Beginners Guide To Binary Options PDF
Beginners Guide To Binary Options PDF
GUIDE TO
BINARY OPTIONS
Foreword
Dear trader,
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is the simplication of technical words for newbies. This Analysis and the Traders Corner that will back up your
e-book is a collective effort to offer quality knowledge to trading strategies. You will nd a vast range of trading
traders before embarking further into the binary options instruments, mainly:
journey.
Classic Binary Options
Binary options trading has underwent many changes Long Term
since its start and is still evolving towards perfection. Speed Option
innovation. With this constant growth, you need to make One Touch
sure that you are up-to-date with the happenings of the Ladder
industry. Pairs
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Beginners Guide to Binary Options
Table of Content
What is BigOption? ............................................................................................................2
Assets ..................................................................................................................................9
Conclusion ..........................................................................................................................24
Beginners Guide to Binary Options
What is BigOption?
BigOption is a binary options broker, providing quality service
to traders. Combing technological innovation with unique
features and extreme security measures, BigOption
relentlessly makes sure that it is providing a trustworthy
platform for trading.
History of
Binary Options
Binary Options trading have been existing since years, but
remained unnoticed until 2008. It gained popularity during that
year where the Chicago Board of Exchange (BOE) publicly
introduced it as the rst tradable asset besides the mainstream
foreign exchange and the stock exchange.
However, the year 2008 was laden with bad news for the
nancial. Binary Options became at that time the saviour of
trading. In course of such a difcult phase for traders, this type of
trading helped the average traders to amass revenue, at least on With the fast moving pace of technology, binary options is today
a smaller scale than nothing at all. available on mobile applications. It provides more flexibility and
internet connection.
What also pushed binary options trading forward was the rise of
technological advancement; in a world of rapidly changing Moreover, binary trading is a concept that keeps on evolving in
trends, this type of trade instantly gained popularity due to the terms of the trading tools that it offers. The 60secs trading for
accessibility and the innovative features that it previewed. Binary instance, is a fairly new concept that enables traders to make
Options can be traded anywhere, traders only need access to the prots in a time frame of 60 seconds. The trading tools partakes
internet and a device to connect to it. the needs of traders and it is one kind of a journey that requires
no great experience about trading.
Trading First of all, the aspiring trader must be over 18 years old. If not
so, then you should not be trading on any platform. For instance,
each platform requires a proof of identity to certify that the
Finally, traders should invest legal tenders from their own credit
card and online wallets to fund their accounts. The latters would
be requested their proof of identity, credit card picture, proof of
address and other personal data which will help the platform to
secure invested capital.
What are
Binary Options?
Binary
Options
Before diving into binary options, a look at Forex trading and the
stock exchange is a must. What differentiates these types of
trading and binary options trading is the process through which
traders have to undergo to start trading.
1 Experience
Requirement
Prots ultimately guide traders towards trading. The good news
is that, as simple binary options trading is, the simpler the gain of
prots are. The Speed Option tool for example, can yield a
Traders do not require any trading experience or background to percentage of 70% within an expiry time of 30 seconds. The
rapidity with which traders can make money with binary options
trade with binary options. As explained earlier, binary options is
not as complex as trading with foreign or stock exchange can be. is not available with any other trading compass.
It is one of the major strengths of the binary options trading
platform; enabling more people to become traders and earn an Moreover, binary options trading requires no astronomical
additional income has never been so easy. amounts for trading. For example, BigOption trading platform
requires a minimum deposit of 250 depending on the trading
currency and to trade with a minimum of $25. Once traders
grasp the concept of binary options and understand the few
technical terms, they are ready to trade.
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3 Fast and
Easy Approach 4 Assets
and Returns
Most binary options broker platform does not require any Binary options trading is the sole nancial tool that enables
downloads or third-party involvement and require only access to traders to trade from a wide variety of assets. With forex and the
the Internet with a device. Another innovative feature of this type stock exchange, traders are in a limited space because trading
of trade is the mobile application that can be found on many on both markets at the same time can prove to be difcult.
platforms.
With Binary options on the other hand, traders have a
BigOption mobile trading enables traders to easily access their comprehensive list of assets from which they can choose from.
account anywhere and anytime they want, they can trade and On the classic binary options for instance, traders can choose
receive all the ease of the web platform on their smartphone. from currencies, commodities, stocks and indices on the same
These are small details that make a huge difference on the daily platform; it is important to note that there is a considerable
activity of a trader; providing more flexibility to earn a side amount of assets that can be accounted to almost 90 on one
income. single platform.
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Assets Index
An index has been described as securities that represent a
market or it can be a portion of it and each index has its own
Having discussed the advantages, understanding assets is calculation value. One example can be the NASDAQ index which
represents the American stock exchange. Therefore, it regroups
another step to better trade with binary options. Assets as all major companies under one single representation. If a
mentioned earlier are distributed into four categories mainly, company or multiple companies does badly during a period, it
currencies, stocks, commodities and indices. Assets are the ultimately affects the performance of the index representation. It
nancial instruments of the market that carries signicant value results in the assets value decreasing and vice versa.
with them.
The Put function works the other way round; you place a put
action when you think the value of the asset will go below the
strike price.
With binary options, you can win the trade even when the value of
the asset is moving down, provided that you hit the put option.
The expiry time refers to the end of the trading session; all
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The expiry time differs with the different trading tools, for
instance, trading with the Long Term option will give you
different expiry sessions; the transaction can expire within one In-the-money
day, one month and even one year. You have the ability to choose
at what time you want to end the transaction. This term refers to a winning position, an in-the-money
transaction means the transaction you have placed has been
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Out-the-money
Strike Price
An out-the-money situation is the contrary of being
It refers to the price at which an asset might be purchased or in-the-money, which means that you are losing money.
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Trading tools are the different options from which you will be
able to trade. Each trading tool has different expiry times,
consists of different assets, different trading amounts and
eventually different pay-outs percentage.
Knowing the different trading tools will guide you into the trading
strategies that you will want to invest into. There are usually ve
trading tools but many brokers innovate their tools to allow
Long Term
traders a large variety of choices. This hints to the ladder option
that some brokers have introduced on their platform. The long term as the name suggest refer to longer expiry time
which can range from one day up to weeks.
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Pairs
One Touch Pairs option, unlike the other binary options, consists of
investing in assets such as gold and silver using the usual call
or put option within a time frame of 7 to 20 minutes. Note: pairs
In this trading tool, traders need to forecast whether the traded trading is more likely to speculate whether X will outperform Y in
asset price will touch the set strike at the expiry time. Once it a given timeframe.
touches the target, the payout generally yields much prot. For
example, BigOption offers up to 450% prot for a winning trade
using the One Touch option.
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Risk
De facto, the less the trader invests, the less the return on
investment he will achieve. i.e. if a trader owns a capital of $1000
and decides to invest $25 at a particular strike price for an asset,
Management
he has 2 options, either he wins or loses.
If however he loses the trade, the trader would therefore have lost
a large sum of money.
The 10/30 Rule
Trading strategies
This is a strategy adopted by aggressive traders in order to
acquire more return on investments.
Investing your money to trade requires strategies. Traders This is whereby you invest up to
wishes to adopt a strategy in order to make the most out of their 10% of your existing total capital
trades without having to lose consequent amount of money. on single trades, and up to 30%
during trading sessions. E.g. If an
To be able to trade efciently, traders might make use of two investor has a total capital of
rules which are, 5/15 Rule and 10/30 Rule. Both rules happen $1000 on his account, he might
10 -
to suit different category of traders. Below is the explanation of allow himself to risk up to $100 in
the two fundamental trading rules. a single transaction. Furthermore, 30
he might also invest $300 from
The 5/15 Rule his entire capital portfolio.
trader might wish to use the understand your assets trend, which will eventually help you in
5/15 rule as risk management your future trade strategies.
tool. 5/15 rule refers to the percentage investment executed in a
single trade in parallel to investment percentage of the entire Moreover, this technique will also be helpful
capital invested. E.g. If a trader has a total balance of $1000 on to you in case of loss. You will therefore be
his account, he might allow himself to risk up to 5% ($50) in a able to see where your forecasts went
single transaction, and up to $150 of the entire capital portfolio. wrong and how you can x the problem.
BigOption offers trading robot This however is the wrong technique to trade successfully. You
should freeze your trading session, and analyze where you went
BigOption has newly launched its trading robot and traders are wrong, why are you losing, was there any miscalculations, did
you correctly trade? Greediness is sure path to failure and loss,
fully satised with this service. so be careful while in a losing streak, you may nd yourself
losing all your invested capital.
What does the trading robot do? It just simply trades for you; it
analyzes the market and trade on your behalf. If you are a Contact your account manager
beginner in trading or if you do not have adequate time for
trading, but wish to make money, you might wish to use this
feature. It is very user friendly and easy to understand software.
If you have trouble managing your
capital, request help from your expert
trader to assist you in your trades.
Find an Exit plan in case Out team of experts will guide you all
the way with their risk management
of consecutive losses knowledge and their trading
If your trades are consecutively unsuccessful, stop trading and experience. however, our expert
traders do not give tips or market
sit back to analyze the situation. Most of the traders tend to forecasts.
ignore the fact that they are losing, and hope that the market will
be in their favor while continuously trading.
The rule is straightforward; either stress controls you or you These traits will be more required in times of ultimate
control the stress. What inhabit your mind during stressful unsuccessful transactions or when there is an unfavourable
situations are muddled thinking, an impaired judgement and event that hits the market. You need to remember that every day
hasty decisions that is soon translated into loss of condence, will not be the same replica and you should also keep your calm
irritability, apprehension and might lead to depression in and trade wisely to maximise your chances of losing less.
extreme cases.
Charts &
Graphs
Charts are the main features of binary options trading. These
are the main tools for traders to track market flow of their
assets. The trader can determine the volatility of the asset by Since the closing prices are often seen as the most important
looking at the movements on the chart. An asset which exhibits ones to keep track of, it is not difcult to see why line charts are
very jagged up-and-down movements is clearly more volatile one of the most popular charts used by analysts and investors.
than an asset whose stock moves relatively smoothly across
time.
But this is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of how charts are
used by market participants. There are various types of charts
CandlestickChart
which are explained below.
When looking at the candlestick chart for the rst time, traders
tend to confuse it to Bar Chart. However, just like a bar chart, the
LineChart daily candlestick contains the market's open, high, low and close
of a specic day.
The line chart in image 1, gives the reader a fairly good idea of
where the price of an asset has traveled over a given time frame.
The candlestick has a wide part, which is called the "real body".
The real body represents the range between the opening and the
closing of that day's trading. When the real body is lled in or
black, it means the closing was lower than the opening. If the
real body is empty, it means that the closure was higher than the
opening.
In image 2, the lines above and below the real body are the
shadows. The shadows show the high and low prices of that
day's trading.
Above is an example of a bull market situation. As you can see,
the green candles are predominating in the chart as highlighted
If the upper shadow on the lled-in body is short, it indicates that
above. The green candles show successive pattern for a certain
the opening session that day was closer to the high of the day
period of time, this therefore shows a bullish market trend.
before. A short upper shadow on a white or unlled body
indicates that the close was near the high. The relationship
between the open, high, low and close determines the look of the
daily candlestick. Real bodies can be either long or short and
Bear
either black or white. Shadows can also be either long or short.
Bear markets, also known as bearish markets, are
Bull&Bear
characterized by pessimism and expectations that the markets
declining result will keep the current trend.
Markets
Traders should not confuse a bear market with a correction,
which is has a momentum of less than two months. Bear
markets rarely provide good entry points for investors as it is
quite hard for an investor to make gains during a bear market,
Bull unless he is a short seller, or using speed options.
The use of "bull to describe markets, comes from the way the You can take a look at the chart below which demonstrates a
bear market situation. As you can see, red candles are taking
animal attack its opponents. A bull thrusts its horns up into the
air. advantage on the chart as highlighted above.
Peaks&Troughs Support&
A peak is a candlestick that is surrounded on both sides by two
candlesticks that are lower than the highest market price. Below
is a diagram showing a peak: Resistance
Peak Support
A support line is an indicator which an asset tries not to break,
as it is the lowest point of a market trend.
This indicates the limit of a market chart for any asset, for
instance if the specic asset breaks below the support line, a
sharp bearish trend might be experienced in the chart.
The image below shows a concrete example of a support line: The image below shows an example of a resistance line:
Resistance
A resistance level acts as an indicator for an underlying asset,
enabling traders to gauge its trend. Following the events
surrounding the asset, it might eventually break the resistance
line or may head lower in the near term.
Each time the asset tries to break the resistance line but is
unsuccessful, that area gains in signicance.
Conclusion
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