Archive for March, 2012

The Option Trader's Hedge Fund: A Business Framework for Trading Equity and Index Options

Mark Sebastian from OptionPit has published a book on options trading.  With the amount of energy he has put into establishing his own trading company, publishing articles for the likes of Expiring Monthly, and elbowing his way into the mainstream financial media, it was only a matter of time that we saw him explore yet

Mar 21st, 2012
by Christopher Smith

Collar Options Strategy

I have a request to comment upon the collar options strategy. Would you comment on the use of the Collar Strategy? At least 1 writer has stated, "The Collar should form the foundation for your trading strategy." I don't know who the one writer is, and it is quite possible that the quote was taken

Mar 18th, 2012
by Christopher Smith

Is it Better to Buy Options or to Sell Options?

This past Wednesday, Stan Freifeld from McMillan Analysis Corp. joined us for a live web-cast presentation to discuss the myths surrounding option buying and selling.  There is a lot of misinformation out there on this subject and we have addressed it here in our community on a few prior occasions, but it never hurts to

Mar 11th, 2012
by Christopher Smith

Small Cap Stocks are Lagging the Market

We are watching this market rally defy the expert's calls for a price pull-back. Those bearish folk argue that the market has already made extreme price advances and that with the uncertainty surrounding European debt restructuring and now a tenuous situation with Iran that is causing oil prices to surge, current price levels are not

Mar 3rd, 2012
by Christopher Smith
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