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Market AnalysisAugust 24, 2018January 15, 2021

Emerging Markets: Strong Dollar & The Path to Emerged Markets

How do you value pieces of paper? What creates currency? What makes the dollar a reserve currency? There are several different models used to value currency, including Purchasing Power Parity and the BEER (Behavioral Equilibrium Exchange Rate) model, amongst others. There are several variables that go into those models, most notably conditional expectations, current rates,…

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Market AnalysisAugust 16, 2018January 15, 2021

The Contagion of Currency: The Podcast

https://castbox.fm/vb/88765713 An analysis of how we value currency, what is going on with the lira, and how it affects all emerging market. Enjoy!

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OptionsJuly 15, 2018January 15, 2021

Staying Neutral: Employing The Swiss Strategy through GLD

One of the best things about trading options is the math behind it. Place your strikes based on the deltas. Adjust for your desired probability of profit and risk/reward appetite. Trade in a 45 day cycle. Roll. Place a new trade. Rinse and repeat.

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OptionsJuly 6, 2018January 15, 2021

Futures, Forwards, and SPOTS: How the World Can Trade Pork Bellies Without Ever Touching a Pig

Confession: I normally don’t do much research outside of options and long stock. Not because the other platforms are some terrible place where people are yelling about pork bellies and soybeans, but simply because I don’t really understand it. So to make up for admitting my weaknesses in finance on my finance blog, I decided…

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OptionsJune 29, 2018January 15, 2021

Trading Naked: How to Cover Your Assets

I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine. Our friendship blossomed when he talked about puts one day in our Applied Investments class. My head whipped around to locate the person that was finally speaking my language, and once we did the options trader secret handshake, we became fast friends. One of…

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Kyla Scanlon

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About Me

Scanlon on Stocks was founded in 2016 to chronicle my options investing experience. I was an options trader for 5+ years. The blog has evolved since then, with strong focus on the fundamentals as well as equity valuation and macroeconomic research. It now is focused on statistical analysis and other thought pieces.
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