Forex
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Options
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Largest
and most liquid market in the world
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Liquidity
depends on underlying asset & expiry date
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24-hour
trading action for 5.5 days a week
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Not 24-hour.
Varying trading hours based on the exchanges
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Easier
to calculate stop beforehand
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Difficult
and unreliable to place stops on underlying asset
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Minimum
slippage and order errors
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More
room for slippage due to lack of liquidity
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100:1
leverage on standard-sized accounts
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Leverage
depends on the type of option transaction you want to engage in. Selling
Naked Calls or Puts generally requires a huge amount of margin
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