An option is a derivative trading product that is best used by investors as a hedging tool providing profit protection and profit enhancement. Although it is a powerful risk management tool, it can also be used effectively as a stand-alone trading vehicle.
Under the proper conditions, options do not have to be paired with stock or [...]
Trading options can be highly profitable if done correctly. Options contracts get written on many different assets including currencies and commodities. One way is to spot trade these markets and the other way is to use options on these assets. Several currencies and commodities such as gold and copper are intimately related. You can use [...]
Introducing the Amazing Stock Repair Strategy. This strategy involves buying one at-the-money call option while simultaneously selling two out-of-the-money call options on the same stock, in the same month.
The construction of this trade is critical. First, you must make sure to purchase exactly the equivalent amount of at-the-money call options as shares of stock you [...]
If you are interested in trying out a new vehicle of investment, take a look into options trading, which can offer the investor huge advantages with greater flexibility. With stock options trading, you are given the choice to take bets on very specific outcomes in the market.
The benefit of options trading is in its [...]
Stock options trading can be dangerous business–very dangerous. Of course, folk get entangled with it because it can also be very , very rewarding. With options, you leverage underlying assets for a certain time period. You don’t have to buy the assets, just pay a premium up front in order to have control over them [...]
As previously stated, when we buy a stock, three potential outcomes exist. The stock can go up, go down, or remain stagnant. Let’s hypothesize results across these three scenarios. Say you buy the stock for $31.00 and buy the front month 30 put for $1.00.
In the ‘up’ scenario, let’s assume the stock price is $31.50 [...]
Do you know how to STRANGLE stocks with options? Suppose, the market is expecting a big announcement. Something like the interest rate change by the FED or a sudden bankruptcy of a big investment bank or a corporation. This announcement is going to move the market big. You want to profit from this big move [...]
Construction of a vertical spread occurs with the purchase and sale of a call (put) in the same stock and in the same month. The only difference between the two options is the strike price. For example, an investor would construct a vertical spread by purchasing the IBM June 55-call while selling the June IBM [...]