If We’re Making Money Trading Options, Who is Losing?
My subscribers and I have made a lot of money trading options in recent years. Which begs the question: who is on the losing end of these trades?
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Jacob Mintz
Jacob Mintz is a professional options trader and editor of Cabot Options Trader. Using his proprietary options scans, Jacob creates and manages positions in equities based on unusual option activity and risk/reward.
Jacob developed his proprietary system during his years as an options market maker on the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, where he ran several trading crowds for nearly 10 years.
After a successful career on the trading floor Jacob was tasked with setting up a trading desk at a top-tier options trading company, trading against the most sophisticated hedge funds and institutions in the world.
Today Jacob trades for himself, coaches and teaches about options trading, and runs our Cabot Options Trader and Cabot Options Trader Pro advisories. Jacob lives in North Carolina with his wife and two kids who keep him very busy with their sports and social calendars.
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Articles by Jacob Mintz
Why Weekly Options Are Like Gambling
Contrary to popular belief, options trading is a good way to reduce risk. Weekly options? That's more akin to a roll of the dice.
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Is Peter Lynch Right that You Should “Buy Stocks that You Know”?
Famed investor Peter Lynch has often said to buy stocks that you know. But does that always work? Yes and no. Here are some recent examples.
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Why Iron Condors are the Safest Way to Make a Quick Profit
Iron condors are a low-risk, yield-creating options strategy that can reliably net a quick profit. Here's how to execute an iron condor trade.
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The Greatest Options Trade I Ever Saw
Let me tell you about the greatest options trade I saw in my 10 years on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) - and what I learned from it.
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How to Insure Your Investment Portfolio with Put Options
Much like home and auto insurance, buying put options is a way to protect your portfolio from sudden disaster. Here's how it works.
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Answering Your Options Trading Questions
Options trading can often be dismissed as too risky or too confusing. But it's time to expose some of the five biggest options trading myths.
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Options Trading Terminology
Options trading has its own vernacular. To get started with the basics of trading options, it’s important to familiarize yourself with options trading terminology. (This will also come in handy when you are reading Cabot Options Trader, my premium options advisory service, or the brand Cabot...
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Buy-Writes vs. Naked Puts in Options Trading
Buy-writes, also known as covered calls, are one of the general public’s most popular options trading strategies. Selling naked puts (the sale of a put in an stock or index without a stock position), on the other hand, is feared by the general as...
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How to Sell Covered Calls to Create Portfolio Yield
With interest rates near zero, you need to get creative to find yield. One way to do it is to sell covered calls. Here's how it works.
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Three Simple Options Strategies to Hedge Your Portfolio
If you're worried about market volatility you have more options than simply going to cash. Here are three ways to potentially hedge a portfolio with options.
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How Options Market Making Has Changed
The options market is vastly different now than it once was, thanks to computers. You can't compete with algorithms, so what do you do?
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AMZN, NFLX and The Three-Day Rule
Want to buy Netflix (NFLX) or Amazon (AMZN) or other stocks at a discount after an earnings miss? Adhere to the Three-Day Rule.
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How Hedge Funds Use Options to Gain Leverage
Want to know how the big institutional investors use options? Here is an example of how one trader spent $132 million on three technology stocks.
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Using Buy-Writes to Generate Income
Using Buy-Writes (also known as covered calls) to generate income is a safe way to create yield in this market—it's as close to free money as you can find.
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Using a Protective Collar Option Strategy on Exxon Mobil (XOM)
Want to protect your profits on a stock that's done well of late but could have more upside? Try a protective collar option strategy.
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Unusual Options Activity Scanner: Uncover What Big Hedge Funds Are Doing
My most successful strategy throughout my 20-year options trading career has been using my unusual option activity scanner. Here’s how it works.
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How to Play Tesla Stock with Options
Wall Street seems divided on Tesla stock on the heels of a massive run. Here's how to put a bullish or bearish options trade on TSLA.
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Options Order Flow
As I have written in the past, my favorite order flow signal is the repeated big buyer, for whom price is no issue. And a reader recently asked a question about order flow, and sizable trades, "How can a trader buy or sell when...
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How to Find Winning Stocks via Unusual Options Activity
Identifying unusual options activity can be a key to unlocking big gains in stocks that the big hedge funds are about to pour into or sell off in droves.
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