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Options Trading Basics

• Blessed Are The Greeks – Part I
  
  Blessed Are The Greeks – Part I The ancient Greeks are justly praised for inventing much of elementary mathematics. But it was left to moderns to create the tools that help options traders quantify...
• Blessed Are The Greeks - Part II
  
  Blessed Are The Greeks - Part II In Part I, we introduced the concept of the Greeks as trading tools and discussed delta and theta. We continue by examining gamma and vega. (Note: unlike the others,...
• Options 101
  
  Options 101 Trading shares of stock has become as common as surfing the Internet. But, like any financial investment, trading stock is risky. The price can fall unexpectedly and stay down for lengthy...
• Options Trading 101
  
  Options Trading 101 Stock and Bond trading strategies run the gamut from the simple 'buy and hold forever' to the most advanced use of technical analysis. Options trading has a similar spectrum....
• Options Trading 102
  
  Options Trading 102 Options trading can become very complicated very quickly. There are LEAPS (long-term contracts), choosers, barriers, compounds (exotics) and a host of technical parameters to...
• Funds and Options
  
  Funds and Options Trading options is risky. While the risk is limited to the cost of the option (the 'premium'), that isn't necessarily small. A Google June 400 call can cost around $2800. The...
• Options and Futures: Similarities and Differences
  
  Options and Futures: Similarities and Differences You often see the phrase 'options and futures', as if the two were financial Siamese twins. But, though similar, there are important differences the...
• Options Glossary
  
  Options Glossary Bid - The highest offered price at a specified time. Black-Scholes Model – A theoretical method of pricing using strike price, market price, interest rates, expiration date and other...
• Trading Strategies, Basic Concepts
  
  Trading Strategies, Basic Concepts There are several basic trading strategies, but in order to execute any of them successfully an investor new to options will need to know some elementary concepts....