Options fundamentals — a series
There are many ways to play the grand casino that is the stock market. In intentional playing, a player has to prepare for a match. In this case, there are also several ways one can prepare for the 9:30 am to 4 pm ET slaughter-fest that takes place every business day. There are commonly two types of players in this game: the fundamentalists and the technicians.
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Fundamentalists study companies deeply through their internals to try and determine stocks' fair value. Technicians look at charts to create their strategies and next moves. There is also a third type of player on the field: the quant. Quants differ from the other analysts because they create assumptions and trades based primarily on mathematical equations and models.