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how we roll: part 1

Here and there in this blog I’ve made references to “rolling”, but we’ve never... (More)

Butterflies, part 8: the volatility play

I’ve been on a big butterfly kick in recent weeks, and today’s post wraps up the series wi... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 06/30/08 01:57 PM

Hello, California! Free Seminar!

Folks, I’m back on the road again, so I may not have time this week to write my final post on bu... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 06/16/08 10:55 AM

Butterflies, part 7: repair a long call with a split-strike

For the past few weeks I’ve been blogging about butterflies. We started by introducing some majo... (More)

In last week’s post I showed how you can turn a wayward long call into a potentially winning tra... (More)

Butterfly series, part 5: repairing a wayward long call

So far in this series we’ve discussed many different types of butterflies (standard spreads, ski... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 05/28/08 03:00 PM

Butterfly series, part 4: Christmas trees

Welcome to Christmas in May, folks – this week’s installment of my series on butterflies d... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 05/19/08 05:02 PM

Entering a skip-strike butterfly…

Before I push forward with more butterflies, I wanted to highlight the butterfly chain on the TradeKin... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 05/13/08 03:20 PM

introducing…FROs!

Here’s some very exciting news: today marks the first day of trading of a new product called Fix... (More)

Butterfly series, part 2: skip-strikes

The name of today’s butterfly is called the skip strike, also referred to as the broken wing but... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 05/13/08 03:46 PM

Butterfly series, part 1: long butterfly spread

Today we're starting a new, more advanced series on the butterfly strategy. We'll ultimately go though... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 04/22/08 10:23 AM

contingent vs. stop orders

Hello, everyone. In my recent series about LEAPS (which starts here), I got a great question from Wall... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 04/14/08 02:36 PM

Hey Margin Traders – YOU GOT TO READ THIS! LEAPS: Part 3

Hello, sports fans. I got a few interesting follow-up questions on my recent LEAPS posts (you can catc... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 05/01/08 02:56 PM

TK educational webcasts – now Mac-friendly!

Folks, I’ve been waiting to introduce our free educational webcast series, and today’s the... (More)

what are LEAPs? Part 2

Welcome back to my series on LEAPS. In the first post, we defined LEAPS and talked about a few rules-o... (More)

What are LEAPS? Part 1

Not too long ago in my volatility crunch series (which starts here), I mentioned LEAPS in passing. Aft... (More)

VIX options and expiration

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the world of VIX options. Last week I got on this subject again a... (More)

Back to the (VIX) futures

I wanted to give a shout-out to Adam, author of the excellent Daily Options Report for a recent post o... (More)

taxes on options

Hey, everyone. I got a great and very timely question from TradeKing client Bombbs recently about the ... (More)

volatility tilt

Hello, folks. I wanted to follow up my recent post on volatility skew by touching on another skewing i... (More)

Edited by optionsguy at 04/08/08 11:03 PM
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