Options are an excellent tool to have in your trading arsenal, as they can be used to reduce risk and increase your income in the markets. Ken Trester discusses how to properly add options to your trading portfolio.
How To Survive A Volatility Crush
Covered call strategies are a favorite with option sellers. But in a volatility crush, this normally successful strategy can cause traders and investors to suffer losses for months in a row. Here’s how to navigate these waters successfully.
How I Trade Uncovered Options
There are certain risks associated with trading uncovered options, but there is also unlimited profit potential. Ken Trester discusses how to trade uncovered options with minimum risks and maximum gains.
How to Use the VIX to Guide Your Trading Decisions
What does volatility mean to us as options traders? Plenty, since it measures risk and investor sentiment. Options trader Ken Trester examines why volatility is an important factor to consider before making an options play.
Give Yourself Time To Be Right With Options
Risk is everywhere on Wall Street, but you needn’t simply accept it. Instead, you can conquer it with options. TradingMarkets contributor Ken Trester breaks down the ins and outs of options trading.
Options Spotlight: Short Interest
This week’s spotlight takes a closer look at short interest, a useful sentiment indicator to options traders, since it measures the level of investor pessimism toward a given stock.
Options Spotlight: Allergan
Looking for a company to keep your eye on? This week’s edition of Options Spotlight takes a look at Allergan – a struggling technical performer that has garnered the attention of the bulls.
Playing the SKF: 3 Potential Option Trades in the Financial Sector
Here are 3 options strategies to consider while the markets continue their bearish sentiment. None without risk of course.
From Desert Storm to Options Trader
Learn how TradingMarkets member Billy Williams uses systematic methods to successfully trade options.