Patience and Options are at a Premium

Stocks and the market took a bit of a beating over the past several weeks, but they recently moved higher again. Talk about volatility! Of course, that is to be expected from time to time and is really nothing out of the ordinary if you have traded for any length of time. Even though the […]
The Best Market for Option Trading

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I Stumbled Upon This Trade Today

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3 Ways to Measure Liquidity

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Relying on Technicals This Week

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S&P Busts Through Key Levels

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Is June Too Soon?

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A Long Time in the Making

He played clarinet and saxophone with Stan Getz. Went to high school with John Kemeny (the guy who co-developed the BASIC computer language). Dated Barbara Walters. Hung out with Ayn Rand. And…helped get us into the mess we’re in now. Alan Greenspan lived the life of a thousand men. And was a capitalist idealist, which […]
Just as You’d Expect

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The Most Important Company to Chart

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Looking for Guidance

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Holding Trades Over the Weekend

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Has GDP Peaked?

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Do You Know About XSP Options?

You may not know this, but there is a product from the CBOE (the Chicago Board Options Exchange) that may interest option traders. It is the XSP, which is the mini version and one-tenth the value of the S&P 500 (SPX). The S&P 500 is the capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks from various industries. This […]
Stocks Down on Tech Earnings

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How Do Vertical Spreads Gain Value?

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Why the VIX Is So Important

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4 Key Rolls All Option Traders Should Know

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Did You See the Trading Halt Today?

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Don’t Roll Your Short Option Too Soon

There are lots of mistakes you can make as an option trader, let alone as a human being. Let’s be honest, some just can’t be helped. But you can prevent rolling a short option too soon if you practice a little patience. Let’s take a look at what I mean by that. Short Premium Selling […]
Ford Motor Woes

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