As the Fed slowly dials back on QE3, Andrew Giovinazzi of OptionPit.com offers a trade idea based on the expectation that there will be a lot of sharp short-term moves.
One of the biggest changes in recent years has been the advent and growth of weekly options on the major option exchanges, and option trader Joshua Belanger of OptionSizzle.com details four great ways to use these versatile instruments.
Due to fears of rising interest rates, speculators have been running toward exchange-traded funds designed to have low sensitivity to interest rates, notes Andrew Keene on Minyanville.com.
Changes in the slope of the VIX term structure have more explanatory power than many of the technical signals and chart patterns favored by directional traders, opines Jared Woodard of CondorOptions.com.
Option traders often have "orphan" positions that are left over after all of the profits have been taken from existing trades, and Michael Thomsett of ThomsettOptions.com offers a solution for that problem.
With existing operations and two new casinos in development, don't be surprised if this operator's revenue doubles by 2016, says Andrew Keene on Minyanville.com.
Some feel that this bull market is getting long in the tooth, and for those looking to buy a stock at a cheaper price or to protect a long portfolio, Bob Lang of ExplosiveOptions.net has some suggestions.
The hallmark of a true professional trader is the ability to use different trade structures to exploit opportunities that the market presents, and here Greg Loehr of OptionsBuzz.com outlines how he made lemonade from lemons.
It is important to carefully determine the exact expiration date an option before entering into a covered call trade, writes Alan Ellman of TheBlueCollarInvestor.com.