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Have Your Stocks Taken a Hit?
It has been a tough couple of weeks for bullish traders and investors as several events have moved the market and stocks lower. Some stock buyers are waiting for some of their losers to rally and some...
View ArticleChicago Cubs and Exiting Your Positions
Can you believe it? The Chicago Cubs look like they will make the playoffs and have a legitimate chance of winning it all! As a life-long Chicagoan, that does not happen very often. Unfortunately, the...
View ArticleDo Your Equity Options Have Insurance?
If you have ever bought an option and watched the premium go south because of the underlying traded sideways or moved the wrong way, I bet you have thought what it would be like to be the seller of...
View ArticleHow Option Delta and Gamma Influence Each Other
Not sure if you have noticed, but the market has been very volatile lately. Stocks have been moving in sometimes dramatic fashion on a daily basis so it might be wise to review how option prices change...
View ArticleAn Iron Condor
An iron condor is when a trader combines a bear call spread and a bull put spread. It is essentially combining two credit spreads as one trade. The trade is executed by buying a lower-strike...
View ArticleOutright Call and Put Options
Another topic that is brought up often in my Group Coaching class is buying call options and put options outright. When option traders first get their feet wet trading options, they often just buy call...
View ArticleEarnings and Options
With Apple Inc. (AAPL) expected to announce their earnings this coming week and a plethora of companies afterwards, it is probably a good time to review how an option price can be influenced by...
View ArticleGoing for the Hail Mary with Call Options
When a football team is down in the closing seconds and the team has no alternatives but to heave up a desperation throw towards the end zone, it is often referred to as a “Hail Mary” pass. In other...
View ArticleAAPL and Controlled Stops
If you are like a lot of other option traders, you probably avoided trading Apple Inc. (AAPL) during its recent earnings announcement. Now that the volatility event is over, you might be looking to...
View ArticleOption Strangle Anyone?
The market has been quite volatile over the past month or so. The S&P 500 started out the month trading above the 2,100 level and then fell to around the 2,020 level before rebounding again. With...
View ArticleWhen to Consider a Trailing Stop for Options
The market has moved higher, lower and higher again over the last month or so. Even though the market has rallied as of late, there’s still a potential for the market to move lower. Regardless, whether...
View ArticleOptions Trading System
Looking for an options trading system to treat yourself or someone in need this Holiday Season? Let the Market Taker Mentoring Trading Path be your options trading guide. The MTM Trading Path The MTM...
View ArticleShould Option Traders Consider Short-Term Call Options
When an option trader buys a call option, he or she has the right to buy the underlying at a particular price (strike price) before a certain time (expiration). Keep in mind that just because the...
View ArticleAn Options Watch List
If you are a NFL football fan, you probably know that we are getting ready to start the playoffs in a couple of weeks. Teams are gathering information about their opponents and trying to gain the upper...
View ArticleApple Stock or Call Options
Apple Inc. (AAPL) stock is much cheaper to purchase now then it was before its split back in June 2014. And even though it has declined over the last month, it is still rather pricey for many...
View ArticleMastering Vertical Spreads on AAPL
One of the basic directional spreads when trading options is that of the vertical spread. It can be extremely versatile and represents a major building block of more complex spreads. With a vertical...
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Stock Repair Strategy Using Options
It has been a rough start for investors in 2016 with stocks dropping even more in than they did in December 2015. Is the market ready to rally soon? Some stock buyers are waiting for some of their...
View ArticleIs Option Gamma as Important as Delta?
Many option traders will refer to option delta as the most important option greek. It is debatable but in my opinion if you do consider it the most important, the next most important greek for me is...
View ArticleOption Adjustments
Although I personally do not like using the word “adjustments” with options trading (I prefer your new outlook or just a new trade), there are many times they need to be done. Adjusting option...
View ArticleCredit Spreads Function Similar to Insurance
Selling a credit spread involves selling an option while purchasing a higher or lower strike option (depending on bullish or bearish) with the same expiration and with the short option being more...
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