Many opportunity seekers are attracted to options trading as they have heard stories making promises of fast profits. The problem is that these traders come in thinking of nothing more than stuffing their bank accounts full of cash in a short period of time. While this scenario is achievable the odds are certainly going well [...]
Many opportunity seekers are attracted to options trading as they have heard stories making promises of fast profits. The problem is that these traders come in thinking of nothing more than stuffing their bank accounts full of cash in a short period of time. While this scenario is achievable the odds are certainly going well [...]
Have you or your friends ever attended an options seminar, learned how “simple” it is to make a high income from options trading but yet when you did it for real, you failed to make any money consistently?
Indeed, from my observation in this industry over the past decade, I have noticed that the chances of [...]
An option contract is an agreement between two parties to buy/sell an asset (In this case, the asset refers to stock) at a certain price and specific date.
It is called an option because the buyer is not obliged to carry out the transaction. If, over the life of the contract, the asset value decreases, the [...]
Have you ever lost all your money in Stock Options trading?
If you are like most of us, then you might have lost an entire trading account just trading stock options before. No matter how hard you try, you seem to always lose all your money eventually even if you made some initial profits. Why is [...]
Have you ever lost money trading stock options?
Chances are good that you tried to apply the 3 trading horizons of stock trading to options trading and then got yourself hurt real bad.
There are 3 time horizons or what we call trading horizons in stock trading and they are; Long Term, Mid Term and Short Term. [...]
In today’s chaotic stock market, the ability to make a profit trading long Option positions (Puts and Calls) depends on being able to capitalize on short-term moves in the price of a stock or index. Stocks are up one day, and down the next – and it’s anybody’s guess as to what the long-term outlook [...]
For option sellers it is disconcerting to hear people say that selling naked options is extremely risky because it carries the threat of âunlimited losesâ. Nothing is farther from the truth! Itâs a myth! Itâs about time we correct this misconception and put this fear to rest.
While theoretically the selling of naked options carries [...]
Is options trading risky? This is one of the most popular questions that options trading beginners ask. In fact, my clients ask me this same question all the time. I would then ask them “What do you mean by risky?”. The usual answer would be “Can I lose a lot of money in options trading?”.
At [...]
The recent stock market crisis (2008) not only rocked the financial system and the world economy but also the pockets of countless options traders all over the world. Options traders who used to profit in the years prior to this market crisis broke their bank as none of their options strategies seem to work in [...]