In the stock market industry, the trade for stocks and stock options are often interchanged and some investors may be confused between the concepts behind these types of trades. First off, you should know is that these two animals have very different characteristics from each other, and using them interchangeably can be lethal if you [...]
In option trading, there are 2 basic strategy. The long call or long put. Long call is the perfect strategy beginner. A call is an option to buy stock. When buying a call, you are hoping that the underlying/stock will go up. If you know that a securities have a target price higher than its [...]
Options trading, and specifically writing options, is normally poorly understood, and more often than not, poorly communicated. This is why most people dismiss it as too complicated or too difficult. So many traders are put off trading in options purely because of lack of knowledge. But once educated in this area you will find you [...]
In the stock market industry, the trade for stocks and stock options are often interchanged and some investors may be confused between the concepts behind these types of trades. First off, you should know is that these two animals have very different characteristics from each other, and using them interchangeably can be lethal if you [...]
Investing in the stock market is one of the hardest things on this planet to do. Let me rephrase that… SUCCESSFUL investing in the stock market is one of the hardest things on this planet to do! Anybody can invest in the stock market but doing it successfully and making a ton of cash is [...]
You have probably heard of the idea of using ‘options’ in trading on the stock market, as one possible active strategy to use in preference to buy-and-hold. You have probably heard of the fact that option prices are much more volatile than share prices, and that you can buy and sell options without ever having [...]
A portfolio of stocks and shares is a standard investment strategy that exactly fits the bill in the search for a source of passive income, which is generated from the annual earnings payout from the shares. I am not a professional advisor, so this is just a personal opinion, but I do not think that [...]
The concept of Stock option trading was introduced in the 1970’s, and it became popular in 1980’s. However the market losses of 1990 caused a stop in this type of trading, the recent concept of electronic trading (online trading) made them again popular to the public.
Stock options are options, which use stocks as the [...]
All stock market multi millionaires must be able to profit under any kind of market conditions. If you are able to profit only when stock markets go up, then you will find it a gargantuan task to ever have any sustainable success, much less become a stock market millionaire.
Yes! It is possible and easy to [...]
Most people lose money in a bear market. Do you remember the tech bubble and recession in 2000-2002? This article will discuss three option trading strategies that can make you big profits in a bear market or recession.
Option Strategy No. 1 – Buying Put Options
It is fairly easy to purchase put options. This option trading [...]