Posts Tagged ‘ Options ’
All this week, Sleuth guest contributor and options expert Steve Sarnoff has been sharing his most potent bank bulging secrets. Each one of them a gem, unearthed from a 30-year career as a top-gun market analyst.
Today, I’m going to reveal the biggest secret of them all. And perhaps the one ...read more
Perfect Your Options Trades for Free with “Virtual Trading”
Oct 15th, 2009 | By Steve Sarnoff | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
Technology has made significant strides at flattening out the learning curve for investing in options. Now, one free online tool can help you perfect your options trades in real time without risking a single cent. Here’s everything you need to know to gain options experience without the risk…
I firmly believe ...read more
Maximize Your Options Gains with These Six Trading Secrets
Oct 14th, 2009 | By Steve Sarnoff | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
At first glance, it may seem like speculating with options is a risky business. After all, price swings of 30% in an hour are far from comfortable for most investors. But with risk comes reward — and when you can manage that risk successfully, the rewards far outweigh the risks ...read more
The Three Questions You MUST Ask Before Trading Options
Oct 13th, 2009 | By Steve Sarnoff | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
It’s funny how quickly attitudes can change. Just a few years ago, most casual investors wouldn’t touch stock options with a 10-foot pole. Now the airwaves and Internet are clogged with offers to teach the secrets of “options investing.”
That kind of talk is just plain dangerous.
Despite my success with options, ...read more
Three Must-Know Rules to Profit from Options
Sep 17th, 2009 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
Whether you’re a novice options investor or you’ve been trading options for years, three simple rules could mean the difference between serious gains and major losses. Here’s everything you need to know to go from optionless to an options whiz…
Every day, scores of novice options investors get burned. It’s not ...read more
Searching for Decisive Market Moves
Jun 5th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Options
Just as I've said, the broader U.S. equities market continues to power higher. Let's begin with this weekly chart of the S&P 500 (a good proxy for the broader U.S. stock market):
As you can see, stocks are on a roll. In fact, from a low of 667 in March to ...read more
Why You Should Remain Cautiously Optimistic As the Markets Surge Higher
May 6th, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Technical Analysis
Let's take a look at the positive action driving the markets…
Just as I predicted, the broader U.S. stock market continues to surge higher. Take a look at this daily chart of the S&P 500:
The S&P 500 is a good proxy for the broader U.S. stock market. And as you can ...read more
How to Play Real Estate’s Recent Moves
Apr 1st, 2009 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Featured, Options
There’s no doubt the U.S. equity markets are in the midst of a decent upside run. After bouncing off 673 on March 9, the S&P 500 has surged a stunning 23% as of last Friday. That's some seriously bullish action.
The market has also bounced on higher average volume, which is ...read more
Profiting from Superleverage
Mar 13th, 2009 | By Steve Sarnoff | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics, Options
“We have 2 classes of forecasters: Those who don't know...and those who don't know they don't know.”
-- John Kenneth Galbraith
The year of the American Contagion, the year of chickens coming home to roost, the year of the bailout, 2008, went into history as a momentous time of tumultuous market moves ...read more
How to Hedge Your Penny Stock Plays
Nov 4th, 2008 | By Wayne Burritt | Category: Investing Strategies, Options
Let’s get right to it: The recent markets have been wreaking havoc on just about every trader and investor out there. And if you’re holding stocks, the news is downright grim. Take a look at this graph...
As you can see from this graphic, from a high of 14,198 last October ...read more
