Options Education: Five Options Trading Myths Exposed
There's a lot of mystery and misinformation out there about options trading. Here are five common misconceptions - and what the real truth is.
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How Call Options Work
When Learning How Call Options Work, Investors Should Know They Have the Right, But Not the Obligation, to Buy a Stock at a Predetermined Price and Time.
What is a call option? How call options work is by giving the buyer the right to buy shares...
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How to Hedge Coronavirus Fears Using Call and Put Options
Want to hedge against what the coronavirus outbreak might to do the market in the coming months? Call and put options are the way to go.
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What are Options in Investing?
Options Are Easily Misunderstood, So What Are Options in Investing?
A term many new investors come across and find confusing is an option. We often get the question, "what are options in investing?" The answer is multi-tiered, so let's start at the beginning.
An option a..
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How to Invest with the Big Hedge Funds in Real Time
Want to invest in the stocks the big hedge funds are buying in real time? Here's how to do it. But beware: hedge funds get it wrong sometimes too!
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Options Market Expects Big Moves from AAPL, TSLA on Earnings
The options market has a knack for predicting big moves in stocks around earnings season. And it's giving us big clues about Apple and Tesla's earnings.
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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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Wall Street’s Best Dividend Stocks Daily Alert
The top five institutional holders of this closed-end fund are: Invesco Ltd., (8.17% of assets); Karpus Management Inc, (7.70%); Advisors Asset Management, Inc., (6.25%); Guggenheim Capital, LLC, (5.59%) and 1607 Capital Partners, LLC, (5.02%). The fund has a current yield of 6.44%, paid monthly.
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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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Buying Call Options in WFC Stock
WFC stock has been hit hard in the wake of Wells Fargo’s alleged fraud scandal. But my options scanner tells me that’s about to change.
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Investing Resolutions? Yeah, I’ve Got a Few
It’s January — which must be the absolute favorite month of health clubs, yoga studios and vendors of dieting products — when people...
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Investing Resolutions for 2016
The end of a year is a great opportunity to make a New Year’s Resolution to be a better investor. The question is: what should you resolve? The experience of people who vow to lose weight or stop smoking or learn Chinese should you...
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Alibaba vs. J.C. Penney
When I’m looking to buy a stock or put on an option trade, I don’t look for a company like J.C. Penney.
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