Options Trading

5 ETF Advantages

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are turning into the "next big thing" in many investment circles.

How Time Affects Your Options Positions

Options are 'wasting assets' that decline in value over time. Learn how time decay impacts your positions and how you can turn the 'enemy' of time into an ally.

What’s Ahead for the TED Spread?

This premium measure has jumped to its highest level in more than 20 years. We can explain why it happened.

Insider Trading – The Sad Truth About Insider Trading in Options

Find out why insider trading is so popular in options.

Volatility: The Option Buyer’s Secret Weapon

Many experts claim that buying options is a sucker's game, but they don't understand the rules.

Are Single Stock Futures a Better Hedge for Options Traders?

Explore another option to hedge with stock futures.

Make Explosive Option Profits This Earnings Season

In the next few weeks, almost every CEO of every publicly traded company in the land will get in line outside the Earnings Confessional and tell the truth to the world.

8 Keys to Trading for Bear Market Profits

In the midst of a bear market, there are eight secrets that will pave the way to bear market profits.

How to Track Options Volatility – Part II

In Part II of his article on volatility, Randy Frederick further explores the use of put/call ratios in options trading.

Give Yourself Time to Be Right

Risk is everywhere on Wall Street, conquer it with stock options.

Where Has All the Money Gone?

With money market accounts losing funds at such a rapid rate, U.S. corporations are finding it increasingly difficult to fund their short-term capital needs.

Don’t Stop ‘Banking’ on a Bailout

The Titanic is only just approaching the iceberg. And there aren't enough lifeboats handy for everyone who's going to need one.

Using Credit-Default Swaps in Your Options Trading

Just like you can use put options to 'insure' your portfolio, credit-default swaps also fall under the 'derivatives' umbrella. Learn more about the CDS market here.

Give Yourself Time to Be Right

Risk is everywhere on Wall Street, conquer it with stock options.

How to Track Options Volatility – Part I

If the market is driven by "fear and greed," then understanding the best way to measure these emotions could improve your trading.

No Paulson Plan, but it’s Still $700 Billion to You and Me

While Congress and the president wrestle over a Wall Street bailout, the pain will eventually reach Main Street.

How I Would’ve Handled the Bailout Fiasco

Here's another plan that's better than the one Paulson dropped on the steps of Capitol Hill.

A Day Late and $2 Trillion ‘Short’

The move to stop short selling in the financials was like closing the barn door after the horses escaped.

Short Ban Bandages Bullet Wounds

The government banned shorting as a way of keep the perceived 'bullies' from stealing the little guy's lunch money. But what they've done only removed the teachers from the school.