Olsen

We are publishing a small booklet on how to trade. The content is based on previous posts on the subject. I have expanded the material and hope that you will find the text helpful. The booklet is also a non-technical description of how the trading models powering the Olsen investment programs operate. We program our [...]

We have published a small booklet ‘Global Economy under Siege – Possible Initiatives’. The booklet is based on a post that I published 14th December 2009. The booklet includes visuals created by Lisa Wilkens. Pictures can mean so much more than words. I hope that you enprepared a small booklet that you can download as [...]

Price moves in the currency markets can be disruptive and lead to large losses with investors and corporations. In general, institutions do not protect themselves against this risk, because the cost of hedging is high. In this post, I try to explain how dynamic hedging improves the cost structure and makes hedging appear indispensable. Currency risk [...]

The biggest danger for any trader is excessive exposure. An unexpected price spike can then trigger a margin call that wipes out all the profits generated over months of hard effort. This is the most frequent reason why traders lose money. How can we prevent this from happening? What do we have to know? Diversification [...]