http://www.nymexnaturalgasprices.com/how-has-options-trading-affected-the-workings-of-a-stock-only-market Natural Gas Prices direct from the New York Mercantile Exchange Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:37:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.nymexnaturalgasprices.com/how-has-options-trading-affected-the-workings-of-a-stock-only-market/comment-page-1#comment-1466 Allan Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:30:43 +0000 http://www.nymexnaturalgasprices.com/how-has-options-trading-affected-the-workings-of-a-stock-only-market#comment-1466 Options trading reduces volatility in the price of the underlying stock. Since traders can take long or short positions or buy puts and calls, some of the risk is taken by those traders. This tends to reduce the risk taken by the actual owners of the stock, reducing price movements. Options trading reduces volatility in the price of the underlying stock. Since traders can take long or short positions or buy puts and calls, some of the risk is taken by those traders. This tends to reduce the risk taken by the actual owners of the stock, reducing price movements.

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