Options Trading
Using Covered Calls To Increase Your Return In Twitter
I’ve just returned from the Orlando MoneyShow and was very impressed at the amount of investors and traders looking to learn more about options strategies. I had the opportunity to deliver two different presentations to the options-oriented folks. One of the topics I spent quite a lot of time on was covered calls. Of course, […]
How To Protect Yourself Against The Next Market Crash
The New Year is rapidly approaching, but instead of a Santa Claus Rally we’re mostly just seeing further declines in stock prices. The S&P 500 is already down about 6% in December alone – and has dropped nearly 3% for the year. That’s hardly the year most were expecting 2018 to be. Unfortunately for stock […]
Options: 3 Approaches To A Double-Edged Sword
Anyone that buys (or sells) an option contract is by definition employing leverage. I think too many people get enamored by the notion that an option allows one to “control” or confers the rights (or obligation) to 100 shares for a fraction of the price of owning the underlying security. The first thing to remember […]
Options Trading: How To Read Unusual Activity
Using options trading activity as an indicator for impending price moves is difficult, subjective, and unreliable. That said, it can help confirm other indicators, and increase the probability of a profitable trade. Indeed, there have been many situations in which activity in the options pits accurately predicts or presages an impending price move. There are 2 […]
The Cheapest Trade With The Return Of Volatility
For investors, the summer doldrums are officially over. It’s not just the start of September signaling the end of the market’s slow period. There’s been a noticeable uptick in major news items – most of them not good. The biggest market moving news is coming out of North Korea, where the military supposedly detonated a […]
Trading The Fed With Options
If you were to take a poll of investors who’ve traded options, you’d probably find the majority of them have traded single stock options. I’d venture to guess most investors think of options as a way to trade names like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). A handful of the people you poll may have utilized options […]
Bank 100% Returns By September Using This Cheap Options Trade
90% of all trades on this one stock have been bullish in the last week and 80% have been bullish over the last month. That’s why now’s the time to buy into this stock, and, by using this cheap options trade, you can bank 100% returns by September with just a small move higher in […]
3 Biotech Trades To Diversify Your Portfolio
These biotechs are showing sure signs of bulls and bears in the sector Is biotech a buy, sell or hold? The answer is that depends. But in this strategist’s view and in paying homage to the price charts of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN), Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), there’s evidence all three recommendations […]
5 Attractive Dividend Growth Options
If you’re looking for a source of income in your portfolio, but all of the dividend growth stocks you like seem expensive, then you may want to consider selling put options. It’s a way to collect some extra income now, and if the stock price falls far enough in the future then you get to […]
How To Profit From The Ransomware Crisis
The saying goes: “When it rains, it pours.” And it has certainly been pouring down rain for online privacy and cybersecurity in the past year. From Russian hackers sifting through Democratic National Committee emails to phishing scams at DocuSign to patient data breaches at hospitals … it seems nothing digital is safe or sacred anymore. […]
