All Posts Tagged With: "options"

This Market is Not Risky Enough

By John K. Whitehall, Oxbury Research

That’s right.

I’m tired of all the stability, certainty, and guaranteed returns in the stock market lately.

Or so seems to be the thought process behind Direxion Funds’ introduction of a couple of brand-new ETFs…

7Nov2008 | Oxbury Research | 0 comments | Continued

Options expiration trading patterns prevail

Program-trading firms could influence stock market direction

As strange as it seems, in all this wild volatility the weekly patterns are still playing out normally. For instance, options expirations take place on the third Friday of each month. The week…

29Oct2008 | Street Smart Report | 0 comments | Continued

Investing in Options Speculation

Sensible Speculation and Super Leverage

I was very fortunate to join my dad, Steve Sarnoff, as co-editor of Options Hotline in 1995, and I worked closely with him for four years. If you aren’t familiar with my dad, he’s an author…

9Sep2008 | The Penny Sleuth | 0 comments | Continued

The Best Way to Pick Options

The Fundamentals of Options

What’s the best way to pick option plays?

While there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of different answers to that question, now is not the time to get overly sophisticated. I like to keep it simple, and…

2Sep2008 | The Penny Sleuth | 0 comments | Continued

Option Pitfalls

Five Pitfalls Stock Option Investors Make Over and Over Again

One of the best ways to make money in the stock market is to not buy stocks at all. But instead, buy a stock’s derivative — or option. This way, you…

17Jul2008 | The Penny Sleuth | 0 comments | Continued

Six Useful Tips When Investing in Options

How to Profit as Stocks Seek a Bottom

Stocks ended the holiday-shortened trading week looking for a bottom. Will they find it this week and test sellers’ mettle by mounting a strong snapback rally or will buyers continue to spit for…

9Jul2008 | The Penny Sleuth | 0 comments | Continued
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