If you want to learn to trade here?s a really useful option strategy that all traders should know. Let?s take a look at an option strategy that involves the selling of a put, often referred to as an uncovered put write or a naked put write.
About a month ago we talked about an options trader having a commitment to excellence. This time we?ll go over why an options trader needs a trading plan and how to go about writing one.
Moneyness isn?t a word, is it? Dan uses it often and he even has a section about it in his books. It won?t be found on spell-check, but moneyness is a very important term when it comes to learning to trade options.
Perhaps the most easily understood of the options price influences is the price of the underlying. All stock traders are familiar with the impact of the underlying stock price alone on their trades.
One infrequently discussed topic important to understand in becoming familiar with the mechanics of learning to trade options is that of the various settlement issues.
With the holidays in full swing and trading volume falling off, it might be a good time to give yourself a mental break and reflect on your trading. Are you the great options trader you thought you would be by now or have you ever wondered what truly makes a great options trader?
One of the bullish strategies in the arsenal of an options trader is that of selling puts.
One of the effects of the seasonality of options (that I talk a lot about with my options coaching students) is that premium sellers see the most dramatic erosion of the time value of options they have sold during the last week of the options cycle
One of the effects of the seasonality of options is that premium sellers see the most dramatic erosion of the time value of options they have sold during the last week of the options cycle.
One of the basic directional spreads when learning to trade options is that of the vertical spread. It is extremely versatile and represents a major building block of more complex spreads.
Do you know how many different types of options strategies there are? A lot: That?s how many!
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