By admin in
Education on
October 15th, 2009
This is technically described as “selling a call (or calls) at a lower strike and buying a greater number of calls at a higher strike price”. Ideally, this trade is initiated for a minimal debit or possibly a small credit. This way, if the stock heads south, you won’t lose much. So basically, you buy [...]
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By admin in
Trading Systems on
April 29th, 2009
I have always preferred playing put options to other strategies. The main reasons are as follows. The market moves fast when in a downward trend. Most downward trends occur when support is broken Put options don’t suffer time decay like call options can in a slow uptrend. this is because selling is always fast and [...]
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By admin in
The Greeks on
February 20th, 2008
Recent events have inspired me to post to this blog. as we saw, the market took a big hit recently and I have heard a lot of sad stories come from individuals who were holding a large number of investment stock in there portfolio. Many had been on a hold and buy strategy, and now [...]
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