Six Low-Risk Options Trades I May Soon Act On
Trading options is a lot like gambling, which is why you should only make trades that give you an edge. Here are six options trades that do just that.
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Ask Me 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 Options Trading Pro Strategies
Options trading can be tricky, so it helps to learn some important options trading strategies that can help maximize return and limit risk. Here are some of the flexible and powerful options strategies I use in my options trading advisories, Cabot Options Trader Cabot...
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Buy-Write vs. Naked Put Sale
Cypress Semiconductor (CY) is on the top of my radar for a new bullish position after a couple of days of call buying and put selling. Here are the put sales:
Tuesday: Seller of 3,000 June 12 Puts for $1.45 – Stock at 11.60 willing...
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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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Buy-Writes vs. Naked Puts
Buy-Writes vs. Naked Puts
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Using Options to Profit from Disney and Chipotle
Santa’s Wish: Star Wars… Star Wars… Star Wars
Disney (DIS) Call Option
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Call Option
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The holiday season in my household is a time when family and friends gather to spend quality time together, celebrate religion and to look back on the year. doesn’t...
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Using Options to Profit from Disney and Chipotle
Disney (DIS), which owns the rights to Star Wars, is one of the most talked about stocks in the market in the last several months as the newest movie release has shattered box office records. However, there have been growing concerns about DIS Because...
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What to Do About Those “Safe” Retail Stocks?
Perhaps most difficult for the average investor this year is that even the sectors and stocks considered to be safe have been decimated. When steady stocks such as Wal-Mart (down 30% year-to-date), ConocoPhillips (down 22% year-to-date) and Alcoa (down 40% year-to-date) are destroyed,...
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How is Tennis Like Trading?
Playing a competitive tennis match or tournament is a great deal like trading and investing these days. Going into a match, I rarely know the player, his style of play, or how I will approach the match. Similarly, these days in the market, day...
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Three Simple Options Strategies to Hedge Your Portfolio
On Monday, Paul Goodwin discussed the panic that sparked a greater than 2% decline in the markets on Monday. So how do you protect your portfolio from a pit bull and a swarm of bees?
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Five Options Trading Myths Exposed
Some of the savviest, most seasoned investors are still clueless when it comes to options trading. Others know the basics of options, but are skeptical about the perceived risks that accompany it. Sadly, that skepticism is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of how work...
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