by Dan Keen All stock market and options market trading involves the risk of the money that is at play. However, here are five huge benefits of covered call writing that you may wish to consider. Benefit #1: If you buy a stock on the stock market, and that stock...
by Thomas DeMark Short Straddle In a short straddle, the trader believes the market will consolidate or move sideways into the options’ expirations. A short straddle entails the simultaneous sale of a call option and a put option of the same security, strike...
by Jea Yu We have all failed. No one is excluded. The journey is about coming to terms with the truth. The vast majority of traders ultimately blow out. You have most likely blown out once, twice, or more. The reality is that trading is getting...
by Peter McKenna Consumer Price Index (CPI) Time Released: 8:30 AM, Monthly, Covers Prior Month Released By: Labor Department/Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) When a dentist and his wife walk into a Home Depot in Chicago and pay $20 more for a new refrigerator than...
by Darrell Jobman Options can be used in many different ways to tailor your investment program; we will look at only a few possibilities. The concepts apply to options on stock indexes, index futures or individual stocks, but you should understand them...
by Jon Najarian Jon “Doctor J” Najarian has used the CPR strategy for many, many years – a strategy he himself discovered and then popularized. In fact, it’s become somewhat famous and was one of the main topics the instructors of the Chicago Board Options...
by Rob Roy For a trader just learning a new strategy it’s often best to walk through a trade that creates a situation that lands “in the gray”, which covers more unique occurrences that may pop up trading in the real world. This gives them a method to safely...
by Don Wellenreiter You have probably heard the stories. Investors just like you play the futures markets, buy options, and make huge amounts of money. Golf caddies made a few good trades and were able to retire at the ripe old age of 32. Letter...
by Lee Gettess Risk is the area of trading that we have the greatest amount of control. Consequently, what we should try to do is equalize the risk on each trade. We can only make educated guesses as to which trades should be the big winners, but if we risk...
by Adam Oliensis One of the most important reversal candlesticks is the Doji. A doji is characterized by opening and closing prices that are identical (or virtually identical). The ideal doji, with the same opening and closing price, has a real body that is a...