Within the realm of options strategies, the term DTE0 has gained increased interest recently. Notably, applied to the S&P500 index in the United States. So I did some research on this investment strategy and summarize here its main properties and reasons for its popularity. Options are very powerful and versatile financial instruments that allow implementing basically any pay-off profile one wants. However, they also involve (potential unlimited!) risk, if not only buying options but also writing (or selling) options is… Continue reading SPXDTE0 – Zero Days to Expire S&P500 Options Strategies
Year: 2020
What is your savings rate?
One important factor in determining your potential to start investing is your savings rate. That is, the share of your total income that you don’t spend in month year. It can vary from negative values (if you increase debts) towards values as high as 50% or that you only spend half of your income on consumption. Looking at the average across people in countries, here the savings rates in 2018 across countries , which are all pretty much in the… Continue reading What is your savings rate?
Robin Hood and Zorro – Investing to take from the rich and give to the poor?
While this idea might sound strange, it is interesting to note that claims combining investing with some sort of soceital justice argument has been received increased attention in recent years. Look at the low-cost (and easy access, low entry requirements etc.) broker Robin Hood (https://robinhood.com/us/en/) that is currently shaking up competition on the (U.S.) online broker market. Or Zorro (https://www.zorro-trader.com/), a very useful software to test and implement trading strategies. The latter has as their slogans indeed the famous “Take… Continue reading Robin Hood and Zorro – Investing to take from the rich and give to the poor?
Third Investment Strategy: Future Options
A nice learning tool: https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/learn Equity Index Futures E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures (/ES) E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index Futures (/NQ) E-mini Dow 30 Index Futures (/YM) E-mini Russell 2000 Index Futures (/RTY) Interest Rate Futures 90 Day Eurodollar Futures (/GE) 2 Year T-Note Futures (/ZT) 5 Year T-Note Futures (/ZF) 10 Year T-Note Futures (/ZN) US 30 Year T-Bond Futures (/ZB) Foreign Currency Futures Euro FX Futures (/6E) Japanese Yen (/6J) British Pound (/6B) Canadian Dollar (/6C) Australian Dollar (/6A)… Continue reading Third Investment Strategy: Future Options
Ethical behaviour, your values, and the role of Investing
This blog is based on the idea that investing is not a (merely) question about profit maximization or making money, but sees it from a rather societal and broad perspective. One important dimension of one’s life consists in certain core values one might embrace or define as one’s personal values according to which to live one’s life. We all have different goals and priorities, some might pursue maximization of wealth, many consider laws enacted by governments as boundaries, others engage… Continue reading Ethical behaviour, your values, and the role of Investing