Tools
 | Purpose built tools designed specifically for the sophisticated traders. |
| Access all the resources, news, calculators and market opinions in one central place. |
| Use the tools that give you the edge over other traders. |
Recommended Options Trades
Whenever an options trade is recommended you will receive an email and SMS notifying you of the details of the trade. Once the Recommendation is made you can access the website for details via Recommended Trades. Once in this section you can see at a glance a training video outlining the reasons for entering the trade, a copy of a screen shot of the options strategy calculator outlining potential return and risk, and some written text outlining the analysis and expectations for the trade.
The Recommendation Archive allows you to see at a glance every options trade that has ever recommended, together with a training video outlining the reasons for entering the trade, a copy of a screen shot of the Options Strategy Calculator on the day outlining potential return and risk, and the historical returns.
The Buy Write Calculator
The Buy Write Calculator is a tool that allows you to quickly scan for buy write trades. A Buy Write trade involves buying the share and simultaneously selling a call option at a slightly higher price, with the call option premium boosting the returns available on your capital at risk. The calculator allows you to see at a glance how changing your stock selection, strike price and expiry month alters your capital at risk and your returns available on capital at risk.
This in turn allows you to sift through many potential trades in a short space of time and then pick the best possible trade.
The Options Strategy Calculator
TradersCircle established this calculator because there is no other calculator on the market that can accurately forecast the value of an options position taking into account all parameters in the market that affect the pricing of an options position. This tool is a very powerful application for anybody considering taking a position in the options market as it can accurately forecast the effects of movements in share price, time and volatility on an options position. It can also provide the user with forecast movements in ACH margin for sold options given a move in the underlying share price. The calculator can value any spread trade position up to four legs, giving the user the ability to project what the value of each of the legs will be as well as the combined value of the position
The ability to accurately forecast the value of your position given movements in the market allows you to quickly assess many potential trade parameters in a short space of time and compare your strategy selections to assess the best trades available in the market on any given day.
Daily Market Report
Each Morning TradersCircle releases a comprehensive report written with a specific focus for traders. As any experienced trader is aware, the biggest issue is sourcing relevant data which is scattered far and wide over the internet. The objective of this report is to compile this information into one central hub. Within the report is a daily journal from Chief Investment Officer, Carlo Castellano with his thoughts for the day and any information relevant to current trade recommendations. There are also daily reviews of the Australian and International Markets, an event calendar containing key dates, articles from various contributors at Traders Circle, Market Volatility Analysis and information on base metals. The Daily Market Report has been designed to provide you with a one stop information shop to give you the edge you need your trading decisions in an informed and timely manner.
Corporate News
Corporate News serves a number of functions;
- It is tool that will supply you with key dates in the financial calendar such results, dividend dates and the like, which are important from the standpoint of options trading.
- It will provide you with a summary of annual and interim results via a podcast direct from the company’s management team.
- News Flashes on all companies within the ASX
- Broker and other experts’ Market Wraps
- Various Interviews with senior company executives
Corporate News can be accessed within seconds for a quick scan to see If there are any developments likely to affect stocks that you may be interested in trading.
Finance Television
If reading is not your strong point, then Finance Television may be for you. With 5 news reports a day containing the financial news headlines you will receive up-to-date daily information streamed from the leading financial reporting institutions to gain your general financial news. The format of this newscast is akin to the nightly business news on your free to air television but it is done much closer to real time. There are also highlights regarding specific stocks and the biggest movers of the day.
Finance Television covers the major factors driving the market on any given day and can be watched in just a few short minutes.
Resource Centre
The Resource Centre is a tool developed to give you a measure of fundamental data regarding all option able stocks in the market. The idea behind this tool is to provide you with a suite of financial ratios that give you the ability to make a decision on whether a stock is overpriced or underpriced for a buy write trade, or indeed if you wish to own the stock. Some of the financial information present includes:
- Is the stock overpriced relative to its peers?
- Is the stock showing growth in earnings?
- Is the stock reinvesting its profits?
- Is the stock too expensive relative to its earnings?
This tool also contains a number of other financial measures such as dividends payable and historical returns on stocks, and is a great way of assessing certain financial measures on stocks.
Volatility Centre
One of the major determinants on an options’ price is the prevailing volatility on the underlying stock. The volatility centre assists you in looking at historical and current volatility by way of a graph to see whether the current volatility is high or low compared to it’s average levels. If volatility is very high it may mean you are paying too much for an option and vice versa.
If you are new to the market this tool is a great way of knowing at a glance whether you should be buying or selling options.
Monthly Newsletter
TradersNews is a broad ranging monthly e-zine from TradersCircle addressing some of the latest developments in the market. It is comprises of a number of sections including:
- Monthly Technical Overview from TradersCircle CEO and Options Expert Carlo Castellano
- Monthly Article from Ted Szkuta, InvestorCircle Chief Investment Officer
- Monthly Article from Michael Cornips, TradersCircle CFO and Head Analyst
- Managed Portfolios Update from TradersCircle licensed financial planner Daniel Hicks.
- Monthly lesson from Head Trainer Gary Shepard
- Options Trade Of The Month
- Members News
- Members Advice from a current member
- Dealer Desk Discussion
- Upcoming company events
Training Resources
The Training Resources tool has a comprehensive set of easy to understand videos on the functioning of the Australian Stock Exchange and the software recommended by TradersCircle for trading the options market on it. Each video runs for between 3 – 5 minutes and can be easily and quickly downloaded by your PC or laptop for playing.
The training resources tool is a great way to hit the ground running with your trading allowing yourself to get setup and ready to trade.
Online Training
Possibly the most valuable tool of all, the online training section of the website. We run a weekly live webcast sessions including both structured education sessions and unstructured trade groups. The online training is designed to serve as both a reinforcement of the live seminar material and also to provide continuous updates on prevailing market conditions. For new traders we also run a simulated trade group where traders can compare paper trades prior to entering the live market, and for experienced traders there is also a more advanced weekly trade groups live in the market where we actively search for new trades and consider existing positions. These sessions are generally between 1 – 2 hours in duration and represent your opportunity to continuously ask questions as you learn the craft of trading for consistent profits.