In the previous post, we discussed using long puts for deep hedging. But as mentioned, the scenarios that truly call for long-put hedges are typically panic-driven sell-offs—they don’t happen that often. Statistically, over the past ten years, they’ve occurred about once per year on average, and in some years they don’t occur at all.
By contrast, milder, more contained pullbacks happen many times every year. These ty...

In the previous episode, we covered the first—and most important—way to deal with drawdowns: cutting exposure. As a quick recap, what are the advantages of proactively trimming positions when markets start to fall?
In this episode, we move on to the second line of defense: hedging with options.
1. When to Hedge?
Before we dive deep into hedging strategies, it helps to identify differences between two types of drawdowns:
A tech...

One of the dangers of staying close to markets is that we sometime fail to recognize major changes in the investing environment. At the end of last week markets saw a major shift, and investors should take note of the potential implications.
On Friday night the bubble in gold prices burst. Sparked by the US dollar strengthening on higher inflation data, the yellow metal traded through a $761 trading range on Friday night, the largest single day swing ...

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Exchange-traded options are bought and sold through brokers such as moomoo on established exchanges. These exchanges operate under strict rules and are supported by a clearing house, which guarantees the performance of all option contracts and removes counterparty risk between buyers and sellers.
To place an options order, you must first access your moomoo account and select the specific option contract you wish to ...