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Articles for "Options Trading"

Using Volatility to Time Big Moves in the Market - 06/15/2009

How to Find ETFs and Stocks That Are About to Have Big Moves - 06/12/2009

My Simple Strategy for Trading Options Intraday - 06/05/2009

Trading Options for Income - 05/28/2009

Trading Options, Trading ETFs,
Part 3
- 05/19/2009

TradingMarkets Making Great Traders: The Best of This Week's Trading Lessons - 05/15/2009

When to Exit an Options Trade: Don't Gamble Away Your Profits - 05/13/2009

Trading Options, Trading ETFs, Part 1 - 05/12/2009

TradingMarkets Making Great Traders: The Best of This Week's Trading Lessons - 05/08/2009

Friday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 05/08/2009

Trading the Post-crash Implied Volatility Skew, Part 2 - 05/11/2009

Trading the Post-crash Implied Volatility Skew, Part 1 - 05/05/2009

TradingMarkets Making Great Traders: The Best of This Week's Trading Lessons - 05/01/2009

Knowing the Real Odds of Successful Options Trading - 04/28/2009

Day-Trading Options at Expiration with Jeff Augen, Part 2 - 04/24/2009

Monday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 04/20/2009

Day Trading Options at Expiration with Jeff Augen, Part 1 - 04/17/2009

TradingMarkets Making Great Traders: The Best of This Week's Trading Lessons - 04/10/2009

Fly Like a Condor: Trading Options and ETFs with Jared Woodard, Part 2 - 04/10/2009

How To Survive A Volatility Crush - 04/07/2009

Monday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 04/06/2009

Wednesday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 04/01/2009

Options Trading Strategies for Expiration Day - 03/31/2009

Using Calendar Spreads to Profit from a Bear Market - 03/26/2009

3 Ways to Identify a Market Bottom - 03/25/2009

How to Trade ETFs: Using Options to Lower Risk - 03/24/2009

How to Improve Your Odds When Trading Options - 03/04/2009

Options Update: Vale Sees Credit Spread Activity - 02/24/2009

Options Update: J.C. Penney Co. Draws Heavy Put Volume Post Earnings - 02/23/2009

Options Update: Bristol-Myers Squibb Calls Spike on Abbott Labs Settlement - 02/20/2009

Options Update: Dell Swarmed with Calls Following H-P's Earnings - 02/19/2009

Options Update: United States Steel Put Volume Swells on Bearish UBS Note - 02/18/2009

How I Trade Uncovered Options - 02/18/2009

Options Update: General Motors Puts Popular Ahead of Recovery Plan - 02/17/2009

Options Spotlight: Arch Coal, Inc. - 02/13/2009

What You Need to Know Before You Short - 02/12/2009

Using Moving Averages to Gain a Trading Edge - 02/12/2009

Options Update: American Express Racks Up Heavy Put Volume - 02/12/2009

Options Update: Yamana Gold Inc. Attracts Heavy Put Volume Despite UBS Initiation - 02/11/2009

Options Update: Juniper Networks' Calls Spike on Tech Stimulus Speculation - 02/10/2009

NY Times: Buy and Hold Does Not Work - 02/10/2009

Options Update: The Mosaic Company Attracts Puts Despite Strong Uptrend - 02/09/2009

Options Update: Qualcomm Draws Bullish Credit Spread Attention - 02/06/2009

Options Update: Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Calls Popular as Shares Rally - 02/05/2009

Options Update: GameStop Corp. Scores a Flood of Call Activity - 02/04/2009

How to Use the VIX to Guide Your Trading Decisions - 02/04/2009

Options Update: Are AutoNation Shares Stable Enough for a Calendar Spread? - 02/03/2009

Options Update: Caterpillar Buried Under Heavy Put Volume - 02/02/2009

Options Update: Masco Corp. Targeted by Unusual Put Volume - 01/30/2009

Options Update: Research In Motion Limited Draws Heavy Put Volume - 01/29/2009

Risk Management Techniques for Traders - 01/29/2009

Using LEAPs to Trade Earnings - 01/28/2009

Options Update: PNC Financial Services Draws Put Volume Ahead of Earnings - 01/27/2009

Options Update: Chesapeake Energy Calls Popular on BP Buyout Speculation - 01/26/2009

Options Update: Broadcom Draws Bullish Credit Spread Attention - 01/23/2009

Options Update: Straddling General Electric (GE) Ahead of Earnings - 01/22/2009

Options Update: Plunging U.S. Bancorp Shares Attract a Flood of Puts - 01/21/2009

Options Update: Microsoft Attracts Heavy Put Volume Ahead of Earnings - 01/20/2009

Options Update: eBay Swarmed by Put Volume as Shares Extend Losses - 01/16/2009

Options Spotlight: Merck & Company, Inc. - 01/16/2009

Options Update: Volume Soars on UAL Corp. After Bearish Brokerage Note - 01/15/2009

Options Update: Puts Spike on Caterpillar on Negative Construction Spending Report - 01/14/2009

Options Update: Put Volume Soars on General Electric Ahead of January Expiration - 01/13/2009

Options Buyers Bullish as Xilinx, Inc. Prepares to Report Earnings - 01/13/2009

Options Update: Visa Inc. Traders Begin Positioning Ahead of Earnings - 01/12/2009

Options Update: Volume Soars on Lennar Following Minkow Fraud Allegations - 01/09/2009

Options Update: Bank of America Targeted by Heavy Call Activity - 01/08/2009

Options Update: Traders Pile into Goodyear Tire & Rubber Call Options - 01/07/2009

Options Update: Valero Energy Puts Popular Despite Strong Crude Prices - 01/06/2009

Options Update: Wynn Resorts Limited Draws Bullish Credit Spread Attention - 01/05/2009

Options Spotlight: Massey Energy Company - 01/02/2009

Options Traders Shrug off The Boeing Company's Turbulent Year - 12/31/2008

The Business of Writing Covered Calls - 12/29/2008

Options Players Shrug off Starbucks Corporation's Bleak Outlook - 12/26/2008

Options Spotlight: Rowan Companies Inc. - 12/26/2008

Options Update: Myriad Genetics Targeted by a Bearish Put Debit Spread - 12/19/2008

Options Spotlight: Agilent Technologies Inc. - 12/19/2008

Options Update: Call Volume Spikes on Research In Motion Limited Ahead of Earnings - 12/18/2008

Options Update: Selling Strangles on Halliburton - 12/17/2008

Options Update: Call Volume Soars on The Boeing Company - 12/16/2008

Options Update: Put Volume Rises on Best Buy Ahead of Earnings - 12/15/2008

Options Update: Transocean Put Volume Spikes on S&P 500 Index Delisting - 12/12/2008

Options Spotlight: Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. - 12/12/2008

Options Update: Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Attracts a Flood of Call Volume - 12/11/2008

Options Update: Electronic Arts Inc. Hit with Heavy Put Volume Following Earnings Warning - 12/10/2008

Building the Ideal Options Trade in Volatile Markets - 12/10/2008

Options Update: DryShips' Call Volume Soars on Hopes of a Dry-Shipping Revival - 12/09/2008

Using Options to Trade Mean Reversion - 12/05/2008

2 Indicators to Help You Find Market Bottoms - 12/05/2008

Options Update: Starbucks Calls Popular Despite Brewing Economic Trouble - 12/04/2008

Options Spotlight: Hess Corporation - 12/04/2008

Keep Your Gains: Strategies for Locking in Profits - 12/03/2008

Options Update: SanDisk Call Volume Swells on Toshiba Buyout Rumors - 12/03/2008

Options Update: Akamai Technologies Call Volume Soars Following Cyber Monday - 12/02/2008

Options Update: 3M Company Hit with Potential Put-Buying Activity - 12/01/2008

Options Update: Shanda Interactive Entertainment's Put Volume Soars Ahead of Earnings - 11/26/2008

Options Update: Caterpillar Draws Bullish Credit-Spread Attention - 11/25/2008

4 Rules for Successful Short Selling - 11/25/2008

Options Update: Bullish Investors Pile into EMC Corp. Call Options - 11/24/2008

Options Update: Fifth Third Bancorp Searches for Support in Financial Storm - 11/21/2008

Options Update: Pulte Homes Put Sellers Bet on Long-Term Support - 11/20/2008

Options Spotlight: Schering-Plough Corporation - 11/20/2008

Options Update: Merrill Lynch Hit with Heavy November Put Volume - 11/19/2008

Options Update: Merck Puts Popular on Fitch Revision and Philly Delisting - 11/18/2008

Options Update: United Therapeutics Puts Popular on Failed Remodulin Study - 11/17/2008

Options Update: Dell Call Volume Spikes Ahead of Earnings - 11/14/2008

Options Spotlight: salesforce.com - 11/13/2008

Options Update: Are ProLogis Put Traders Calling a Bottom for the Stock? - 11/13/2008

Options Update: Gilead Science Call Volume Soars after Needham 'Buy' Rating - 11/12/2008

Options Update: American Express Targeted by Heavy Put Volume - 11/11/2008

Support and Resistance Lines - Are They Still Valid? - 11/11/2008

Options Update: Suncor Energy Attracts Call Activity on Scotia's Initiation - 11/10/2008

Options Update: Are Call Buyers Tuning in to RadioShack? - 11/07/2008

Options Spotlight: Myriad Genetics - 11/06/2008

Options Update: Bears Bombard Best Buy with Heavy Put Volume - 11/06/2008

Options Update: Chesapeake Energy Calls Active on Takeover Speculation - 11/05/2008

Options Update: Dendreon Attracts Put-Selling Activity on Recent Rally - 11/04/2008

Options Update: Solarfun Power Call Traders Positioning Ahead of Earnings - 11/03/2008

Options Update: Applied Material's Call Traders Posturing Ahead of Earnings - 10/31/2008

Options Update: Humana Attracts a Wave of Put Volume - 10/30/2008

Options Update: Exxon Mobil Targeted by Heavy Call Volume Ahead of Earnings - 10/29/2008

Options Update: Fiserv Targeted by a Credit-Spread Ahead of Earnings - 10/28/2008

Options Spotlight: Guess? Inc. - 10/28/2008

Options Update: Are Fifth Third Bancorp Traders Calling for a Bottom? - 10/27/2008

TradingMarkets Making Great Traders - The Best of This Week's Trading Lessons - 10/24/2008

Options Players Rush National City Corporation (NCC) on Buyout News - 10/24/2008

Options Update: Are Option Players Vacating Overseas Holdings? - 10/24/2008

Give Yourself Time To Be Right With Options - 11/03/2008

Options Update: Amgen Sees Heavy Post-Earnings Option Activity - 10/23/2008

How to Build Your Own ETF with Options - 10/23/2008

Options Spotlight: Short Interest - 10/23/2008

4 Rules for Trading Covered Calls Successfully - 10/23/2008

Options Update: Newmont Mining Put Traders Take Profits Following Plunge - 10/22/2008

Options Update: Are Options Traders Calling a Bottom for Texas Instruments? - 10/21/2008

Options Update: PepsiCo Put Options Gain Popularity - 10/20/2008

Options Update: Tempur-Pedic Puts Popular Post-Earnings - 10/17/2008

Options Update: Apple October Put Volume Spikes Ahead of Expiration - 10/16/2008

Options Spotlight: Peabody Energy - 10/16/2008

Options Update: Call Volume Swells on Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. - 10/15/2008

Options Update: Put Volume Spikes on E-Trade Financial Ahead of Earnings - 10/14/2008

Options Update: Call Volume Soars on Shaw Group Rally - 10/13/2008

Options Update: Straddling General Motors Amid Bankruptcy Speculation - 10/10/2008

Options Spotlight: Weatherford International - 10/09/2008

Options Update: Is DR Horton's Unusual Put Volume a Play on Earnings? - 10/09/2008

Options Update: Are Cisco Systems Put Traders Calling for a Bottom? - 10/08/2008

Options Update: Intel Put Volume Spikes as Shares Breach Key Technical Support - 10/07/2008

Options Update: Visa Put Volume Soars After Target Cut at Barclay's Capital - 10/06/2008

Options Update: Is the Outlook Sunny for a JA Solar Strangle? - 10/03/2008

Options Spotlight: Murphy Oil - 10/02/2008

Options Update: American Express Sees Heavy Put Activity - 10/02/2008

Options Update: Cypress Bioscience Sees Heavy Call Activity Ahead of FDA Decision - 10/01/2008

Options Update: Call Volume Spikes on National City - 09/30/2008

Options Update: Puts Pile on Exxon Mobil (XOM) as Crude Plunges Past $100 - 09/29/2008

Options Update: Put Traders Pile on Wachovia Following WaMu Collapse - 09/26/2008

Options Update: Capital One Financial Sees Spike in Put Volume on Stock Offering - 09/25/2008

Options Update: Put Activity Percolates on Starbucks - 09/24/2008

Wednesday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 09/24/2008

Options Update: Call Activity on The Mosaic Company Ahead of Earnings - 09/23/2008

Options Update: Lennar Sees Spike in Put Volume Ahead of Earnings - 09/22/2008

Options Update: Are Short Sellers Buying Calls to Cover their Financials Positions? - 09/19/2008

Stock Market? Down. Housing Market? Down. Investor Sentiment? Down. - 09/19/2008

Using Option Greeks: Implied Volatility and Investor Fear - 09/19/2008

Options Update: General Electric Bears Prompt Surge in Put Volume - 09/18/2008

Options Spotlight: Johnson & Johnson - 09/18/2008

Options Update: Are Google Options Traders Buying September Puts? - 09/17/2008

Options Update: Struggling AIG Sees Heavy Call and Put Volume - 09/16/2008

Options Update: Call Buying on Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan on USDA Report - 09/12/2008

Options Update: VMware Call Volume Soars - 09/11/2008

8 Reasons to Trade ETFs and Not Mutual Funds - 09/11/2008

Options Update: Kroger Call Volume Jumps Ahead of Earnings - 09/10/2008

Options Update: Citigroup Puts Popular as Credit Suisse Cuts Banking Stocks - 09/09/2008

Options Update: UAL Corp. Put Volume Soars on Bankruptcy Report - 09/08/2008

Options Update: Call Volume Floods SanDisk Following Samsung Interest - 09/05/2008

Options Update: Put Volume Spikes on Cisco Systems - 09/04/2008

Options Spotlight: McAfee, Inc. - 09/04/2008

Options Update: Qualcomm Put Volume Spikes on CEO's Cell-Phone Cycle Warning - 09/03/2008

Options Update: General Motors Sees Spike in Put Volume Following Delphi Rumors - 09/02/2008

Options Update: Yahoo! Call Volume Spikes on Google Ad Partnership - 08/29/2008

Friday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 08/29/2008

Options Spotlight: Cree, Inc. - 08/29/2008

Options Update: Evergreen Solar Attracting Call Option Buyers - 08/28/2008

Options Trading Spikes on Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. - 08/28/2008

Options Update: Mirant (MIR) Sees Spike in Call Volume - 08/28/2008

Options Update: A Calendar Spread on Teva Pharmaceuticals? - 08/26/2008

Options Update: General Electric Targeted by a Bullish Credit Spread - 08/26/2008

Options Update: Lehman Brothers Sees Massive Call and Put Volume - 08/25/2008

Options Update: Dendreon's Phase II Provenge Trial Sparks Put Volume Spike - 08/21/2008

Options Spotlight: Monster Worldwide - 08/21/2008

Options Update: Wells Fargo Put Volume Surges Following Wall Street Speculation - 08/20/2008

Options Update: Taser International Sees Heavy Call Volume - 08/20/2008

Options Update: Straddling Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Ahead of Earnings - 08/19/2008

War Profiteering - 08/18/2008

Options Update: Strangling VMware Inc. - 08/15/2008

Options Spotlight: AES Corp. - 08/15/2008

Options Update: Solarfun Power Holdings Rises Following Equity Offering - 08/14/2008

What's Up, What's Down: Higher for Oil and Metal Futures - 08/14/2008

Options Update: Is Nvidia a One-Hit Earnings Wonder? - 08/13/2008

Options Update: Put Volume Spikes on CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) - 08/12/2008

Trading the Top E-mini - 08/12/2008

Options Update: Volume Surges on Amazon.com Following EMI Music Deal - 08/11/2008

Options Update: Hansen Natural Sees Heavy Pre-Earnings Option Activity - 08/07/2008

What's Up, What's Down: Lower Closes for Crude, Gold and Corn - 08/07/2008

Options Update: Mosaic Sees Heavy Option Activity - 08/05/2008

What's Up, What's Down: Higher Crude Oil and Dollar Index - 08/05/2008

Options Update: Option Players Feel Abercrombie & Fitch is Fashionable - 08/04/2008

What's Up, What's Down: Higher Closes Dollar Index, Low Volume on the Dow and NASDAQ - 08/04/2008

Options Update: Is a Straddle the Best Way to Play Kraft? - 07/29/2008

What's Up, What's Down: Higher Closes for Crude Oil, Dollar Index, Copper and Silver - 07/31/2008

Tyson: Going In For the Knock Out - 07/29/2008

What's Up, What's Down: Higher for Crude, Lower for Live and Feeder Cattle - 07/29/2008

What's Up, What's Down: Lower Closes for Crude and Heating Oil, RBOB and Natural Gas - 07/28/2008

Friday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 07/25/2008

The Beauty of Combinational Strategies - 07/24/2008

Horizontal Debit Spreads - 07/24/2008

Thursday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 07/24/2008

How to Use Backspreads in Options Trading - 07/23/2008

What the Volatility Index Can Tell You About Investors - 07/15/2008

Monday Options Thoughts: Is This the Bottom? - 07/07/2008

Speculative Trading with Binary Options - 07/02/2008

Monday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 06/30/2008

TradingMarkets Making Great Traders - The Best of This Week's Trading Lessons - 06/27/2008

Spotting a Bounce- And Playing it Correctly - 06/27/2008

Synthetics - The Benefits Of Stocks Without The Cost - 06/26/2008

Thursday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 06/26/2008

Using LEAPS to Overcome Options Limitations - 06/19/2008

Another Look at Trading Exotic Options - 06/17/2008

Tuesday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 06/17/2008

Sell to Open: A Guide to the Short Side of Options Trading - 06/16/2008

PowerRatings Weekly Outlook: BNI, PFE, IBM, KO, CVX - 06/13/2008

Looking for Something More Exotic in Your Options Trading? - 06/13/2008

Wednesday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 06/11/2008

TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Wednesday - 06/10/2008

How to Utilize the ISEE Index when Trading Options - 06/09/2008

Bear Call Spreads... Protect Yourself And Profit In Bearish Markets - 06/09/2008

What You Need to Know About Greeks and Options - 06/03/2008

Monday Options Thoughts: Straddles and Strangles - 06/02/2008

Friday Options Ideas: Options Trading for Beginners - 05/30/2008

Know Your Options on Expiration Day - 05/16/2008

The Straddle: Using Calls and Puts Together To Capture A Big Move - 05/14/2008

How to Use Options to Replicate a Futures Position - 05/12/2008

How to Read an Options Chain - 05/07/2008

Thursday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 05/01/2008

Tuesday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 04/29/2008

Monday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 04/28/2008

CNBC's Fast Money Man: Peter Najarian on Options, Part 2 - 04/25/2008

Friday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 04/25/2008

Thursday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 04/24/2008

Wednesday Morning Coffee with TradingMarkets - 04/23/2008

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