ls it Golds Time to Shine?
This is an interesting looking gap up in price for gold futures over the weekend. The gap up occurred after a multi-week selloff, so this could be just a technical bounce. But a weekend of further escalating tensions in the Middle East is adding to the upward pressure in the precious metal.
Escalation in the Middle East
It appears as if investors are feeling the safe haven appeal of the precious metal after the Middle Eastern conflict worse...

If a friend who has never bought stocks before asks you how buying stocks makes money, what would you answer? Many people might say that it depends on the stock price - if the stock price rises, then it means that you've made money.
Is this statement correct? Yes, but not entirely.
This is because stock returns actually come from two parts: one part is the return brought by the increase in stock prices, and the other pa...

likely recession in the next few months

"Life is like a box of chocolate. You'll never know what you gonna get."
                                                        — Forrest Gump
That's why people should always leave the back door open. It is like Rule #1 to follow while trading.
Always takes the best and worst probabilities into account so that investors can make an informed decision.
Now let's see how mooers set their stop loss/ profit taking strategy.
(Maybe some of them are the result of not usin...

Hey mooers,
After learning how to look for divergences between price and volume in the previous post, it's time to learn how to use on-balance volume (OBV) to confirm the underlying trend.
Traders often use the OBV to look for trend confirmations or try to correctly identify the strength and the direction of the ongoing trend. The OBV line's slope is also helpful. A trend accompanied by an OBV line with a steeper slope ...

I'm trying to understand the call and put option.
Please correct me if the below is wrong.
Much appreciate for your reply and explanation.
Buy call options = Buyer get the premium immediately? buy at the higher than current price which expecting the price will raise in future?
Sell call options = Seller pay the premium immediately? Why need to sell it if price expect to raise?
Sell put options = Seller get the premium immediately? sell at the lower than current price which expecting the price will drop in future?
Buy call options = Buyer pay the premium immediately? Why buyer choose this?
Which one is able to buy or sell in order to receive the premium?
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