We call our students Proactive Investors
Proactive Investing ? What It Is All About
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Options ? Riding Black Swans
The world of finance has had many black swans.
Options Basics: The Greeks Part 2
Last time we began a series on the Greeks. These are the variables that describe how option prices are expected to change, in response to certain forces.
Options ? More on Time Value
In the last few articles I?ve described the factors that effect the amount of time value in an option.
Options ? Is Time Relative?
I have been writing recently about the factors that influence option prices. Specifically, I?ve been talking about the things that affect the time value portion of an option?s price.
Options and Time Value
The value of the possibility of a put gaining even more intrinsic value is called time value.
Back to Options Trading Basics
Today I?ll go back to options trading basics. If you are a new option trader, or interested in seeing what option trading has to offer, this is for you.
Calculating Risk and Reward on Option Trades
In all kinds of trading, we have to assess risk and reward on every trade.
Using Option Collars As a Protective Measure
In this post, Russ discusses how using option collars can help protect a stock portfolio from market crashes.
More on Protecting Investments
Recently I described four separate methods for using options for protecting your investments. Today we?ll go into more detail on two of them.
Condors: Adjusting the Flight Plan
In my last article, I started an example of an Iron Condor using the stock of Yahoo (YHOO). Today we?ll continue with that example.
Calendars to Condors
The Calendar strategy requires that the stock price remain in a range in order to make a profit. If it moves too far either way, there will be a loss.