Tag: options trading

Too many new traders see stock options as lottery tickets, chips in a casino, or a path to getting rich quick. They are not....

This year in the stock market has been all about The Great Rally of 2013. It’s been seemingly unstoppable with no meaningful corrections or...

You can sell a call against a stock you own and you can own a protective put under your stock. Well, you can combine...

Today I would like to discuss another variation of The Butterfly options strategy that is similar to the Broken Wing Butterfly, but not exactly...

Every now again I think it fitting and proper to review some of the basic elements in options working method. Today I am going...

Sometimes bad things happen to good stocks. And when this happens, good stock trades can quickly become broken stock trades. Just like a rising...

If you are enormously bullish on a stock, perhaps it’s a takeover candidate, but still want a hedged all options position, then the following...

I would like to discuss today another way to hedge your equity portfolio against a major move lower, albeit perhaps indirectly. And we can...

I really don’t like being naked short options as a rule. The prospect of potentially unlimited risk would keep me up at night. But...

The all options covered write strategy is also known as a leveraged covered call. In fact, back on the old trading floor we used to call...