Options Trading

Use Intel Options to Profit From a Rebound

By Dan Passarelli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Sell a put option spread on Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) to prepare for a rally in the stock.

Charts Show Bear Wedges Form in SPX, VIX

By J.W. Jones
The charts of indices CBOE S&P 500 Index Options (CBOE: SPX) and the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) show a market sell off.

Buy SRX Calls, Buy OSK Puts

By Ken Trester
Buy call options on SRA International (NYSE: SRX), and buy put options on Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK).

Options Strategies: Bull Call Spread

By The Options Industry Council
The Options Industry Council offers a briefing on options strategies.

Options Strategies: Protective Put

By The Options Industry Council
The Options Industry Council offers a briefing on options strategies.

Sprint, SPYs, Starbucks Lead Options Action

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Your daily options trading wrap up. Sentiment Stocks are broadly lower late-Thursday. Economic data was in focus early after the Labor Department reported the jobless…

Options Strategies: Married Put

By The Options Industry Council
The Options Industry Council offers a briefing on options strategies.

Options Strategies: Long Call

By The Options Industry Council
The Options Industry Council offers a briefing on options strategies.

Midday Options See Sprint Rally

By Andrew Wilkinson, Interactive Brokers
Sprint (NYSE: S) is seeing a rally in midday options trading. Bears bought puts in Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) and Jackson Hewitt (NYSE: JTX).

Covered Call in CIT Could Net Strong Profits

By Chris McKhann, optionMONSTER
A trader in CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) bought 500,000 shares and sold 5,000 call options in a covered call or buy-write strategy.

Equities, Metals Due to Move Soon

By Chris Vermeulen
The markets have been moving sideways recently. Charts indicate a breakout will occur soon in equities, gold, and precious metals.

Solar Stock Puts Could Soon Shine

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors
Earnings are unpredictable for solar energy form LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK). Buy an April put option.

Inverse Fund the Perfect Play for a Bond Bubble Burst

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
The best inverse ETF to play the Treasury bond bubble at the end of the Fed's quantitative easing policies is ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF (NYSE: TBF).

Cisco, Coinstar Top Option Volume

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Options trading mild but bears haunt Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) while Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) rallied. Star Scientific (NASDAQ: CIGX) was active.

Trader Guards Against Cooling Starbucks

By David Russell, optionMONSTER
Starbucks (NYSE: SBUX) rallied this week so a trader implemented an option ratio spread to guard against a stock decline.

IBM Rallies in Intraday Options Trading

By Andrew Wilkinson, Interactive Brokers
IBM (NYSE: IBM) was active in intraday options trading along with Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. ( NASDAQ: CHSI) and TCF Financial Corp. (NYSE: TCB).

Options Pricing

By The Options Industry Council
The Options Industry Council offers the basics on getting started with options investing.

4 Cornerstones for Option Profits

By Andrew Hart
Options trading investors should keep four rules in mind. Watch options delta, minimize time decay, check volatility, and use time to your advantage.

QE II Has Had a Positive Effect on the Market

By Nick Atkeson and Andrew Houghton
The Federal Reserve policy of Quantitative Easing II has helped to send the stock market higher. The question is what will happen when it ends in June.
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