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Brief Introduction to DVD Duplication

DVD Duplication provides a cost effective way to produce low volumes of DVD for demonstration purposes. It is important to note this method does not produce a genuine retail quality product. Only DVDs manufactured by replication will provide the shop ready article.

For replication it is common for the minimum production run to be 500 and in some cases 1000. DVD duplication provides the option of lower quantities. It is worth noting however that it can prove more cost effective to replicate – especially if you are likely to require more copies in the future. Costs for DVD duplication remain similar for each time you order whereas replication unit costs are lower. For example if you ordered 200 duplicated DVDs initially and then had a requirement for a further 200 a short time later, the likelihood is it would be far cheaper to replicate 500 or even 1000 at the outset.

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Another important factor to consider is compatibility. Although success rate is very high, it is impossible for any company offering DVD duplication to 100% guarantee that every copy will work in any drive. All discs have errors and although these errors are not determined by the actual data, because the duplicated DVDs are burnt to blank recordable media, every disc will be different. It is even possible some brands of blank media are not compatible with some drives or the speed at which they are burnt can cause issues. Replication avoids these issues because each disc is pressed from a stamper created from a glass master. Because each disc is replicated from the exact same source and are pressed they will all be identical with the purest possible result.

Printing and packaging are also likely to be different. For replicated DVDs, the print is standard as screen or litho. It is not cost effective to print low volumes with these methods and therefore the alternatives are usually digital print or inkjet. Results should still look good however can never truly compare with the professional retail quality product provided with replication.

That said, there are still many advantages for DVD duplication. Not only the option of low volume but the turnaround is usually much faster than replication so for those trade shows or demo copies that are needed within a few days it provides the perfect solution.

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An Introduction to Trading Options

The world of options is an exciting one. Unfortunately, many stock market traders and investors miss out on trading options because they do not understand how they work. It is understandable. When someone explains options to you for the first time, you might shake your head and decide to stick with mutual funds. But like anything worth knowing, once you do the investigation, the reward far outweighs the effort.

So in an attempt to help people better understand options, we will present a series of articles starting from the beginning and covering many topics related to trading options. So check back regularly.

So to get started, what are options? The official definition of an option might go something like this:

The right, but not the obligation, to buy (for a call option) or sell (for a put option) a specific amount of a given stock, commodity, currency, index, or debt, at a specified price (the strike price) during a specified period of time.

Wow, well that helps a lot. Okay, let’s try to break that down into simpler terms. First, let’s take the part about a given stock, commodity, currency, index, or debt. Let’s simplify that by saying that we have the ability to buy and sell options for many things. You can buy an option for a stock such as IBM, a commodity such as gold, a currency such as the U.S. dollar, an index such as the S&P 500, or debt such as a bond. So for the purpose of finishing our description of an option, we will use…your car!

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Next, “during a specific period of time”. Let’s describe this part by saying that options are contracts that expire. For example, say you told me that I could buy your car from you for the next two weeks at 0. If I wait longer than two weeks, well, I might have to pay more. So we have a contract that expires in two weeks. Simply enough, that contract I just described is an option! It is the option to buy your car from you at 0 for the next two weeks.

Said another way, I have the right, but not the obligation, to buy your car from you for the next two weeks. So why the right, but not the obligation? We signed a contract. That gives me the right to buy your car at 0. But If I choose not to, it is okay. I may have to pay more after two weeks, but I can also choose not to buy it at all.

An option is the right, but not the obligation, to buy something at a specific price for a specific amount of time. That “something” is called the underlying. Now you might ask yourself, “Why would I want to give you the right to buy my car at 0 for the next two weeks, if someone might come along and offer me 00?”. The answer, because I pay you! That is why it is called “buying the option”. What I get out of buying that option is that I control that car for the next two weeks! I can find a buyer for 00, buy it from you for 0, and sell it for a profit immediately.

In summary, an option is a contract to buy an underlying at a price for a certain amount of time. As you continue on in your options education, you can look into services that help you trade options such as http://www.5percentperweek.com. Until next time when we take another step into the realm of options, take care!

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An Introduction to Spread Betting and Trading the FTSE 100

When you look around the internet there are numerous get rich quick sites. A good number of these focus on the financial markets, be it the currency markets or penny stocks and shares. Some schemes are offering automated web-based programs to let you buy and sell foreign exchange rates. Others have sure-fire-dead-cert-cannot-possibly-fail-tips.

I think you know where I am going with this. If the tips are that good, if the automated programs are that good then why would anyone sell them etc?

All good investment news stories, blogs and articles will tell you that when speculating on the financial markets you need to understand that there are risks. Whether you use spread bets, ETFs or just trade shares, you can lose money.

So what options are there for those wanting an investment option which offers risk management tools, tax benefits* and access to thousands of global markets?

Here in the UK, and increasingly across the international community, many think that spread betting is a suitable solution.

I have talked about the fact that there are risks when you invest. All forms of speculation or investment, from trading stocks and shares to having a pension to buying a house, have a negative side. If you spread bet you can lose more than you initially staked.

It can be useful to think about some of the other areas that the follow warning notice covers; ‘spread betting carries a high level of risk. Ensure that spread betting matches your investment objectives. Make sure you familiarise yourself with the risks. Where necessary, seek independent advice’.

That said, you are able to add a limit to the size of your position to reduce your losses but not your profits. You could also reduce your trades by using smaller £1 per point or per point stakes.

To gain a little exposure you could simply trade the popular markets such as the Stock Market Indices, ie speculate on whether the FTSE 100, Dow Jones, German Dax 30 etc will rise or fall.

With any of these, as mentioned, you can trade £1 per point or per point etc. If you speculate on the FTSE 100 to go up, with a £1 per point stake, and it goes up by 115 points then you would make 115 points x £1 per point = £115.

Note that you can trade the markets in Dollars, Sterling or Euros. If you want to trade in Euros then 115 points x €1 per point = €115.

Of course, should the market move against you, dropping by say 95 points, then with a £1 stake you would lose 95 points x £1 per point = £95.

Obviously this would not be a great start. However, with some firms you can add a Stop Loss at let’s say, 50 points (note that not all Stop Losses are guaranteed).

If you were betting on the FTSE 100 then your bet would be closed if the FTSE 100 moved against you by 50 points. Therefore, instead of losing £95, you’d only lose 50 points x £1 per point = £50.

If however, you correctly predicted the direction of the FTSE then your upside would still be £115 if it moved 115 points or £80 if the FTSE 100 moved 80 points.

When spread betting there are plenty of other positives, not just this risk management element. Spread betting gives you access to a wide variety of global markets that you can trade including stocks and shares, indices, forex and commodities markets.

In contrast with more traditional share trading, you can take short positions on a market. Financial spread betting offers you the option of trading in either direction. This means that if your research leads you to think that the price of Gold is going to increase then you can spread bet on it to rise. If you think the price of Coffee will go down then you can spread bet on it to fall.

There is no exchange of any assets or rights; instead you merely spread bet on the future price of a market. Therefore, spread betting profits are not subject to income tax, capital gains or stamp duty*.

Because you are dealing with a spread betting company there aren’t any broker’s fees.

You would be forgiven for thinking, this sounds very positive but what’s the catch? Well, as mentioned previously, there are risks. Therefore, before you trade perhaps we should consider an example in more detail:

If you decide to spread bet on the FTSE 100 then, on visiting a spread betting website like Financial Spreads, you may find a spread betting price of 5519 – 5520.

This means you can bet on the FTSE 100 to move higher than 5520 or to move lower than 5519.

When spread betting, you bet on every unit the market increases or decreases; in the case of the FTSE 100 market a unit is 1 point of the index’s price movement.

For this instance, you could choose to bet £2 for every point the FTSE 100 increases or decreases.

If you were to buy the FTSE 100 at 5520 and the index went up then the spread might become 5567 – 5568. If that were to happen, you might decide to close your spread trade at 5567.

Your Profits (or Losses) = (settlement value of the market – opening value of the market) x stake per point
Your Profits (or Losses) = (5567 – 5520) x £2 per point stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = 47 points x £2 per point
Your Profits (or Losses) = £94 profit

However, if the market were to drop down to, as an example, 5476 – 5477, you could choose to close your spread bet to prevent further losses. If so, you would sell at 5476.

With the same £2 per point stake:

Your Profits (or Losses) = (settlement value of the market – opening value of the market) x stake per point
Your Profits (or Losses) = (5476 – 5520) x £2 per point stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = -44 points x £2 per point
Your Profits (or Losses) = -£88 loss

If you are looking to trade the markets then you can spread bet with regulated companies like FinancialSpreads.com and City Index.

And don’t forget, a key element of trading is keeping your greed under control. If you employ small stake sizes and use a Stop Loss then that can help to lower your risk.

* Based on current UK tax law. If you pay tax in another jurisdiction then tax law may vary.

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Introduction To Using Spreads When Trading Options

There are various strategies to employ when a speculator wishes to take a directional position in an underlying contract. If the trader correctly anticipates the move and takes an appropriate position he can expect to show a profit. However this is not always the case as if the trader is successful in selecting the correct direction the position is not always profitable. This is because there are many different forces which affect option pricing.

According to Natenberg the majority of successful option traders engage in spread trading. The laws of probability tend to even out over a longer period of time, as such an option trader should hold the option position for extended periods of time. Spreads allow for the option trader to take advantage of option mispricing, whilst at the same time reducing the affects of short term changes in market conditions.

A spread is a strategy whereby we take a simultaneous but opposite position in different instruments. One would buy the underpriced instrument and at the same time sell the overpriced instrument.

Spread strategies not only take advantage of the laws of probability over long periods of time, but also protect the trader against incorrectly estimating inputs into theoretical pricing. In summary option traders prefer to spread as spreading maintains profit potential but reduces short term risk. There is no perfect spread position but a good trader will learn to spread risk in as many different ways as possible to minimize the affects of short term volatility.  

A trader must always consider the effects of an incorrect volatility estimate, and then decide how much risk he is willing to take. Margin for error is very tight on single series option positions. However option spreading strategies enable traders to profit over a wide variety of market conditions by giving them an increased margin for error in estimating theoretical variables.

At a later date we will review volatility spreads (backspreads, ratio vertical spreads, straddles, strangles, butterflies, time spreads & diagonal spreads). Bull and bear spreads (ratio spreads, vertical spreads & butterflies).

As shown above it’s a good idea to implement spreads into an option traders portfolio. Many online trading platforms allow for such strategies to be easily entered as a single order into the market. Enfinium supports such order types on over 80 markets worldwide including America, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and United Kingdom.

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Weekly Options – Introduction

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