Options Trading
Option Hedging Strategy
Early in my banking career I spent a good deal of time on the phone. No, I wasn’t talking to friends or flirting with girls. I spent hours on the phone developing contacts at institutional investment firms. You’d be surprised how difficult it is to talk with a money manager running billions of dollars. I […]
Credit Spread Option Trade Produces Quick Profit
Are you an experienced trader? Ever trade options? I’m sure some of you’ve never traded an option in your life. I actually started trading options in high school. I only did this because I didn’t have enough money to buy stocks. When I started with options trading, brokerage firms had just started allowing touch-tone telephone […]
How To Use A Debit Spread Option Strategy
I can’t pass up a good deal. As a matter of fact, I buy the Sunday paper every week for the coupons. I’m not afraid to admit it. I seem to have a nose for a good deal. I can find bargains anywhere, its just as easy in Brooks Brothers as it is the Safeway […]
Writing Covered Call Options To Boost Returns On Stocks
You read the title right. Over the last two months I doubled the return on one of my investments. This isn’t in theory. This is an actual trade I made in my retirement account. It’s easy to do, and you can do it to. Regular readers know that every once in a while I write […]
Call Bull Spread On Potash
I love earnings season. It’s a great time to capitalize on the craziness of the market. It also gives us an opportunity to profit by smartly trading options. If you remember back in October I pointed out a trade. One of the solar companies was going to announce their earnings. Most of their competitors had […]
Option Investment Strategies
Market volatility has almost tripled in just the last few months. Don’t believe me? Take a quick look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Since August 1, 2007 we have had 38 trading days in which the market has moved more than 100 points either up or down. This means that in 44% of the […]
Selling Puts – Google
A couple of weeks ago, I put on an options trade that made me exactly $5,369 in one day with very little risk. You read that right. One day. Since Brian’s off to Detroit this weekend to investigate Real Estate Investment Trusts or something, I thought you might like to hear about one of my […]
