Covered calls are popular among investors looking for a conservative way to generate additional income from their stock holdings. However, it’s essential to understand both the benefits and risks before…
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What’s the Difference Between SPX and SPY Options? What Is SPX? SPX is the S&P 500 index, which is a stock market index that measures the performance of 500 large cap…
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A few weeks ago we introduced a new strategy to our members. While a double diagonal spread is a well known strategy, we are trading it with a tweak. The…
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This article will shows how this works, and how IV can affect your decision on what type of trade to open. Directional Spreads Let’s start with the simplest of…
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Insider Buying and Selling In doing so we are competing with quant-based analysis that is poring hundreds of millions of dollars into similar things and rarely does the retail investor…
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Ratio trading the earnings Everyone knows what a ratio trade is right? A ratio can be found in many shapes, forms and directions, the SO beloved Hedged Straddle is a ratio…
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Performance Dissected Check out the Performance page to see the full results. Please note that those results are based on real fills, not hypothetical performance, and exclude commissions, so your actual results…
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In both cases a (usually near the money) option is sold and used to partially fund the purchase of two (or more) out of the money options. Let’s see an…
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Introduction To The Long Put Strategy Options are used by investors to take advantage of a wide range of projections on the state of the market. Unlike stock investing, where…
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Introduction Options can provide investors with an extremely versatile tool that can be used to bet on market direction or changes in volatility levels. Long options positions can be initiated…