NicoleWachs’s Blog posts
Options Expiration Week
Nicole Wachs gives the heads up about things to know. Many of you are already aware this is options expiration week, but for those of you who have a slight case of Spring Fever, here is your wak... more
Attention New and Veteran Clients: It’s Options Expiration Week
Nicole Wachs points out some key resources to help sort things out. Welcome!! Welcome to all the new TradeKing clients that have come to the firm recently. We are happy to have you and your busi... more
Déjà Vu: It’s Expiration Week
Nicole Wachs reminds you to be extra vigilant in monitoring your positions. I’m sure you know the drill by now, but if this is your first time reading my monthly expiration blog, here it is in a... more
Brand New Learning Center!
Come on in and take a look around! On Friday we launched the new and improved TradeKing Learning Center containing numerous videos, reports, blog posts, book recommendations and a whole lot more ... more
Near Worthless Options Can Inflict Much Pain
Nicole Wachs warns Don't be an Ostrich this Week. We've entered our time machine and arrived at May expiration week. You decided to buy an option or ten on XYZ, expiring next month, which would be ... more
FROs – Some Key Differences
A few nice features for Newbies. Hi Runningpair,Thanks for your comments on my previous blog on FRO spreads. Although there are some similarities between FROs and other standard call or put strat... more
Dirty Calls
Tidying up your account for Expiration. Get your mind out of the gutter! :P I am referring to getting your affairs in order. Here are a few common questions that may be running through your mind ... more
Betspreads - FROs and multi leg trades
This blog is in response to some questions from JimBradley regarding the newly launched FROs. Jim,Thanks for your questions. You bring up some good points that traders need to be mindful of when tr... more
FROs - Top Ten Links
Everything you need to get started with Fixed Return Options! 10. Investopedia and Wikipedia entries on VWAPs. 9. Investopedia's entries on Binary Options and Digital Options; Wikipedia's entry on... more
Spreads can be Messy
Housekeeping during Expiration Week. I have been asked the following question numerous times in many different ways. If I sell a call spread and the stock finishes above the strike I sold at exp... more
Bad Prints are like Bad Medicine
Things to know about Advanced Orders.I know some people here use trailing stops, others don't. Some use contingent orders, advanced orders, OCO, OTO, etc. These are all different mechanisms that im... more
Pin the Tail on the Strike
Expiration "Magic" Many times I am asked to explain a common observation that takes place on Expiration Friday. Some have observed that a few stocks may migrate toward a strike price on expiration... more
Part 2 - More on Fast Moving Rivercity
Rivercity, Welcome to Part 2 where I will wrap up my earlier post. As I had mentioned, the Option Strategy Scanner does not always get its due when we speak of the free tools available at TradeKing... more
Fast Moving Rivercity Tests the Volatility Waters
This blog entry was prompted by a Trade Note written by Rivercity. To read the Trade Note please go to: http://community.tradeking.com/members/rivercity/trade_notes/4108-sold-to-close-10-contracts-... more
Snowman Tries to Capitalize on Market Meltdown with Puts
This blog entry was prompted by a Trade Note written by Snowman. To read the Trade Note please go to: http://community.tradeking.com/members/snowman/trade_notes/4091-bought-to-open-15-contracts-of-... more
Selling “Teeny” Calls Can Come Back to Haunt You
You have a hunch. You do some research. Not only are your ideas confirmed, but you see that your opinions are even better than you first thought......it seems like you are almost but guaranteed to ... more
What's the Delta on the Giants beating the Packers?
Recently a customer had written a Trade Note about buying a cheap OTM call. He presented it in a responsible manner in only risking $20 on this trade. Kudos to him for not betting the farm on a low... more
Roach Motel
Here are some things to consider when trading: 1. How many shares are traded daily? Often times it is desirable for the volume to be greater than 1 million shares per day. The higher the better ... more
Option Scanner and Option Strategy Scanner
We have an extensive Option Scanner as well as an Option Strategy Scanner. Both of these items are located under Tools. We make these option tools available to our clients at no cost. In the Opti... more
