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I am looking for online/live software for stock Future & options that give alerts for for different options, like market is over bought or oversold and what one can do to get some profit (particularly helpful for indian market?

Overbought/oversold indicators and the myriad of others out there are not specific to any market. What you need is the data feed - so who supplies the data feed in the market you operate and then any analytical system will work. Just make sure the data feed is in the format that the system uses.
Bear in mind futures and options are win-lose positions. Leverage works both ways and in volatile markets you can be whip lashed out of a position very quickly. In fact big traders run contracts up and down to do just that - whack you out of your position. USE STOP LOSSES!!! Remember futures are unlimited risk, options (call ones in any event) limit your loss to the premium. Note that in volatile market the premium is higher. If you want anymore information I have been doing it for 20 years and can help.

2008-04-11 22:07:26 by Gautam B

Futurama - Future Stock - That Guy and Fry do the Safety Dance

So the price of the stock reflects (or tries to reflect) the performance of a company in ther future, but how far into the future are we talking about? Next month? Next quarter? Next year?

Lets say a company's stock trending down for many months and it bounce back recently. Is the company expected to turn things around in a month, a quarter, or a year?

Forever.

It's a simple calculation of cash flow for infinitly in the future. One assume a corporation will be here for forever. Yes, that is an assumption, but necessary for the calculation. In simple terms, the following is the formula for evaluation price.

stock price = cash flow / risk

One then ask, isn't there a speculation factor? Well, yes and no. Speculation means evaulation of risk. If something is risky, it changes the bottom, thus a lower price.

Now, how come there are different people with different price expectations? If it's a formula, wouldn't it spit out the same price for everyone? No. It depends on how they assign risk to that particular stock. You may think that a dot com is risky but someone else believe it's a sure thing. What assumptions do they make on the cash flow. Are they expecting this cash flow to grow? How fast will it grow, etc. Again using the dot com example, you may think it won't grow very fast if at all. Another person may think it'll be explosive.

Now, bubbles and crashes are people making wrong assumptions. Or something happened so the assumptions no longer hold, such as war causes slower economy causes slower growth causes lower stock price than previously expected.

2008-07-10 14:53:01 by Ern

Do you know dowjones future stock market rate live can be seen on which site ? Can you mention site name!!! Plz

You have to pay for live futures quotes (except on the CME, which has MyCME. You can get live S&P futures quotes there).

Dow Jones futures trade on the CBOT. There are 20 minute delayed quotes at cbot.com.

2008-01-22 06:40:28 by BHARAT P

I want to trade both stocks options and future options at the lowest online price using one account.

http://individuals.interactivebrokers.co m/en/main.php

not sure if they are the best but they do it, you will need to look at your goals to see who is the best for you.

2007-10-10 13:25:18 by Dianna N

He says Always buy "PUT" when you buy " FUTURE" to hedge the position. Can you give me ideas how to play this ?

The combination of a long future and a long put is a "synthetic long call" on the future. That means that instead of buying both the future and the put, you could get the same risk/reward by simply buying a call option with the same strike price and expiration as the put option.

While the risk/reward of a synthetic long call and a long call are the same, the risk/reward for a long future is quite different.

The long future will show a profit if the price of the future goes up any amount. The (synthetic) long call requires a large move in the price of the future to show a profit.

The maximum amount you can lose from a (synthetic) long call is much less than the maximum amount you can lose with an unhedged long future position.

If you do not understand this I strongly recommend you learn more about trading derivatives before risking real money trading them. There are risks that are not always obvious.

2007-12-08 11:35:25 by Pushpa P