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Stock Market Crash, A Historical Pattern? by Wim Grommen Every production phase or civilization or other human invention goes through a so called transformation process. Transitions are social transformation processes that cover at least one generation. In this article I will use one such transition to demonstrate the position of our present civilization and its ...

The Put-Call Ratio is the number of put options traded divided by the number of call options traded in a given period. While typically the trading volume is used to compute the Put-Call Ratio, it is sometimes calculated using open interest volume or total dollar value instead. Weekly or monthly ...

A contract that, in exchange for the option price, gives the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (or sell) a financial asset at the exercise price from (or to) the option seller within a specified time period, or on a specified date (expiration date). Options education ...

A binary option is an option that pays either a fixed amount or nothing, depending on whether a certain condition is fulfilled when the option expires. These types of options are different from plain vanilla options. Binary options are also referred to as all-or-nothing options or “digital options”since it is ...

Gold for August delivery (CNS:GCQ3) climbed $39.40, or 3.2%, to $1,286.60 an ounce in electronic trade. The signal that the Fed will likely maintain an accommodative policy stance boosted gold prices, as quantitative easing by the Fed and other central banks worldwide has been seen as supporting a rally in ...