Tag: Option Volume

Options Trading: How To Read Unusual Activity

| August 20, 2018 | 0 Comments
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 […]

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Using Options To Tell The Future

| December 28, 2011 | 0 Comments

Can you tell the future just by looking at options?  Unusual question, but the answer may surprise you. Option volume can be very useful in determining the direction a particular stock or ETF might move.  And it’s an indicator you should watch when analyzing your own portfolio. Let me be clear, I’m not talking about […]

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