Was it ever worth it? Was there all that much to gain? Well, we knew we’d missed the boat And we’d already missed the plane We didn’t read the invite…
No one can see or touch cryptocurrency, but that’s not stopping it from entering the mainstream. It surpassed a market capitalization of $2.5 trillion this spring after beginning the year…
He’s not just a musician, and Angels & Airwaves is not just a band—Tom DeLonge creates and educates through ‘psychic warfare’ Like any other punk rock kid hanging out in…
In the spirit of Luckbox’s upcoming issue, which focuses on all aspects of cryptocurrency, our editorial team made its very own NFT. Stay tuned for the October issue, where we…
Intelligence Squared has pitted some of the world’s brightest thinkers against each other in debates. It was founded in London in 2002 with the mission of promoting intellectual diversity by…
Topics
NFTs are enabling artists to sell their physical creations online, providing more avenues for collectors, buyers and sellers The past year saw a rise in…
No one can see or touch cryptocurrency, but that’s not stopping it from entering the mainstream. It surpassed a market capitalization of $2.5 trillion this…
Luckbox’s April 2020 issue, Darknet Diaries, took aim at the criminal underground operating within the anonymous, encrypted underbelly of the internet’s deep web. There, drug…
Terms like “mining” and “proof of work” are essential for cryptocurrency literacy. In his latest book, Anthony Scaramucci simplifies the complex and explains why his…
Trends
Trading Digital Currency’s Volatility
Trading Digital Currency’s Volatility Volatility. Without it, the world would be pretty dull. It’s what makes cryptocurrencies so appealing to traders and so frightening to…
America’s Top Models
A whiskey and a tequila that will raise your spirits Spirits sales in the United States rose 1.3% in 2020 despite pandemic-induced lockdowns, according to…
Rock Enters a New Age—Again
Rap, hip-hop and pop are dominating the music industry these days, but rockers say their genre is just in a down cycle Back in the…
Meet George Michalopoulos
TitleCrypto trader and portfolio manager Home/Office locationMiami Beach, Florida Age38 Years trading15 How did you start trading?Originally during the tech stock boom in the…
Thinking in Bets
Poker can make players better active investors. An array of experts interviewed for this special section on thinking in bets say they apply the game’s…
Kalshi: The Exchange for Everything
Investing in the outcome of events is nothing new, but this federally regulated events exchange is Longtime Luckbox readers are well aware of the educational…
Bet Sizing & Implied Odds
The proper size of a bet is often determined by the potential payout When playing a hand of poker, consider the immediate risk, future potential…
Should America Forgive Student Debt?
Intelligence Squared has pitted some of the world’s brightest thinkers against each other in debates. It was founded in London in 2002 with the mission…
The Luckbox Bookshelf
New and not-so-new books that captured our attention this month Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts By Annie…
Crypto Riche
1.7 million new millionaires and 56 new billionaires emerged in America in 2020.Here’s a glimpse of the crypto class. Aparody Twitter account called @justsaysinmice flags…
Evictions and Foreclosures Could Finally Cool U.S. Housing Market
The U.S. housing market could come under pressure in the coming months as new projections suggest that a spike in evictions and foreclosures may be…
Punk-rocker Turned UFO Researcher
He’s not just a musician, and Angels & Airwaves is not just a band—Tom DeLonge creates and educates through ‘psychic warfare’ Like any other punk…
Trades
“Trading the news” refers to a strategic trading/investing approach that…
Traders have been charting the financial markets for hundreds of years, and by the late 1930s Robert D. Edwards and John McGee established modern methods…
U.S. equity indexes have hit historic highs, but the price action included periods of drawdowns throughout last year. Some drawdowns were related to negative U.S.-China…
Traders may remember 2011 as a nothing year for the S&P 500. The stock index opened in January at 1,257.62 and closed the year at…
Bullish or bearish, most traders have an opinion on pot stocks, and those opinions have manifested themselves in the volatility of the prices. Tilray Inc.…
Cryptos have a weak relationship with the major equity indexes. Anything between -0.15 and 0.15 is considered to have no relationship. Digital currency’s correlation with…
Tactics
When an existing stock or options position is risk-adjusted, the new element of the position is often referred to as a “leg” or a “wing.”
Strike selection plays a big role in the probability of profit for an options position, but Implied Volatility Rank (IVR) also plays a vital role.
Liquidity often gets overlooked as a strategic tactic in the financial markets, but the utilization of this metric can provide investors and traders with considerable…
A look at Intel says a lot about how to study laddering It may seem absurd to discuss long equity opportunities in 2021, a year…
Short options traders rely on the power of time decay to produce profits, but the addition of trade management techniques can help maximize profits, while…
Dividends can be a great addition to the portfolio, but investors and traders active in this area may also want to monitor associated metrics such…
Options enable active investors to quantify and manage risk. But sometimes they may wantto try for a big score with low-probability, high-return strategies. Investors want…
Any spread that involves at least two different legs, and a non-symmetrical number of contracts traded on each leg, falls under the umbrella of a…
Transform a low-profit, low-risk trade into one with higher profit but higher risk The butterfly, a low-probability, low-risk options trading strategy, doesn’t maximize profit, but…
