http://community.tradeking.com/blogs 2009-11-18T18:39:31Z TradeKing Trader Network tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-17:Blog/47562 2009-11-18T18:39:31Z 2009-11-18T18:39:31Z TK All-star

Doc Maher kicks off a new series on calendar spreads.  Today I’m kicking off a new series on one of my favorite plays, calendar spreads. Calendars offer great flexibility for income generation...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-17:Blog/47596 2009-11-17T21:50:28Z 2009-11-17T21:50:28Z TK All-star

Fred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session.Market SentimentStocks opened lower Tuesday after the latest round of earnings and economic news failed to spur another round of bu...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-16:Blog/47494 2009-11-16T21:06:44Z 2009-11-16T21:06:44Z TK All-star

Mark Wolfinger explains how to sell covered calls on deep ITM options to collect dividends. I came across an interesting dividend strategy from a self-described options newbie, 638steamfitter. It c...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-12:Blog/47241 2009-11-13T14:10:45Z 2009-11-13T14:10:45Z TK All-star

Fred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session. Market SentimentStocks fell despite merger news, a better-than-expected earnings report from Wal-Mart (WMT), and data that showed ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-11:Blog/47117 2009-11-12T13:58:58Z 2009-11-12T13:58:58Z TK All-star

Doc Maher follows up again on an IC in the real markets.  Welcome back to my series on Iron Condors. Remember our theoretical Jan RUT iron condor? We first teed up this example on 10/20, and n...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-10:Blog/46959 2009-11-10T15:12:03Z 2009-11-10T15:12:03Z TK All-star

Alan Brochstein shares his list of stocks worth investigating.    Stocks have rallied over 18% YTD, but they’re also more than 60% off of the March lows. Always on the hunt for new i...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-03:Blog/46431 2009-11-09T14:41:45Z 2009-11-09T14:41:45Z TK All-star

Dan Passarelli compares deep in-the-money (ITM) options versus owning stock outright.  What are the differences between long-term, very ITM options and owning the underlying stock? Many import...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-06:Blog/46709 2009-11-06T17:27:07Z 2009-11-06T17:27:07Z TK All-star

Fred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session. Market SentimentStocks opened higher on positive earnings from Cisco (CSCO) and a bigger-than-expected decline in weekly jobless c...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-12:Blog/44463 2009-11-04T20:26:56Z 2009-11-04T20:26:56Z TK All-star

Sometimes your option trade can be 100% on, and yet you still feel a twinge from a missed opportunity. I was reminded of this paradox when reading a forum post from TK client Spencorama, who writes...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-02:Blog/46312 2009-11-03T14:17:54Z 2009-11-03T14:17:54Z TK All-star

Fred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session. Market SentimentThe major averages are trying to bounce back from steep losses suffered Friday and were helped higher in morning t...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-14:Blog/44645 2009-11-02T16:07:37Z 2009-11-02T16:07:37Z TK All-star

Mark Wolfinger talks a new options trader through a failed strangle.  Every trader has their classic tough-luck stories – trades in which they got hammered because of something they didn’t kno...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-09-29:Blog/43446 2009-11-10T18:44:09Z 2009-10-30T13:21:39Z TK All-star

Dan Passarelli continues exploring credit and debit spreads.Welcome back to my mini-series on vertical spreads. In my last post, we discussed debit spreads and credit spreads, the two types of vert...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-23:Blog/45472 2009-10-26T18:32:56Z 2009-10-26T18:32:56Z TK All-star

Fred Ruffy reviews solar energy stocks before FSLR’s earnings Wed.  First Solar (FSLR) was down Friday afternoon $3.85 to $152.23, as solar names slide on weak earnings from SunPower Corp. (SP...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-23:Blog/45462 2009-10-24T02:19:45Z 2009-10-24T02:19:45Z TK All-star

Doc Maher checks out another IC example in action. Welcome back to my series on Iron Condors. We’ve covered lots of theory, and now we’re cranking out some practice. Today I’ll show a hypothetical ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-21:Blog/45274 2009-10-22T13:24:44Z 2009-10-22T13:24:44Z TK All-star

Alan Brochstein explains why he likes medical device manufacturers for growth and value.   Healthcare comprises about 12.5% of the S&P 500 but about 36% of my Top 20 Model Portfolio.&...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-09-22:Blog/42848 2009-10-21T13:37:15Z 2009-10-21T13:37:15Z TK All-star

When’s the best time to exit a trade? “When you’re sitting in front of a working crystal ball” is maybe the most accurate answer, but hardly a realistic one. I got to thinking about trading “lesson...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-20:Blog/45175 2009-10-20T21:11:41Z 2009-10-20T21:11:41Z TK All-star

Fred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session. Market SentimentStocks traded broadly lower late Tuesday after the latest round of earnings news failed to spark another round of ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-09-21:Blog/42745 2009-10-19T13:06:47Z 2009-10-19T13:06:47Z TK All-star

Dan Passarelli tackles when to buy options before expiration.  Let’s go back to basics with a simple, but very important question posed by TK client YoungSequan in the forums: “Is there a rule...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-12:Blog/44466 2009-10-14T19:16:15Z 2009-10-14T19:16:15Z TK All-star

Alan Brochstein suggests earning your family some dollars – in more ways than one. A few weeks ago, I was examining stocks in the S&P 500 that were having a lousy Q3.  I ended up sharing m...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-13:Blog/44596 2009-10-14T14:10:40Z 2009-10-14T14:10:40Z TK All-star

Fred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session. Market SentimentStocks traded modestly lower Tuesday as investors brace for this week’s “event risk”. After several days of slow n...