Hedging risks with futures. Not only major companies but also traders and investors should think about it. Hedging is insurance, which is available to all. Read in the article: What is hedging? Advantages of hedging. Difference between diversification and hedging with futures. Hedging with futures. Conclusions. What to do in practice?
American company stock novice traders know that the US stock market is open from 9:30 until 16:00 Monday-Friday Eastern Time (holidays excluded). But they may not know that stocks are also traded before the main session opening at 9:30. This period of time is called ‘pre-market’. The present article aims at getting acquainted with this […]
What does hedging currency risks mean? In simple words, this is when a financial market participant performs an operation to insure himself against a possible negative influence, which can be exerted on his other operations by the currency exchange rate change. For example, when a US investor buys stock of an American company, denominated in […]
Why to analyse the market structure? Very often traders are in a hurry to start trading. Besides, the existing variety of trading systems and indicators will always give a signal for trading. However, you shouldn’t hurry in this business because opening a trade against the current market moods will, most probably, be loss-making or have […]
