consumers pay for goods and services by allowing them to use their cell phones to make purchases. With NFC, consumers can pay their bus fare, buy a plane ticket or make an ATM/credit card purchase simply by holding their cell phones near wireless terminals.
The starting gun for the rapid growth of the NFC handset market was sounded last year, when Google said it would support the technology in the latest release of the Android operating system and would work to create an ecosystem for NFC payments. With this move, Google made a play for leadership in the mobile commerce segment.
Visa and MasterCard’s move to participate in Isis represents an attempt by these big credit card companies to prevent Google from gaining a strong foothold in the market for mobile payments.
With the addition of the major financial firms, the Isis effort is set to gain momentum over the long term. However, Isis is facing some short-term delays while it recalibrates its mobile payment strategy to suit Visa and MasterCard.

Spitalfields Taste The World by Going to One Market

Many people come to Europe to get a taste of the various cultures found here. There is an array of food available in these countries, but the travelling it takes to get to all of that can be exhausting. One great solution to this is the Spitalfields Market, where you can find restaurants from all corners of the world bring food to tourists and UK eaters alike. You do not have to go anywhere to get a taste of all that Europe and the world at large has to offer. All you have to do is stop into the market.

One of the most fun places to eat in Spitalfields is Wagamama. This restaurant is the best place in the city to get pan-Asian noodles, and many of the recipes start with something as simple as ramen. You can find soups, stir fries, salads, and deserts to munch on, and there are plenty of drinks to enjoy as well. This simple noodle house was voted London’s most popular restaurant in Zagat four years in a row, and it’s easy to taste why. The flavours and recipes here simply cannot be beat for the price.

La Tasca bring a touch of Spain to Spitalfields, serving tapas and paella for the UK audience to enjoy. This restaurant has early roots when it comes to the recipes within, but there is a modern flair about the style of the place that makes it a fun place to eat at. La Tasca also offers a range of Spanish wine to consider, and that pairs perfectly with the food they serve. They offer outside seating so people can continue to look at the market as they dine, and there are also to-go services for people needing a quick bite to eat.

Another taste to be found in Spitalfields comes from Le Bouchon Breton. This is a French brasserie that opened in 2008. Since then, it has been serving champagne and shellfish to hundreds of customers a day who pass through the market. The restaurant is beautiful in every essence of the world, and the recipes inside it are nothing short of a masterpiece. They have a cheese trolley with more than 40 French cheeses to taste, as well as all of the brasserie classics that people know and love. Whether you come for the seafood or for the view, there is something to be found at Le Bouchon Breton.

Much People Aspects Share Tips Make Money in Stock Market

The Bombay Stock Exchange, or BSE market shares and derivative products to companies nationwide before foraying exchange. People can predict the stock market price is very short period of time to get out on the great minds must be realistic in your fabulous profits or losses. You also need to be familiar with terms such as stop-loss, pre-profit, says, short and long term, price, etc. so it is essential to engage in market share and to find out the conscious Nifty Tips and requirements. Research, analysis, research, time and skills to attract a lot of calculations and predictions you sit a variety of markets, trends, chart patterns, including the middle and became a broker with a score. The former into the risk, you need to pay attention to certain aspects of decoration market, such as conditions such as investment, stock classes, dividends, mutual funds, bonds, securities, brokerage, etc.

Such as Nifty Option Tips, intraday calls, nice tips, telephone, etc., to a beautiful opportunity after winning most of the stock market provides. The deal guarantees the money spinning fantastic, but you do not always safe to make sure. Therefore, risk is not always safe and significantly reduced the margins of profitability, meaning it has postponed them. Then you however small it may be willing to take some calculated risks, and information about the whereabouts of their shares should continue. One BTST strengthen trust, he must buy shares in the market and sell them back to their meaning for sale by its owner today, tomorrow.

Therefore, the increase in the amount of knowledge of a small trading profit shows the path of a small amount of the loss should not be derailed by a small loss for us, we always get in the market to show the amount of knowledge that are directly Ah, keep in mind is. The stock market pushes the market all the time, which was in the previous high of around just like last time when nothing can go wrong and the market thinks the only way it cannot go anywhere. Nothing could be farther from the truth this is the way markets work from the next few months will be canceled.

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