Silver Futures and Options Contracts ** Please Help **

I have been a commodity futures and options broker for 15 years. I operate a firm with a book of clients totalling $30 million, we clear through several clearing firms... (not bragging, just establishing credibility ;o)

Using futures and options to hedge against price swings or to invest in a commodity is a GREAT way to go. There are several things you should know if you are new to futures, and we can talk about it privately, but here are some of the benefits of using the futures markets:

1] A solid industry: This is a well established industry that has been around for hundreds of years (over 150 years in the USA). It is one of the pillars of capitalism and the free enterprise system.

2] Liquidity: Your money in your individual account is totally liquid and accessible within hours. These are global markets traded almost 24/7 so most contracts are also very liquid, you can get into and out of a Silver or Gold position in seconds.

3] Leverage: You can control 5000 oz of Silver or 100 oz of Gold with less than 10% of it's value in the cash market... naturally such leverage also presents a risk element that needs to be understood before making your first trade.

4] Versatility: With the proper strategy you have opportunities to profit whether prices rise or fall... bull markets.... bear markets.... sideways markets... inflation... stagflation... depression... it don't matter ;o)

Regarding your questions:

-Risk and profit? It depends upon several factors that we can discuss.

-Where is the best place to purchase? www.cbifutures.com of course :o))

But the mechanics are simple and we help you at every step:
a) you open an account with a clearing firm,
b) you fund the account,
c) you choose a strategy,
d) you take a position,
e) you manage the trade, or hire a professional trader to do it.
f) you want out? you just get out.

If you want to learn more about futures and options we have 4 great educational reports. Click here: http://www.cbifutures.com...
then click on "Education" and download the reports.

If you want to know more about how to proceed, contact me: www.cbifutures.com

If it is to be, it is up to WE!!

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Getting Started With Stock Options

Stock options trading can be an exciting and profitable part of your investment portfolio. Before you start trading options, however, there are a few principles and characteristics of stock options that you will want to understand.

What you need to know:
To help you get started, we have broken the essentials of options trading into a step-by-step, five lesson series which should prove beneficial to both beginning and experienced options traders.

1. Defining stock options
2. Distinguishing between the two types of stock option contracts
3. Exercising stock options
4. Realizing that stock options expire
5. Understanding strike prices

phase. The potential for losses incurred is too great a risk (i.e. margin calls, etc.). Options, however, are a more prudent choice. You can lose no more than the price of the option contract itself. Basically, you are betting on the price (known as strike price) of a stock or commodity to either rise or fall by a specific date in the future (usually 3 months -- a standard option contract--- however, a LEAP contract is 18 months in the future from the date purchased otherwise known as the settlement date). Their are two basic types of contracts, a call (buy) contract and a put (sell) contract. You are betting on either a rise above the strike price or a decrease below the strike price sometime before the contracts expiration date and whether you are obligated to buy (call) or sell (put) the contract. There's tons of info available on the internet (for free) which can explain much better than I and in much greater detail. It will also explain profit margins and how they're calculated (very simple calculation).