Calls, Puts & Options Trades

Put Sellers Give Groupon a Halfhearted Vote of Confidence

By Beth Gaston Moon, InvestorPlace Contributor
The options-trading community saw a silver lining to Groupon’s recent stock decline and industrious put sellers took a chance.

Covered Calls Provide Easy Money Every Month

By Traders Reserve
Covered calls are a great way to hedge your bets in the portfolio, particularly for stocks that are treading water over a long period of time.

Monster Beverage’s Monster Uptrend a Good Match for Calls

By John Kmiecik, InvestorPlace Contributor
Monster Beverage (MNST) has enjoyed a trend higher, and traders can try and benefit with a long call option strategy.

Options Plays for the Second Quarter

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor
Get your portfolio ready for the new quarter with long calls and long puts.

Using Call Options to Part Ways with Underperformers

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Still committed to a losing stock? Consider selling calls to make those losses a bit more palatable.

A Bullish Trading Idea on Nu Skin Enterprises

By John Kmiecik, InvestorPlace Contributor
The covered call is a moderately bullish options strategy that can yield modest gains in a short-term period.

Parabolic Rise in Apple Merits Protective Action

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Long puts on existing stock holdings, or "protective puts," can lower a trader's delta risk in the event the stock drops.

A SanDisk Trade Idea for Apple Bulls

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint
SanDisk benefits from Apple; option sellers benefit from SanDisk volatility.

RIM Before Earnings – Play It Safe or Straddle It?

By Joseph Hargett, InvestorPlace Contributor
Earnings are always an adventure for Research in Motion and this quarter may be no exception. Here are potential strategies ahead of the news.

Spring Clean Your Portfolio With Options

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor
If a stock in your portfolio is a loser, you have options - literally.

Call Buyers Think AIG Is Ripe for a Rally

By Beth Gaston Moon, InvestorPlace Contributor
Can the infamous insurer rise 50% in the next 10 months? Heavy call activity in the January series shows that some traders are betting big that it will.

Bears Are Ready for Best Buy Earnings

By Joseph Hargett, InvestorPlace Contributor
Best Buy has some strikes against it heading into its quarterly earnings, but it could be a candidate for a contrarian play.

Don’t Short Stocks to Play Downside – Puts Are Less Risky

By Jeff Reeves
Many people are looking for short selling opportunities. It's a reasonable idea after the rally - but investors should consider puts, too, to play the downside.

Option Traders Still Betting on Lower Volatility

By Chris McKhann, optionMONSTER
Both the VIX and the VXX are increasingly popular among option traders as volatility is expected to keep dropping.

3 Trade Ideas to Play the Housing Market

By Chris Johnson, CEO, Johnson Research Group
Consider long calls and pair trading to play the potential upside in the housing sector.

Advance in Bonds a Sucker’s Rally?

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Trade potential weakness in the bond market with an intermediate-term bear call spread.

Oil Spike Spells Opportunity

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Think crude will stay above $105? Consider shorting puts in the U.S Oil Fund ETF.

A United Technologies Trading Idea for the Bulls

By John Kmiecik, InvestorPlace Contributor
UTX has demonstrated fundamental and technical strength. One way for bulls to play the stock is with long calls.

A Bearish Play on Sirius?

By Beth Gaston Moon, InvestorPlace Contributor
Here's why an investor might buy a long stock position and a long put position at the same time.
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