Tag: options trading

Last week I talked about a low risk directional options trade that I like quite a bit:  The Butterfly. I discussed how I don’t...

One of the more difficult aspects of writing a column such as this one is that I have little or no idea of the...

I want to discuss today an investment strategy combining stock and options that takes great advantage of time decay. It is absolutely a bullish...

In the past two columns I have discussed spreading time, also known as calendar spreads. There are horizontal time spreads which use the same...

Today I would like to discuss time. Time is a huge factor in making up the price of an option. Options are a decaying...

Today I want to talk about the one by two ratio vertical spread, both long and short. Both are excellent options trading strategies although...

After some violent swings as the market continues to digest the pronouncements of Big Bad Ben and the resulting Bond Panic, we very easily...

Hello, I’m back after my two week hiatus. For those curious about an amazing bike journey my wife and I made from Amsterdam to...

It always amazes me how much bad, disingenuous or downright false information there is out there in options education land. And too many people...

Everyone knows that put options are an excellent protection against a down move. Well, call options can be an excellent protection against an up...