New System Makes Learning New Languages a Breeze

(Wed Nov 7th, 2007, by Tim Frazer)

Did you ever want to learn a new language but never started because you knew it would be too hard? Did you ever try to learn a language by going to classes, buying courses, programs, software etc but still got nowhere? Well you’re not alone! Learni...

Buying Calls in Lieu of Stock

(Thu Oct 25th, 2007, by Len Yates)

I'm a great believer in technology. I realize that these became overvalued in the year 2000. Too bad they lost half their value before it started to come out that they were having a business slowdown. They lost half their value again since then, a...

The Beauty of Combinational Strategies

(Thu Oct 25th, 2007, by Len Yates)

I have written about all the main option strategies and many of those articles have been about combinational strategies – trades involving two or more options simultaneously.   The reason I’ve sought to bring your attention to the ...

Growth Investing

(Thu Oct 25th, 2007, by Jim Graham)

Investors that focus on fundamentals tend to have a bias towards value investing when looking for potential trades. Growth investing is another major school of investment theory that relies on analyzing the fundamentals. One way to understa...

Options Expiration Cycles

(Thu Oct 25th, 2007, by Jim Graham)

Deciding which stock option to trade based on your expectations for the underlying stock requires choosing an expiration month.  And the expiration month you choose can have a significant impact on the potential success of any option trade. ...

Option Strategies and the Use of Options

(Thu Oct 25th, 2007, by Jim Graham)

One of the great things about options is that you can use them for a very wide range of strategies, and each of these strategies has a different risk/reward profile. Some are high-risk, like the speculative buying of call and put options; others...

The Big Three Economic Indicators

(Wed Oct 24th, 2007, by Jim Graham)

Traders are always trying to understand the factors that cause the market to rise and fall. The truth is that there are a multitude of factors, and millions of investors make decisions that impact the market every day. Corporate earnings an...

When should you exercise an option early?

(Wed Oct 24th, 2007, by Jim Graham)

The variables used to come up with a “fair value” for a stock option are the price of the underlying stock, volatility, time, dividends, and interest rates. While the first three deservedly get most of the attention, since they have ...

Hedging Your Portfolio with Index Options

(Wed Oct 24th, 2007, by Jim Graham)

Institutions and mutual funds are the biggest customers for index options. To manage large diversified stock portfolios, it is easier to purchase puts on an index or sector rather than doing hundreds of trades on each individual stock. Wh...

Incorporating Options into your Trading Portfolio

(Wed Oct 24th, 2007, by Jim Graham)

Perhaps the most difficult aspect of buying and selling options is self-discipline. If you do not set policies and trading rules regarding when to close a position, how to reduce risk, or what you hope to achieve then it will be difficult to pro...