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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Options for Your Options: Why We Added a Second Options Guru
With the addition of Andy Crowder, Cabot Wealth Network now has an options dual threat that gives you wide exposure to any type of trading.
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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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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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Cabot Launches 5 Additional Options Advisories, from Legendary Investor Andy Crowder
Andy Crowder has been making investors money for over two decades with his unique options trading approach. Now, he joins the Cabot team!
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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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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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Why a Secondary Stock Offering Is a Huge Buy Signal
When a company announces a secondary stock offering, it can be a huge buy signal. That was especially the case for these three small-cap stocks.
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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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What Are Call and Put Options?
What are call and put options? Jacob Mintz, our options trading expert and chief analyst of Cabot Options Trader, explains in this detailed infographic.
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Hedging a Portfolio with Options
A few Cabot Options Trader subscribers have asked me about ways to protect their portfolios, so here are a couple of strategies.
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Why the Martingale Strategy Should Not Apply to Stocks
Gamblers may be familiar with the Martingale strategy of doubling down on losing bets. But that can be a dangerous investing approach.
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These 2 Weekly Options Trades Might Send Someone to Jail
Two very suspect recent weekly options trades likely got the SEC's attention. But you can profit by watching for unusual options activity.
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Should I Pay Off My Mortgage, or Put that Cash in the Stock Market?
I want to pay off my mortgage early, but there are pros and cons to doing so. And if you're an options trader, there's a better alternative.
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Buying Call Options in Amazon (AMZN)
Buying call options is a good way to gain upside exposure to a hot growth stock. When the market is at a high, it's a particularly good time.
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11 Earnings Winners, 3 Earnings Disasters – and How to Trade Them
There are more earnings winners than losers this season. Here's how to play a few of the biggest winners - and which disasters to avoid.
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3 Reasons News-Based Trading Doesn’t Work
News-based trading gets a lot of attention, and occupies much of the financial media's time. But it isn't a sound strategy. Here's why.
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UBER Options Activity Has Turned Super Bullish. This Trade Will Help You Profit from It
After free-falling for more than seven months, Uber stock has suddenly turned bullish again. Here's how to take advantage of it.
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How a Trader Made $124 Million in AMC Options in Four Days
Last week, my unusual options activity scanner spotted an AMC options trade that seemed far-fetched. The result was $124 million in four days.
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Is the GME Short Squeeze a Black Swan for the Market and Hedge Funds?
By now you know all about the historic GME short squeeze. What we don't know is what this Black Swan event means for the market going forward.
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