Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Covered Call is an options strategy where an investor holds a long position in an asset or stock and writes (sells) call options on the same asset. This is also known as a “buy-write” strategy if this stock is purchased simultaneously when writing the call. Usually the stock is held in the same brokerage account [...]
Friday, June 25th, 2010
In option trading, there are 2 basic option strategy. The long call or long put. Long call is the perfect strategy beginner. A call is an option to buy stock. When buying a call, you are hoping that the underlying/stock will go up. If you know that a securities have a target price higher than [...]
Friday, June 11th, 2010
The great thing about a straddle is that it’s non-directional. This means that you can make money without forecasting market direction. In other words, it doesn’t matter whether the stock price goes up or down in the near future – you can still make money either way – as long as it moves somewhere. The [...]
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Bullish trading options strategies mean that in order to make a profit, investors are aiming and waiting for the price of asset or options to go up. Each of the strategy includes instructions in making trades using several strategies, detailed description, and calculations of rewards or risks with its chart. These bullish strategies include the [...]
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
By Ian Sani.
A stock market has various options for the investors to buy stocks. You could choose to buy any shares in the open market and sell them at a profit. The nature of stock market is such that you could stash enough dimes, if the going is good.
On the other hand, you could lose [...]