Stocks To Sell Options On

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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Trading Options: Do You Break The Same Rule I Do?

The Nemesis of Trading Options Emotions are said to be a trader’s worst enemy. Our Achilles Heel. They take control of us and cloud our judgment. They force us to make mistakes and decisions that end up hurting us in the end. That’s why people introduced trading systems, computer programs, and crazy complicated algorithms. – To take…

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2 Butterfly Option Trades

Butterfly Option Spread Trading This is a video of myself looking for some option trades using one of my real money accounts. These trades are for example only and I may exit or change them at any time without telling anyone. This is a sample of the types of videos that are produced for Option…

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No Stress Options Trade

Here is a trade I just put on in my personal account. The stock is NLY. The trade is a simple Put credit spread Sell to Open Oct 16 Puts (.40) Buy To Open Oct 15 Puts (.26) for a credit of .14 cents per spread. Trade has a 74% probability of success. And can…

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Out of the Money Call vs At The Money Call

Is the out of the money call better? Got a question from a member recently: I have been looking at stocks, and 1 expert says UNP has the highest value in the s&p 500.  It appears to be doing well. Please look at the calls with me. The jan 2012 leap, at 60. I believe…

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Index Trading and Investing VS ETFs

Index options trading Index trading: I often get asked by members which are better to trade, Indexes or ETFs. “Should I trade SPY or SPX, IWM or RUT, QQQQ or MNX?” The answer is, it depends. But I do have my preferences. Liquidity Both ETFs and Indexes are very liquid.  As I write this the At…

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Investing in Options: Seller Makes $455,000 in 9 Days

This article is from cnbc.com.  http://www.cnbc.com/id/39418129 Not only does the article tell the story of how the option trader did it, but also gives you the trade he is in right NOW. One thing I want to point out is that this trade had very little risk for this trader. Why? Because it seems that…

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Options Trading: Google (GOOG) Going to $600

A little over a year ago I went to one of those free options trading seminars provided by companies that want you to sign up for their coaching or options training training. The concept they were teaching was day trading and so it did not interest me very much, but a couple things the speaker…

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Options Selling News: Buffet Splitting His Class B Shares

Related options selling news: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has set the date for a shareholders meeting related to its planned acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe. In a preliminary proxy statement filed this morning with the SEC, Berkshire gives notice that a special meeting of shareholders will be held at 9:30a on Wednesday, January 20,…

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