One of the greatest advantages of options trading is its extreme flexibility in both the initial construction of positions and in the ability to adjust a position to match the new outlook of the underlying.
Options & Math
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Getting Paid
Cut your losses short and let your profits run.
A Few Steps in the Process
Successfully speculating in the financial markets can be extremely challenging; this is due to all the unknown factors that are continuously present in the markets.
Options Mailbag
Occasionally, I use one of these columns for answering questions that readers ask. We have a couple of interesting ones today.
Options Insider Radio: Barchart.com
In this episode, Mark is joined by Eero Pikat, President and co-owner of Barchart.com
Options Mailbag
Over the last few months, I?ve gotten quite a few letters with questions about the options articles. Today is a good day to follow up on some of those questions, and make some clarifications.
Volatility Trading Digest – Strategy Idea & Trend Continuation
Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.
Volatility Trading Digest – Support at 1600 Held
In this Digest, we consider what to do now right after reviewing our market indicators.
Properly Thinking The Forex Markets
One of the main problems new traders have when they begin their journey down the education path to self empowerment is that they skip the most important first step: how to properly ?think? money and markets.
Volatility Trading Digest – Breakout Test Underway
Last Wednesday, after a long run from the May 3 breakout the S&P 500 Index began the inevitable overdue test of support rather dramatically, as the volume increased, the trading range expanded and the day ended in a Key Reversal.
Indicator Filter
Successful traders rely on reading price movement itself in order to find and manage trades.
GOOG Skew Bend-o-Rama
With the VIX up .05 to 12.86 as I write this the market is taking a long overdue breather.