Posts Tagged ‘RUT’
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…
Read MoreOption Trading Riddle of the Day
Option trading fun: Courtesy of member John Gadd, Q: Which has the greatest chance of occurring? 1. The sun rising tomorrow morning 2. Hotter in Summer, Colder in Winter 3. RUT hitting 1000 by noon tomorrow A: Is a trick question — because all have the same odds….. It’s funny because John, along with so…
Read MoreOptions Trading Results for October 2009
The options trading results are in for October 2009. For October 2009, OptionGenius.com was + 2.72%. Not very impressive is it. But the S&P was down -1.98%. Trade #4 for the month was rolled forward to November. If I had not rolled it, it would have expired worthless and with a profit. Instead it is now …
Read MoreFree Option Trade: RUT Calendar Spread
Here’s a quick and easy option trade. Buy Dec 590 Call, Sell Nov 590 Calls for a debit of 10.65 per spread. If you do just one contract, it will cost you $1065 plus commissions. If RUT does not move much by Monday you should have over a 10% gain. Even if it moves about 8 points…
Read MoreMay Option Trade Results
Option Trade Results: For the month of May, my results were a nice gain of 11.71%! This is following a nice double digit gain last month. We had four trades this month: SPX, the S&P 500 index RUT, the Russell 200 Index AAPL, Apple Computer WMT, Wal-Mart. I recorded double digit gains on three of…
Read MoreOption Trade Results: April 2009
(Option Trade Results) Had a good month in April. Total return was a gain of 11.87%. I put on four trades and all four were winners. We had an Iron Condor on the RUT, a Credit Spread on POT, a not so naked Put on C, and a butterfly on USO. I expect May will…
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