Options Trading

Silver Offers Options Profits for the Savvy

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Careful options traders can profit on iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) with covered calls, and bull call and put spreads.

Buy Calls on Zebra, Puts on Cabela

By Ken Trester
Buy call options on Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA), and buy put options on Cabela's (NYSE: CAB).

Visa, Semi-Conductors Lead Options Volume

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
Visa (NYSE: V), Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) busy options trading before earnings. CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) rallies again.

Silver Weekly Option a Nail Biter

By OptionsZone Experts
The iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) options fall while one trader may have turned bullish in the Energy Select SPDR (NYSE: XLE).

Inept Fed Creates Commodity Bubble

By J.W. Jones
Market charts indicate Federal Reserve policies will bring inflation, higher interest rates and a recession.

Playing an Earnings Trend in Auxilium

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors
Buy a put option on Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AUXL) to prepare for an earnings sell-off.

Is There a Bin Laden Trade?

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint
Try a covered call option trade on Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE), US Oil Fund (NYSE: USO).

A Gold Bottom Signals a Put Spread

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Sell a SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) put options spread If the ETF hits its $140 bottom.

Second Chance to Buy BHI

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Investors who missed getting into Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) may have an opportunity to buy close to its bullish support line.

Silver Tanks, Option Traders Adjust

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
The iShares Silver Fund (NYSE: SLV) saw heavy downside trading in the options market today.

Industrial and Material SPDRS Top Options

By OptionsZone Experts
Industrial SPDR (NYSE: XLI) and Materials SPDR ETF (NYSE: XLB) top midday option trading volume.

KOL Offers Energized Covered Call Trade

By Stutland Volatility Group
A covered call option on Market Vectors Coal ETF (NYSE: KOL) profits from a rise in energy prices.

Mine SLV Below 50-day Moving Average

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Investors should average into positions in the iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) on declining prices.

Sirius, Citi See Heavy Options Trading

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com
CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) is up as uncertain market sees option volume in Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI), Citigroup (NYSE: C).

Intel, Nokia Top Midday Option Volume

By OptionsZone Experts
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) see huge options volume while the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) rises above 17.

Option Profits as McDermott Bounces

By Stutland Volatility Group
A strangle option trade on McDermott International (NYSE: MDR).

VIX Rally Screams for a Yawn

By Adam Warner
A rally in the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) may mean little.

Selling Puts vs. Covered Calls – Which Is Better?

By John Jagerson, Editor, Strategic Trader
Many investors are surprised to learn that the benefits of covered calls can be had without increasing risk by selling short or naked puts.

NASDAQ Nears CBOE in Options Volume

By OptionsZone Experts
The Chicago Board Options Exchange had the top market share of options trading volume in April.
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