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Welcome To Our New Traders “Dummies Guide” On The Basics Of Binary Options
Hi and welcome to the BinaryTrading.org’s New Binary Option Traders Guide. This page covers the basic but important facts about binary options you need to know before you begin trading. It is a good idea to bookmark this page as you will likely reference it in the future. Here is an outline of the things you will learn.
* What is a Binary Option?
* Types of Binary Option Trades Available
* Basic Strategies
* Tools You May Want
* List of “Things To Know”
* Example Trades
* Getting Started
What Are Binary Options Themselves
Binary options are very simple option contract with a fixed risk and fixed reward. These options are called binary options because there is a “one or the other choice” and a one or the other payout after the option expires. One or the other choices include up or down, or touch and no/touch. In computer code binary means 1 or 0, or one or the other.
The way a binary option works is from the traders perspective (yours) is that you choose whether or not a certain underlying asset (a stock, commodity, currency etc) is going to go up or down in a certain amount of time. You essentially bet money on this prediction. You are shown how much money up front you will earn if your prediction is correct. If your prediction is wrong, you lose your bet and the money risked. If you predict correctly you get your money risked back PLUS a return. These returns usually are between 70-85%.
A brief example would be that you predict the price of gold to rise from its current price of “$1612.75” one hour from now. The winning trade offers a return of 80%. You place a $100 trade on this idea.
One hour from now the option contract expires (closes) and the contract is graded as a “win” or a “loss”, or “in the money” / “out of the money”. Gold goes up to $1613, you predicted correctly. You get your $100 back and a return of 80% – or $80 for a total of $180. Even...
Hi and welcome to the BinaryTrading.org’s New Binary Option Traders Guide. This page covers the basic but important facts about binary options you need to know before you begin trading. It is a good idea to bookmark this page as you will likely reference it in the future. Here is an outline of the things you will learn.
* What is a Binary Option?
* Types of Binary Option Trades Available
* Basic Strategies
* Tools You May Want
* List of “Things To Know”
* Example Trades
* Getting Started
What Are Binary Options Themselves
Binary options are very simple option contract with a fixed risk and fixed reward. These options are called binary options because there is a “one or the other choice” and a one or the other payout after the option expires. One or the other choices include up or down, or touch and no/touch. In computer code binary means 1 or 0, or one or the other.
The way a binary option works is from the traders perspective (yours) is that you choose whether or not a certain underlying asset (a stock, commodity, currency etc) is going to go up or down in a certain amount of time. You essentially bet money on this prediction. You are shown how much money up front you will earn if your prediction is correct. If your prediction is wrong, you lose your bet and the money risked. If you predict correctly you get your money risked back PLUS a return. These returns usually are between 70-85%.
A brief example would be that you predict the price of gold to rise from its current price of “$1612.75” one hour from now. The winning trade offers a return of 80%. You place a $100 trade on this idea.
One hour from now the option contract expires (closes) and the contract is graded as a “win” or a “loss”, or “in the money” / “out of the money”. Gold goes up to $1613, you predicted correctly. You get your $100 back and a return of 80% – or $80 for a total of $180. Even...