Tag: options trading

Put 75%+ Odds In Your Favor – How To Increase Your Probability of Success Trading Options One of the biggest challenges newer traders face is...

Investors and options traders sell puts and put spreads to generate additional income or acquire stock. In many cases, traders attempt to time their...

Do you really count last couple weeks of 2015 as a successful Santa Claus rally? Depends on how you look at it (i.e. which market index...

2015 was a year dominated by crashing commodity headlines (especially oil prices) and chatter of when the Federal Reserve was finally going to hike rates...

Shares of United States Steel Corp. (X) have collapsed 81% from the 2014 highs, but is it still too early to call for a...

First things first, with the Fed interest rate decision out on Wednesday, this week is anything but normal. With that said, this week is also...

Casino stocks have been some of the worst performers since the beginning of last year. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has fallen 46% and Wynn Resorts (WYNN)...

Earlier this month Expedia (EXPE) announced a $3.9B cash and stock deal for HomeAway. While it isn't expected to be completed until the first...

Up until Wednesday last week, the hypothetical trade involving a weekly short put on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) was going pretty well....

The majority of commodities have been beaten down this year and railroad stocks like Union Pacific (UNP) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) that carry...