Posts Tagged ‘Option Selling’
Option Trading Answers to Basic Questions
Option Trading Questions Option Trading: This week I got an email from a couple of members asking some basic questions on option selling. I was happy that they had the nerve to ask the questions and not just try to figure it out on their own. They had gone through some of the material on…
Read MoreOption Investing: How To Invest For Retirement
Option Investing for Retirement Here is a pretty good video of a segment done by Jim Cramer in which he talks about what to invest in inside your retirement accounts. If you are into buying and selling options, now it is possible to sell options inside your IRA and many people do. I do not…
Read MoreQuestion: How Much Money Should You Use For Option Selling
Question: How Much Money Should You Use For Option Selling Hi,Like most people I have various accounts. The account in question is what I normaly “traded” out of. This is not my retirement account but an account to hopefully help build wealth not preserve. Historically I’d say I only used 5% of it toward option…
Read MoreOption Trading Results: August 2009
Trading results from August trades: up 16.3%
Read MoreOption Trading Blog Entry: Market Commentary
A unique answer to the question, “Which Way Is The Market Headed?”
Read MoreAdjusting Options: The Philosophy Of Option Selling
Adjusting Options: I just finished a book by Dean Koontz called The Good Guy. It’s about a guy in a bar that gets mistaken for a hit-man. This guy then goes to find the person who is going to be killed and tries to save her, ultimately falling in love and dodging the killer throughout…
Read MoreTrading Options: Data Shows That 75% or More of Options Expire Worthless
(Trading Options) Do Option Sellers Have a Trading Edge? by John Summa,CTA, PhD While there are certainly many viable options-buying strategies available to option traders, options expiration data I obtained from the CME covering a three-year period suggests that buyers are fighting against the odds. Based on data obtained from the CME, I analyzed five major CME…
Read MoreSelling Options Will Diversify Your Portfolio
Selling Options: We hear a lot about how important portfolio diversification and asset allocation are to our investments. The financial planners tell us how diversification is the best way to invest. We should “Never put all our eggs in one basket,” they tell us. Makes sense. If all our money was in one stock and the…
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