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Articles tagged "options":
42 articles found
Learn Options Trading And Make A Fortune!
Options trading can be highly profitable if you know how to do it. Otherwise, you can lose your shirt with options. Options contracts are now available on almost everything; stocks, currencies, commodities, ETFs, stock indexes, futures just to name a few. You can use different options trading strategies to profit from any market. Just understand how options behave before you start serious investing with options!
How Taxation Rules Your Investment Options
You grow your savings so to use them later. Outside of contributing they grow according to how you invest them. Government's taxation plays an important part in how you choose what to invest in and how to hold that investment. This article overviews how your savings or investments are taxed and how that influences what you choose to invest in.
The Advantages Of Using Google Tools In Your Search
I wonder how many people are aware of the many features Google offers those who utilize their search function? For the most part, people go to Google and type in their chosen keywords or search terms and look no further than the result options that they are given.
Covered Calls Vs. Dividends - Option Trading For Income Investors
This article explains the basics of how to sell covered calls and increase your dividend yields dramatically.
Should I Rollover My 401k To An IRA?
Is it smart to rollover your 401k to an IRA? Learn the 5 must know secrets why not rolling over your 401k could cost you plenty.
Why Losing Trades Are Good For You
Many people enter trading, whether it be stocks, options, commodities or other markets, after having been very successful in their primary occupation. Many of these new traders are perfectionists by nature and driven to be successful. This often leads to several fatal flaws in trading.
Two emotions, fear and greed, can be lethal to your financial success. Developing an unemotional, systematic approach to your trading and investments is crucial for success. This paper will present five guidelines to help you control your emotions and improve your trading results.
Trading Options: Good Or Evil?
You have probably heard people refer to options as a risky enterprise, akin to gambling. And it is true that options trading can be very risky, especially when engaged in with minimal knowledge and preparation. The average stockbroker or financial planner does not have sufficient options knowledge to guide you in the use of options in your portfolio. But that doesn't mean options cannot play a role in a conservative portfolio of stocks.
Trade Options With A 90% Probability Of Success
It is critically important to match one's trading style and risk tolerance with the right trading strategy. This paper discusses the opposite ends of the probability spectrum of trading strategies.
Many people think of options trading as very risky and suitable only for the "high rollers". In this article we will demonstrate one of the ways options can be used in conservative financial portfolios.
Beginning options traders often are confused about the organization of option chains. This paper covers the basic concepts surrounding which options are available at any given point in time, and how that may affect the options you trade.
Successfully trading any market requires education, hard work, a systematic approach, practice (experience), and discipline. There is no free lunch.
Beware The Hype In Options Trading
The options education industry is loaded with excessive marketing hyperbole, exaggeration, half-truths, and "get rich quick" schemes. Don't be deceived by the hype.
Vertical Spreads And Implied Volatility
Following is a common myth of options spread trading: When implied volatility is high, sell credit spreads and when implied volatility is low, buy debit spreads. But this is simply not true. The credit spread and its corresponding debit spread at the same strike prices will always have virtually identical returns on investment (ROI).
Facts And Fallacies About Risk/Reward Ratios
One will commonly hear or read the following "rule of thumb" for trading: Only trade positions with potential profits of at least three times the potential loss. This sounds like a reasonable rule, but it ignores the probabilities involved. Buying a lottery ticket for $1 to potentially make one million dollars certainly meets this criterion for a good trade. But we intuitively know that the odds against us winning are astronomical.
Many conservative income generation trading strategies depend on the time decay inherent in options pricing. These trades are based on time decay working in the trader's favor.
Squeezing Additional Income From Your Stocks
Many people think of options trading as very risky and suitable only for the "high rollers". This article briefly surveys how options can be used in conservative financial portfolios to boost the income from your stocks.
Option Expiration And Exercise
Beginning options traders often make costly mistakes due to either a lack of knowledge or misinformation about the basic parameters of options and their exercise. Examples of common errors include being surprised that one is unable to close an index option position on the Friday before expiration, or being surprised by an unhedged option exercise during expiration.
The iron condor option spread is a conservative, non-directional trading strategy that may be used for consistent income generation. This strategy profits as long as the index trades within the channel formed by the two spread positions. However, the maximum losses possible are several times larger than the maximum potential profits. Hence, prudent trade management and adjustment strategies are crucial for success with the iron condor.
Bottom Fishing For High Dividend Stocks - Part 5
A quick checklist for comparing covered calls and puts.