Options Trading

Dividend Option Play Often Much Ado About Little

By Adam Warner
Option traders should be wary of the AT&T (NYSE: T) ex dividend play.

4 Stocks to Sell in January

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
The list of stocks to sell in January contains three stocks in a downtrend and one precious metal ETF where you should consider employing an offensive selling strategy.

Options Today – Citigroup, NVIDIA, Sprint are Volume Leaders

By InvestorPlace Contributor
The options markets were active today with Citigroup (NYSE: C) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) seeing high-volume in bullish positions.

Gold Options Put Spreads Offer Risk, Income

By InvestorPlace Contributor
Selling an options put spread in the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) can generate premium income but it brings risks.

Pullback Likely in Stocks, Metals and Bonds

By J.W. Jones
Watch for profit opportunities in 2011 in gold, silver, bonds and the S&P 500 after several positive years in the markets.

Is the Gold Rush Really Over?

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Investors seem spooked by a 'possible head-and-shoulders' forming in gold, as gold futures and gold ETF GLD sell off.

Option Wrap Up for January 4

By InvestorPlace Contributor
Options busy with volume popping in Disney (NYSE: DIS), Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and its spin-offs Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI).

Be Wary of VIX Calls Calling the Market

By Adam Warner
VIX calls are acting contrary to their contrary role.

The Surprise Sector That’s Leading Off the New Year

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
The current market strength has an unexpected leader in the financial stocks.

Top 6 Stocks for January

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
The following technical picks represent the best buys for the month ahead.

Bank On This High-Risk Financial ETF

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Short-term traders should consider buying the Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: FAS).

Option Wrap Up for January 3

By InvestorPlace Contributor
The market rally send option volume up in Alcoa (NYSE: AA), and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), while Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), saw its daily put volume double.

Consider Puts as KB Home Reports Earnings

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors
Trading signals are against homebuilder KB Home (NYSE: KBH) as it reports earnings on Friday.

4 January Covered Calls to Sell

By Mike Scanlin, CEO, Born To Sell
Mannkind Corp. (NASDAQ: MNKD) January calls are popular for covered call sellers, along with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Inspire Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ISPH), and Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX).

Early Assignment Can Be a Gift

By Mark Wolfinger
A rookie option trader should not fear early exercise of an option that he sold as it can prove profitable.

New Money Should Hold Off a Correction – For Now

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
With pension, profit sharing and 401(k) plan money being put to work early in the year, we are unlikely to see a pullback before mid-January.

Strategic Thinking for 2011 for Gold, Oil and the S&P 500

By J.W. Jones
Traders preparing for 2011 should expect a drop in the S&P 500, and a continuing rise in gold and oil. However, gold will peak and sell off.

Volatile VIX Should Close 2010 Where it Began

By Adam Warner
The VIX in 2010 was highly volatile, tripling in value at one-point, but finishing the year about where it started near $17.

Top 6 ETFs to Buy for 2011

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
These exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have the fundamental and technical strength to carry them higher in the new year.
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