Options 101

VIX Sending Mixed Signals

By Chris Rowe
If you're trying to predict the market's next move with the VIX, you'll need a little help from some other indicators.

Your Guide to Hedging With the VIX

By Adam Warner
There are many ways to hedge with the VIX depending on your time frame.

What’s a Record-Breaking VIX Mean for You?

By Adam Warner
The VIX rallied 14.5% last month, marking the largest August spike since 2001.

How to Pick the Right Strike Price

By Nick Atkeson and Andrew Houghton
Find out how to greatly increase your odds of success by choosing the right options to trade.

Don’t Be Fooled by the VIX

By Adam Warner
The VIX exaggerates fear levels on Mondays.

An Options Strategy That Beats Dividends

By Ron Ianieri
Learn a better way to generate income than buying dividend stocks.

4 Options Trading Myths Busted

By Mark Wolfinger
Beginner traders may need help separating the truth from the myth.

A Market Hedge You Want to Avoid

By Adam Warner
Find out why VIX product VXZ does not make a good market hedge, especially in the current environment.

3 Factors That Affect an Option’s Price

By Nick Atkeson and Andrew Houghton
While the price of an option is influenced by many factors, 90% of it is based on three things.

How to Get Options Orders Filled Sooner

By Nick Atkeson and Andrew Houghton
Find out why other people's orders may get executed ahead of yours.

Fear and Loathing in the VIX

By Adam Warner
Fear is excessive and overpriced here, but not entirely unwarranted.

What Makes the Latest VIX Product Different

By Adam Warner
Most VIX products have a fatal flaw that makes long-term holding dangerous, but the new inverse VIX ETN may be different.

Friday’s Sell-Off a Prelude of Declines to Come

By Ron Ianieri
The bulls have used previous earnings seasons as launching pads for this rally since 6,500 on the Dow. Could this earnings season be different?

2 New Ways to Trade Volatility

By Adam Warner
If you want to trade volatility, you could use VIX options, but there are now two better ways.

How to Trade Volatility in This Market

By Adam Warner
When we're seeing complacency and abject fear at the same time, traders may have to alter their approach.

Stock Trading Tools: 5 Ways Twitter Can Make You a Better Trader

By OptionsZone Experts
Twitter is an invaluable tool for investors and option traders. Learn how you can use Twitter to your advantage.

4 Tips for Surviving This Volatile Market

By Adam Warner
Volatility has surged back into the markets. Find out how to survive and profit in this environment.

7 Tips for Trading Options Like a Long-term Investor

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint
Options can be effectively used by longer-term investors to gain leverage that simply going long a stock does not afford.

Do You Know Squat About VXX?

By Adam Warner
If you think the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) mirrors the VIX, you're mistaken.
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