Exploring Diagonal Time Spreads with John Summa, Ph.D.
Diagonal Time Spreads with John Summa, Ph.D. Time spreads are one of the most flexible basic options strategies a trader has available. This class of trade involves the use of long and short options with differing expiration months. Depending upon how they are constructed, you might hear them referred to as calendar spreads, horizontal spreads,
How to Build and Execute a Trading Plan
Building and Executing a Trading Plan [video url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDirpuvNUKA" width="640" height="360" type="embed" title="How to Build and Execute a Trading Plan" splash=""] Mark Sebastian joined our community for a 1-hour live presentation in which he shared some of his insight and thoughts about building and executing a trading plan. Links to those books and videos referenced during
Protecting Your Trades During a Market Sell-Off
We are seeing a continuation of the selling that we saw yesterday. This is a follow through from last Friday when the rally faded intra-day. Market watchers are expecting a poor earnings season on the order of what we saw in 2009, so for many it is only prudent to take profits. Yesterday, I added
Stock Repair Options Strategy
Stock Repair Options Strategy How to Fix a Covered Call Trade We are often asked how to fix a covered call trade or its synthetic equivalent, a cash secured put. The basic scenario involves a trader who was bullish on a stock and decided to trade a covered call or cash secured put, but now
