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LEAPS as a Substitute for Stocks
Options investing is a great vehicle to enhance your portfolio returns. But, people are often confused as to which option contract to choose. The situation is complicated because you’ll have to choose from many different strike prices, across several expiration dates.Using LEAPS, short for Long Term Equity Anticipation Securities, are a great way to leverage […]
Continue readingGetting By Without Greeks in Options Trading
Can You Do Without Using Greeks in Options?If you are new to the options trading world, you may not have heard about the Greeks. No, it’s not an invading army that is coming to steal your trading account. The Greeks are a series of indicators that help options traders assess their positions (or possible positions). […]
Continue readingSetting Expectations with Options Trading
People can make money by the boatload with options trading, and they do. Once you learn how to make money using options, you often don’t go back to trading the underlying outright. Why would you? The gains you make are well above the gains for stocks, all equal. It’s important to realize that many people lose […]
Continue readingHow to Trade Options
You’ll find plenty of information about the dynamics of options and how to use them to make money in the options market. Almost no one discusses how to trade them, however. While it isn’t difficult to trade options, there are some nuances that you should take into to consideration. Options trade much like stocks do. You […]
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