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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Selling LEAPS Puts When Confident in a Security
Buying or selling LEAPs puts can benefit investors who want longer-term contracts to feel less volatility during the contract.
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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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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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Selling LEAPs as a Buy Limit
Options trading may seem like it’s riskier than buying stock but selling LEAPs can actually reduce the overall risk in a position.
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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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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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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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Can LEAPS Investing Be a Substitute for Buying Stock?
LEAPS can be a useful investing strategy for longer-term speculative investments but the question today is: Can leaps investing be used as a substitute for buying the underlying stock?
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How to Write Covered Call Options
Writing covered call options is a great way to boost your yield on stocks you already own, and involves a lot less risk than most investors think.
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What Is Investment Leverage?
Investment leverage, which in investment terms is just a fancy word for "debt," can move worlds of money if used properly.
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Try Poor Man’s Covered Calls to Make Monthly Income in Gold
Want to trade covered calls but don't want to buy 100 shares of stock? Try poor man's covered calls. And use them to trade this gold ETF.
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3 LEAP Call Options Pros
LEAP call options are an excellent entry point for new option investors. Here are 3 reasons buying LEAPS can beat buying stocks.
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Trading Bitcoin Options: A Safe, Low-Cost Approach
Buying bitcoin can seem daunting. But by trading bitcoin options with this low-cost strategy, you can make double-digit profits the easy way.
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Options Education – How to Choose Which Call to Sell When Executing a Buy-Write/Covered Call
A Buy-Write/Covered Call is a strategy in which the trader holds a long position in a stock and writes (sells) a call option on the same stock in an attempt to generate income.
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