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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3 Ways to Play a Rebound in Brazil Stocks
Thanks to poor leadership and a devalued currency, Brazil stocks have been among the world's worst performers this year. Which means it's time to buy.
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Time Decay at Holidays
All options are a wasting asset whose time value erodes to zero by expiration. This erosion is known as time decay.
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Time Decay at Holidays
All options are a wasting asset whose time value erodes to zero by expiration. This erosion is known as time decay.
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Wall Street’s Best Investments Daily Alert – 8/31/18
Several catalysts have brought the price of gold down; here are a couple of ways to get in at discounted prices.
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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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Options for Hedging and Boosting Yield
Here are some ways you can use options to hedge or create additional yield in your portfolio. In addition to covered calls, which generate additional income on stocks you already own, I also share hedging strategies using puts and spreads.
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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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Time Decay
The market will be closed on Monday in celebration of Labor Day, so if the market does not make a big move tomorrow, the price of options will get hit extremely hard. Why do options lose significant amounts of value ahead of a weekend?...
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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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The Options Trades that Hedge Funds Use
There are many ways to sell market volatility on both individual stocks and the major indexes.
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Cabot Analyst Jacob Mintz on Options Trading
From iron condors to bull put spreads, Jacob Mintz, editor of Cabot Options Trader, highlights a variety of options strategies, and discusses some trading positions on his buy list.
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Time Decay at Holidays
All options are a wasting asset whose time value erodes to zero by expiration. This erosion is known as time decay.
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Taming The Volatility Beast
Options are derivatives of stock and their prices are very strongly related to the amount of volatility in their underlying stocks.
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