This is the final part of the Delta and Gamma series…

If it isn't obvious yet, you have to understand delta to grasp gamma. You could probably go on to learn about the other two important "greeks," theta and vega. But you can't really "get gamma" unless you know delta.

Last part of a series discussing two important options hedging concepts.

Second part in a series discussing two of the fundamental Greeks in options trading.

Part one in a series looking at two of the fundamental Greeks in options trading.

Many times I receive interesting questions from our graduates in my email box, and occasionally, I like to share them with our general reading audience. Here are some of the questions that I was asked recently. Some questions are related to the topics of options, others to stop losses, while others are on the topic of ETFs. Hence, in this article there is a bit for everyone.

A major story in late 2009 was the negative correlation between equities and the U.S. dollar. It appears the attention has been well deserved: both the 3-month and 1-year rolling correlations are the lowest they’ve been in at least two decades.

This expos?, the second in a series of articles on the topic of Butterfly spreads, will visually show how to place a Call Butterfly spread using the TradeStation platform. The actual trade is NOT meant to be a trade suggestion.

This article is the first in a series of several articles that will address in greater detail the option strategies known as Butterflies. In this one, I am trying to introduce the basic concept of a Butterfly without providing any specific examples. Specific examples will follow in the subsequent newsletters.

Options Insider readers can view a live webinar today with Options Insider Founder Mark Longo. The subject of the webinar is using options to add income and downside protection to an equity portfolio.

Let us turn our attention towards Horizontals, which are also known as Time or Calendar spread trades.

For an options trader, one of the most remarkable aspects of the 2008 financial crisis was that it featured months in which many options closed in or near the money when, even weeks before, they were deep out-of-the-money (DOTM) and "worthless." The lesson is that ostensibly overpriced options are totally devoid of value, until they aren't…