Tag: options trading strategies
This Is An Undervalued Stock You Don’t Want To Own
However, by using options contracts to control 100 shares of the stock you can reap huge rewards, upwards of 100% and higher, with limited downside. With the stock now bottoming to long-term support levels, now is the best time to buy these options contracts. DIGGING OUT OF A HOLE The U.S. dollar direction has had […]
2 Options Strategies For Profits From A Hated Sector
In response to a recent article I wrote on the Gold Trust ETF (GLD) some readers have asked my thoughts on gold miners. While my last article was more of a bullish thesis on gold from a fundamental perspective and offered a simple strategy of playing gold by buying GLD, this article on the Market […]
Option Greeks
Option Greeks are metrics used to more precisely understand the behavior of an option’s price. In a nutshell, they measure the sensitivity of an option’s price in relation to several different factors. Those factors include underlying stock price, interest rate, volatility, and time decay. Traders use Option Greeks to analyze changes in the price of […]
22 Trading Lessons From Jesse Livermore
Jesse Livermore is famous for making (and losing) two fortunes in the stock market. Firstly in 1907, he famously sold the market short and profited to the tune of $3 million. Then in 1929 after noticing similar conditions to 1929, he again sold the market short and continued adding to his position as stocks plummeted […]
Options Trading And The New Normal
Options Trading And The New Normal As we approach the end of the year, we can start to piece together what kind of year it’s been for US stocks. There are basically two different stories to tell in 2015. There was the August correction and subsequent rebound. And, there’s been a whole bunch of range-bound […]
Finding Value With Options Trading
Finding Value With Options Trading There are many different reasons to invest in stocks. For example, some buyers are looking for growth, others income. Ultimately everyone is looking to make money… but how we get there is clearly open to interpretation. One popular method of investing is value investing. That is, when investors look for […]
Options Trading Is Much Better Than Stock Trading
Options Trading Is Much Better Than Stock Trading This is an options trading site, so of course we spend a lot of time talking about the benefits of options. I regularly point out the virtues of using options instead of stocks. That should come as no surprise to most people who trade options regularly. Yet, […]
