Understand the market-maker spread as the price gap between buying and selling offers by market makers, and how it compensates for market-making risks.

Using SQ as an example, we can see how option spreads might be used to reduce capital outlay and potentially improve the probability of profits (versus buying outright calls or puts). We will also ...

Spread trading is a form of speculative trading that leverages the buy/sell spread of a security and your investment amount to determine what the gains or losses of the position will be when it’s ...

Leveraged trading with spread betting and contracts for difference (CFDs) isn’t for everyone. It certainly won’t form the core of a strategy for most MoneyWeek readers. However, for some people, short ...