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Hedge Betting

  • Your Money Site
  • Nov 14, 2016
  • 3 min read

Hedging a trade basically secures a loss for an amount specified by placing two bets on opposite directions.

If you place a trade for 'Up' for an hour expiry and change your mind for whatever reason, then you may want to place a down trade so you loss is less than the full amount you would have lost if it ended down. E.g - You put a trade down for EUR/USD to end 'Up' for a 1 hour expiration with odds of 1.9 so if you win you receive £19 if you loose you receive £0. You then remember that there will be a announcement in 20 minutes that will effect the currency but now you are not sure if it will still rise so you need some collateral so you don't loose all your money if it declines instead of rises. So you place a trade for EUR/USD to end 'Down' for a 1 hour expiration with odds of 1.9 so if you win you receive £19 and if you loose you revive £0. Only one of theses bets will win, but you will not get a profit as your odds are both below 1.9. To gain a profit you will need odds over 2. So the aim of placing 2 bets in opposite directions is so if you loose instead of loosing all your invest you only loose a small amount. So in the example if we win one and loose the other we walk away with £19 which is a £2 loss instead of a £10 loss if you had just placed 1 bet and lost. Now doing this constantly is a waist of time as you will continuously make small losses. However, you can find instances where you can make a profit, by using binary brokers who offer ladder options.

Ladder binary option brokers

Ladder binary option brokers give you the option on placing trades at different strike prices which offer different odds. The odds your broker pays you are in reference to the strike price you select and expiration time. E.g EUR/GBP current price 8902.7 The following ladder bets expiring at 4pm can be placed - • 8945 odds of 3.69 • 8920 odds of 2.42 • 8895 odds of 1.52 The closer the strike price to the current price (8902.7) the smaller the odds and visa versus. The only way to make a profit of binary options using hedge betting, at the same time, is to have both directions at odds that equal a profit. In reality this does not happen as the odds are always moving with the strike price moving all binary odds are similar to the live strike 'prices' However, you can place a bet and then place a reversal bet during the expiry time to make a sure bet. E.g Price is 0.88987 for EUR/GBP You place a trade for £10 EUR/GBP to finish at a ladder option of 0.89007 'UP' with odds of 2.36. You then have to wait to see if your trade is moving in the up direction. 20 minutes in the strike price is now 0.89015 which is above your prediction and going in the direction you need to win 'UP'. To make a sure bet and hedge you the. Place a trade to be 'DOWN' below the 0.89007 which is now at odds of 2.10

Charts Free stock charts.com You can follow the simple moving charts method we talk about in the binary section to read your charts and place a bet. Please note the simple moving average lines are not always accurate in telling you when to place a trade and a reverse candle can happen at any time. Please trade responsibly as losses can exceed some or all your deposit.

 
 
 

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