If you are going to place your own orders (and why not?) then an overview of types of orders is fitting and proper.
Options FAQs: Limit Order vs. Market Order
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Options FAQs: Defining Common Options Terms
One of the harder things abut what I do is getting the options education level of my readers correctly. I?m too basic and I bore the readers who? know. I?m too advanced and I bore the one?s who do. So, let?s err on the side of caution and review some terminology. Call...
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 FAQs: What Is Option Assignment?
What is Option Assignment? The assignment process can be very confusing to new options traders. The assignment process occurs after option buyers exercise their long option positions. At that point option sellers receive an assignment notice and are required to either...
More Uses for Puts
In my last article, I wrote about buying long-term put options as a part of a long-term investment strategy