Posts Tagged ‘QQQ’

(Options Selling) Glimpse trade: QQQ

11/14/2013 This trade is fairly simple. It is called a credit spread and it is being done on the Nasdaq 100 ETF. Symbol: QQQ Sell to Open Dec 80 Puts (.38) Buy to Open Dec 79 Puts (.28) for a credit of .10 If you do one contract of this trade the maximum you can…

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Study Shows Collar Strategies Outperform Buy And Hold

The Options Industry Council Announces New Study Finds Collar Strategies Outperform Buy And Hold Chicago – September 23, 2009 The results of a new study examining the use of options in a collar strategy (both active and passive implementations) on the PowerShares QQQ™ exchange-traded fund (ETF) show it provides superior returns to the traditional buy…

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