Options

The Fundamentals of Options

Aug 29th, 2008 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Options
What’s the best way to pick option plays? While there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of different answers to that question, now is not the time to get overly sophisticated. I like to keep it simple, and I think you will, too. Longer-Term Option Plays Are Key In my options service, Easy ...read more


Investing in Options Speculation

Aug 8th, 2008 | By Steve Sarnoff | Category: Investing Strategies, Options
I was very fortunate to join my dad, Steve Sarnoff, as co-editor of Options Hotline in 1995, and I worked closely with him for four years. If you aren’t familiar with my dad, he’s an author of more than 60 books, editor of several newsletters, and what the New York ...read more


Option Investing Tips

Jul 22nd, 2008 | By Penny Sleuth Contributor | Category: Options
Ten Tips to Successful Options Trading By Mark Louie July 22, 2008 Options can be a menacing trading practice. Once you think you have it figured out, it shifts. Like any investment, there’s going to be some sort of gamble. Although viewed by bitter traders as confusing, risky and unprofitable at times, options ...read more


Options Pitfalls

Jul 16th, 2008 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Investing Strategies, Options
One of the best ways to make money in the stock market is to not buy stocks at all. But instead, buy a stock’s derivative — or option. This way, you can actually control more shares of stock than you would normally be able to afford with limited downside, and ...read more


Six Useful Tips When Investing in Options

Jul 8th, 2008 | By Steve Sarnoff | Category: Investing Strategies, Options
Stocks ended the holiday-shortened trading week looking for a bottom. Will they find it this week and test sellers’ mettle by mounting a strong snapback rally or will buyers continue to spit for distance like watermelon seeds at your 4th of July picnic? Time will tell… So in light of this ...read more


Investing in LEAPS

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Investing Strategies, Options
LEAPS stand for Long-Term Equity AnticiPation Securities. Like options, LEAPS are traded publicly and represent the right to buy or sell an underlying stock at a predetermined price. But unlike options, which have expiration dates measured in months, LEAPS expire in a matter of years. That means that LEAPS let ...read more


Investing in Options

Apr 7th, 2008 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Investing Strategies, Options
In the world of finance, “options” isn’t just a word for your investment choices — options are a financial instruments that Wall Street gurus and individual investors alike use to make serious money. Most people don’t get it, but we can solve the mystery for you so you can profit… What ...read more


Option Strategies to Insure Your Portfolio

Mar 27th, 2008 | By Ed Bugos | Category: Investing Strategies, Options
So you own a portfolio of gold stocks and you’re worried about losing some of your gains to the return of a bear market on Wall Street, or a correction in oil prices, or a temporary bounce in the U.S. dollar. You tell yourself that these things are not fundamentally bearish ...read more


Spread Trading

Mar 10th, 2008 | By Penny Sleuth Contributor | Category: Investing Strategies, Options
It’s actually quite simple if you don’t let all the jargon make you nervous. Basically, what you’re doing is taking a simultaneous long and short position in an attempt to profit. The profit comes from the differential, or “spread,” between two prices. A spread can be established between different months of ...read more


Investing in Penny Stock Options

Feb 14th, 2008 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Options, Penny stocks
As you know, here at Penny Sleuth, we love our penny stocks. Occasionally though, we get off track. We’ve discussed everything from commodities to currencies. The fact of the matter is you have to pay attention to it all. Investing is no easy business. But today, I will get back ...read more