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Options With Upside Potential (SHLD, MOS, GS, WFC)

Here’s an article that recommends some stock options:

via Investopedia.com Headlines on 8/27/09

Here are a couple of options that might be the perfect thing for your portfolio.

Which Way Will The Market Seesaw Go? (SPY, XHB, ITB, GNW, FNM)

Here’s a great article about the current stock market condition

via Investopedia.com Headlines on 8/30/09

There is evidence to support the bullish and bearish cases on the future direction of the market.

Which Way Will The Market Seesaw Go? (SPY, XHB, ITB, GNW, FNM)

Hey here’s a great read about the current stock market condition

via Investopedia.com Headlines on 8/30/09

There is evidence to support the bullish and bearish cases on the future direction of the market.

Trading : High Performance Options Trading: Option Volatility & Pricing Strategies

 

The essential resource for the successful option trader
High Performance Options Trading offers a fresh perspective on trading options from a seasoned options trader programmer/engineer, Leonard Yates. Drawing on twenty-five years of experience as an options trader and software programmer, Yates has written this straightforward guide. First he provides readers with a solid foundation to trading options, including an introduction to basic options terminology, a thorough explanation on how options are traded, and specific trading strategies. Accompanied by the OptionVue Software CD, this hands-on guide to the options market is a thorough and essential resource for any trader looking to increase his or her practical knowledge of options.

The Four Greeks

The four greeks:

Below is an explanation of each greek and how it relates to option trading strategies trading:

Delta – changes in value based on a one point move in the underlying stock.

Gamma – change in shares as the price of the stock moves one point from its current price.

Vega – volatility.

Theta – Theta is shown as the amount a trade profits from time decay for one day.

THE SIX FUNDAMENTAL OPTION STRATEGIES

There are six fundamental Option Strategies. They are:

1. Call Purchase

2. Naked Call Write

3. Covered Call Write

4. Put Purchase

5. Naked Put Write

6. Covered Put Write

We will begin to uncover the uses of each one of these strategies in the coming weeks. Once you become familiar with these basic strategies, you can then begin to combine the use of each one into more complex strategies.

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