If you are like most people, in these times of economic uncertainty you are looking for a way to earn extra money, that doesn’t take a lot of time, preferably from home and that doesn’t require a lot of capital to get started. If you fall into this category then options trading might be just [...]
The individual investor will typically include some stocks in their investment portfolio. And whether they are a long term trader or in it for much quicker returns, many investors understand and feel somewhat comfortable with the concepts and techniques of trading stocks.
Options tend to be much less understood – and therefore avoided. But Options can [...]
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 [...]
Before we can begin to trade in options, we need to understand the basic terminology of these sophisticated financial instruments so that we can start to interpret the mass of figures which appear, when an option chain appears on the screen.
Each option has a so called strike price. This is the price at which the [...]
“To everything (turn, turn, turn)There is a season (turn, turn, turn)And a time for every purpose, under heavenA time to be born, a time to dieA time to plant, a time to reapA time to kill, a time to healA time to laugh, a time to weep” – The Byrds
Just like the seasons [...]