Gryphon Financial Offers Technical Analysis Tips for Investors

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 19, 2009

As the economy strengthens, investors need to dust off their investing toolboxes and sharpen their trading tools. Investors are coming off the sidelines and entering the markets again, which means that everyone will have to be on top of their game. Gryphon Financial never stopped trading, despite the poor economic climate. As a result, the firm has managed to come out ahead.

One of the ways the traders at Gryphon Financial continued to make money during the recession was through technical analysis and chart reading. The ability to spot reversal trends is crucial knowledge that every investor needs to succeed in the stock markets. Going forward, trend spotting will be even more important for investors. Savvy investors should start preparing now for the upcoming increase in trading volume.

A Gryphon Financial trader said, “The ability to identify trends has given Gryphon Financial a competitive edge during the last year. Our profits never faltered, and we are gearing up for an equally lucrative winter. We are eager to share our winning strategies with the public.”

Gryphon Financial is known in the industry for their informed and controlled trades. Now, investors everywhere can learn the top strategies of Gryphon Financial. The firm is releasing a free e-book on reading candlestick patterns. This free educational guide will give investors everything they need to know to be successful chart readers.

At Gryphon Financial, we believe that educated traders will lead the pack on Wall Street. This is why we are offering this definitive e-book for free to the public. Click here to download Future Options Trading: 20 Candlesticks to master Future Options Trading from Gryphon Financial.

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Online Broker TradeKing Launches its Probability Calculator to Help Investors Estimate the Potential for Volatile Share Price Movements

Boca Raton, Fla., (PRWEB) February 9, 2006

Equity investors and options traders looking for an edge on how stock prices might react to anticipated events now have access to a new online stock trading calculator that draws on the predictive power of options trading to gauge the probability of future share price movements.

Using real-time option pricing data and a bell-curve distribution, the TradeKing™ Probability Calculator, available at http://www.tradeking.com, calculates the likelihood of a stock or index moving above or below a chosen target price at a future date. Equity traders or options traders, for example, can estimate the probability of a given stock touching a target price by a selected date.

“Taking the stock price of Google as an example, the TradeKing probability calculator today says that the probability of Google shares touching $ 400.00 by February 28, 2006 is 68.8% and the probability of Google touching $ 350.00 by the end of the month is 31.3%,” said Donato A. Montanaro, Jr., TradeKing’s co-founder and CEO. “With Google shares trading around $ 368, this is a very useful tool.”

“At TradeKing, we don’t believe investing should be a solitary experience, which is why we created a tool to help investors tap the collective wisdom of the market to help them make buy, sell or hold decisions,” added Montanaro. “Our probability calculator can illustrate, in real-time, exactly how the option market is handicapping the price outcome for a particular stock, which is valuable data for any kind of investor or investment strategy.” The probability calculator – an everyday tool used by market makers, floor traders and hedge funds – is available free to TradeKing customers.

The TradeKing Probability Calculator filters complex pricing and statistical data into a cleanly designed, easy-to-use web page with pre-populated data fields, informative charts and straightforward tools to explore stock price outcomes.

“Our goal is to offer simple, yet sophisticated tools that help investors truly understand the risks and rewards in the marketplace,” added Montanaro. “We want our retail investors to benefit from the same trading tools available to professional investors. Tools like this online stock trading calculator demystify the investing experience and make it more engaging and effective for everyone.”

TradeKing, at http://www.tradeking.com, is a nationally licensed online broker dealer offering a flat

fee of $ 4.95 for both equity and option trades, plus 65 cents per contract for options, with no hidden fees or account minimums. The TradeKing Web-based platform features powerful online equity and options trading tools including real-time portfolio information, advanced order entry, customized charting and alerts, free research and integrated news, stock, option and mutual fund screeners, volatility charts, a pricing probability calculator, enhanced option chains and interactive educational information.

TradeKing provides self-directed investors with discount brokerage services, and does not make recommendations or offer investment advice. Online trading system response and access times may vary due to market conditions, system performance, and other factors. Non-U.S. residents may be subject to country-specific restrictions. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options available at http://www.tradeking.com. $ 4.95 commission rate applies to equity and option trades. See http://www.tradeking.com for more details on trade commissions for low priced stock, bonds, mutual funds and other securities. Add 1 cent per share for the entire order for stocks priced $ 2.00 or less.

For more information, please contact:

Peter Seed                        

TradeKing                    

561-988-0171

Stewart Lewack

The Hubbell Group, Inc.

781-878-8882

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Investment Disasters Made by Commodity Future and Commodity Option Investors

Port St. Lucie, FL (PRWEB) August 23, 2006

T & K Futures and Options Inc. believes that most commodity traders make many disastrous trading mistakes in the commodity markets. Many enter the markets without enough capital to withstand losing trades. The fact is with $ 5,000, commodity traders can only get into maybe two or three different markets and maybe afford two or three futures contracts or maybe 6-10 options depending on the market the commodity traders are trading in. If one or two of those markets lose, futures traders have a lot of ground to make up with just one market because all of the risk capital is already invested.

Now if commodity traders invest $ 50,000 and buy the same two or three futures contracts and the same 6-10 options in two or three different markets they will have more risk capital to add to any winners they might have and diversify elsewhere etc. Commodity traders should not invest if they are undercapitalized. Visit http://www.tkfutures.com/margins.htm to see current margin requirements.

T & K Futures and Options Inc. believes another reason why so many commodity futures and commodity options investors lose is because they listen to the various news sources and base their trading on the so called experts. Commodity investors have to understand that news about gold prices being at $ 260/ounce is not a good story. Who cares? But when gold is at $ 700/ounce and a 20 year high, everybody seems to talk about it. Now the “experts” might say, “Gold is going to $ 1,000/ ounce.” The mentality becomes buy it before it goes any higher.

Isn’t the idea to buy low and sell high? Or at the very least buy into the gold bull market on price dips. There is a contrarian indicator called bullish consensus that alludes that commodity investors should sell any market where more than 75% of the small speculators and experts are bullish and should buy when less than 25% of small speculators and experts are bearish. Warren Buffet, the second richest man in the world, said something to the effect, “When everyone is brave, be afraid and when everyone is afraid, be brave.” T & K Futures is tempted to listen to him since he made his money investing in out of favor companies and commodities. Don’t be part of the herd. Make future trading decisions based on solid technical and fundamental analysis. To learn more about technical and fundamental analysis visit http://www.tkfutures.com/research.htm

Another risk factor is the huge bid/ask spreads that can occur in high volatility times or in illiquid markets. Many investors do not understand that this can cause a huge debit in your account the second that they put the trade on. Our company has seen $ 400-500 bid/ask spreads in options during volatile trading times and in illiquid markets on a number of occasions. It is important to trade liquid markets. To see a list of the most liquid future markets visit http://www.tkfutures.com/education.htm Let us explain what the bid/ask spread is. Just like a stock or bond purchase a commodity has a spread. The spread is how the traders or some third party gets paid. In a liquid stock it might be 25 cents a share for instance. So if a stock trader bought 1,000 shares of xyz for $ 5.25 they paid $ 5,250 for a stock that they can only sell for $ 5,000 if they immediately offset that trade. It’s only worth $ 5 but they paid $ 5.25. So in this example the bid/ask would have to go to $ 5.25/$ 5.50 for the stock trader to break even. Now factor in commissions and fees. Imagine now that a futures trader purchases a coffee call for $ 1,000 and it is only worth $ 500. That is a $ 500 bid/ask spread. The investor is down $ 500 the second they buy the option. Always find out the bid/ask spread before entering and exiting a commodity future or commodity option trade. For real time bid/ask information visit http://www.tkfutures.com/contact.htm

The information above is the opinion of T & K Futures and Options Inc. and is for informational purposes only and in no way should it be considered a guarantee of profits. Past performance is not indicative of future results and only risk capital should be used for commodity investing. Commodity future and option trading is risky and commodity traders can lose money.

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