Option theory may work great ? in theory, but sometimes it pays to take a look at how options actually behave in the open market.

Do you feel like you've seen this movie before? Trouble in the Middle East. People in the streets; panic in the market.

In the field of financial speculation, the boundaries of pain and pleasure are constantly being tested.

Recently, I taught an option class in NYC during which we were covering the use of longer term options.

I highly suggest that you follow strict position sizing based on your money management parameters.

Is your trading profit and loss kind of like the weather here in Texas this winter? That is hot one week, cold the next, hot the next week, cold the next, and on and on and on? There are a couple of things that could contribute to these swings in the P & L.

One of the important odds enhancers for analyzing our trades is how price arrives to test the supply or demand level.

I know many traders (and former traders) that have blown up their accounts (in some cases several accounts) and had to stop trading.

The goal for most traders is consistent profits; life-long income from speculating in markets.

Commodity Futures markets are dominated by Commercial traders on a daily basis.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away from here, options watchers used to obsess over "expiration pins."

Option traders manage risk. Want a job description? That's about it.