High/Low trade: High/Low traders also recognized as Up/Down, or Call/Put investors. This
is the most basic type of binary option trade. For the common high-low binary option, the investors buy a
binary call option if he/ she thinks the cost of the underlying asset will go up above the present market
cost or if the investor decides the underlying asset price will go down, then he/ she will buy a binary
put option. If the presumption is correct, the investor will receive a payout. Otherwise, he/ she loses
the primary investment. High/Low trades have both short and long expiry times, ranging anywhere from 60
seconds to a few days or maybe longer.
Here is an example of a High/Low trade:
You think that the cost of silver will go up by the end of the trading period, so you look up the silver
on your trading platform. You see a High/ Low trade available with an expiry time of a few hours, near the
end of the trading day. Believing that the silver price will surely grow above its present price based on
your trading methods and expertise, you decided to enter into High/Low trade and picked “High” or “Up” as
the direction of the trade. After waiting for a few hours, the cost of silver grows up, your prediction
was spot on and you will receive a payout. Congratulations!
Touch Options
This is another very common trade type which consists of three types of touch options. These are touch,
no touch, and double touch.
An investor who bets on touch binary options is trusting that the price of a particular option will
increase to or over a specific amount. No Touch is a simple variation where an investor bet price will not
touch the trigger point within the expiry time. These trades are directional since the trigger point rests
in one direction or another, however, they are also more precise than High/Low trades. They can offer
higher payouts. On the other hand, an investor who bets on double touch options puts two separate bets on
two separate positions. Such an investor gains money if either of these conditions is met.
The touch trading option is quite different than High/Low trading. When an investor opt-in for a touch
option, he/ she places a trigger point, which can be present anywhere on the chart. Generally, the further
away the trigger point is from the present cost of the asset, the possibility of earning greater payout
grows. A point which is placed near the present price, which is more comfortable to reach offers a lower
return, because the risk is lower.
Here is an example of Touch Options:
You believe that the stock of Facebook is going to rise within the next couple of hours. You are certain
it will reach a particular cost before dropping back down. You put a One Touch trade on the Facebook
stock, betting it will touch that price within the next few hours. After 1 hour, you see your assumption
was correct, it touches the price you defined, and you make money since the option has not yet expired.
Sixty Second Binary Options:
Sixty-second binary options are generally the same as High/Low trade. However, an honest question might
arise is that if they are similar then why they are set aside?
Well, the reason is it’s a specific kind of High/Low binary options trade that takes place in a very
short time frame. As the name suggests, each 60 Second trade lasts for a single minute before closing. The
abilities needed to be successful in sixty-second trading options are quite unique. There are numerous
challenges posed by trading fast which investors do not need to deal with when you trade over longer
periods.
Here is an example of Sixty Second Binary Options: You are browsing the chart of gold in
real-time, and your experience says that the gold price is about to increase in the next 60 seconds. You
have your trading platform with you and you browse through the gold section, you see a sixty-second option
is available which will expire in one minute. Without wasting a second, you put your desired amount you
want to trade, now the trade process has been successfully initiated and for the result, you must wait 1
minute. After sixty seconds your prediction became true and 60 seconds later you win.
Boundary Options: As the name suggests, boundary options offer two price levels; the
upper and lower level and both are determined by the investor. The price range can be narrow (i.e. between
$11.20 and $11.30) or broad (i.e. between $11.00 and $20.00). The investors’ job is to assume if the cost
level of the assets of your choice will remain within the designated range or go beyond that range. The
investor has to choose the expiry time as well. The longer the expiry time frame the wider the boundary.
In this trading process, an investor wins when options do indeed remain within the defined price range for
the predetermined period.
Here is an example of Boundary Options: Let us take the USD/EUR currency pair for an
example. Which right now at 0.7115 and the market is volatile. Hence, the investor believes that the price
will not stay in a particular range. Let us have a lower level at 0.7100, a higher level at 0.7128, while
the expiration time is 48 hours. If in 48 hours the price of the USD/EUR currency pair is below 0.7100 or
grows more than 0.7128, then the trade will be closed on the money.