Option Strategies

10 Ways To Make More Money With Covered Calls

Just did a training yesterday on covered calls. We did not go into the details of exactly how to do the trade. If you don’t know what a covered call is check this out. But instead we covered things like how to choose the proper stocks, how to choose the best time to expiration, how…

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(Stock Option Analysis) Is This A Good Trade?

Online Option Trade Analysis Got an email question today about a potential trade. Actually the email says he already made the trade. Let’s take a look and see if it makes sense. Email: “I’m looking at one of the companies Xpound has covered: AKS. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=AKS&m=2013-07-20 If I bought 100 shares of this company at $3.35…

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(Options Trade Analysis) Free Trade: 03/7/2013

I was getting bored today so i decided to go looking for a fun, weekly trade to make things interesting. This is the trade I put on in MCD.       Option Trades Analysis Why this trade? Well I own MCD stock and I have been waiting for the stock to increase along with…

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Trading Quiz: What Would You Do?

Got an email today from an options trader in trouble. Here’s the situation and what I told her: Would Allen considering giving me a advice fix for my AAPL and GOOG calls?  I have January 19, 2013 AAPL $665 bought for $42.41 now $9.90 GOOG $775 bought for $41.30 now $4.50  I sure would appreciate…

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2 More Fresh Option Trades

This blog is about trading, so what better to post about than 2 new option trades that I just entered. The first is  simple one, a credit spread, and the second is a Calendar. At first I only wanted to talk about the calendar, but as I started making the video I showed the credit…

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Butterfly Option Strategy Basics

The Butterfly Spread Not sure how a butterfly works or makes money? No problem. This video is in response to a question from a member. He wanted to know how the trade made money and why he had to exit the trade to get his profit. The answer to the second part of the question…

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Stock Option Strategies – 4 Strategies You Can Trade

What is option trading? New to option trading? Not sure what the difference is between a butterfly, a condor, or a mouse? (Hint: there is no strategy called “mouse”) In this video I open up one of my personal trading accounts to show you 4 trades that are all of a different strategy. We have…

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Butterfly Spread Option Trade Update

Butterfly spread option trading strategy Here is the third installment of the JNJ and MCD butterflies. Here is how they are both doing after adjustments. Got any questions about the video? Go ahead and leave your notes in the comments section below. Also, if you’re new to options trading and are looking for the options…

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Weekly Options Trade Setup

Awesome Weekly Options Strategies So you want to trade weekly options? Never mind that they are most risky than monthly options. But the quick money and high returns are sometimes too hard to resist. Ok then, here is a trade setup I use. When these conditions are met I trade credit spreads. More details are…

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MCD and JNJ Butterfly Spread Trade Adjustments

Butterfly Spread Option Trading Update Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you have a wonderful, happy, and well rested holiday! Here is an update of the MCD and JNJ butterfly option trades I showed you in my last video. Had to make an adjustment to each because of the strong down move in the market which also affected…

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