Binary is a scheme of only two number- “1” or “Yes” and “0” or “No”. So, Binary Options is also a form of trading in which payoff is made on the basis of whether the trader’s prediction on the stock comes true or not. Payoff is a structured amount that may be fixed and is released if the option ends up in-the-money. If the option expires at the end of the trading day out-of-money, the trader gets nothing. In this kind of stock trading, the trader does not buy or sell assets.
Investors and stock brokers often prefer Binary options trading because it is relatively simple and is based on a mere prediction of numbers. The option holder has to guess whether a particular event may or may not happen in the future. For instance, he may predict that a particular company is going to stand at $30 the next day at noon. If the enterprise does exceed this value, then the option holder gets the profit in cash in the amount that was agreed upon.
Binary options are not like ordinary vanilla trading techniques. Trading takes place on SEC regulated platforms and is carefully monitored by strict regulatory authorities. This trade is mostly carried out through online websites that require investors to make an account and start trading with an initial deposit amount. However, caution needs to be exercised because most of these platforms operate beyond the jurisdiction of the regulatory authorities, and so there are greater chances of fraud and theft. Internet trading may require the binary options holder to deposit money and pay up for an option. If the option closes out-of-money, then there is a possibility that an investor may not provide any refund and keep the entire deposit amount.
Binary options are more than a mere guessing game. The trader has to have a keen insight on the market fluctuations, the risks associated with each option and the benefits of carefully developed market reviews and analyses. This form of trading comes with its set of unique payouts, risks and charges along with an entirely different structure of liquidity and investment.
Outside of the US Exchange, the binary options trade is carried out on a whole different structure. During stock hedging or speculating, the trader keeps binary options as an alternative only when he or she is sure that out of the “three exotic options,” two of them are the most likely outcomes. Since the financial quarter of 2013, the US SEC has warned traders multiple times regarding the associated risks of Binary Options trading. One company, which was based in Cyprus, was also charged with illegal trading.
When a trader wagers that the market shall be on the rise by the time trading ends, he/she would buy a “call.” For a drop in the market rate, a “put” is purchased. For a profitable “call”, the option has to exceed the strike price before expiry. Similarly, for the “put” to be profitable, the option price must be lower than the strike price at the time of expiry. The trader’s outset discloses the risk, payout, price and expiry. Strike price may be defined as the current share value of the product under consideration. It may be the S&P 500 index, a particular stock value or European or American Dollar Currency. So, the trader has to predict whether the future price is going to be more or less than the current price.
US Binary Options trading differs from the foreign one in a way that in the former system, the individual investors offer a fixed payout instead of the Exchange. The brokers earn profit from the difference in the money they make from paying the winning party and receiving from the losing party.