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how are first-time regular dividends treated with options?
Hi, how does first time dividends effect the options price? - i.e what if apple did $3 a NEW quart...
Would you short the VIX at these levels?
"I know you guys like to speak from a realized volatility perspective. So when you look at the ...
List of Brokers That Allow Portfolio Margining
Actually, you would be surprised at how many big name brokers do not offer portfolio margin. I comp...
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Education
Trading Option Strangles 101
We have discussed the straddle options strategy in the past, a strategy that traders can use when the market is volatile but direction is uncertain. Read >
Rise of the Weekly Option
Please join ICE as it presents an overview of its new weekly options on sugar, coffee and cotton futures. Mark Longo of OptionsInsider.com will also discuss how you can incorporate these short-dated instruments into your trading. Read >
Will AAPL Declare a Dividend?
After the giant earnings release in AAPL last week I thought it fitting to ponder if AAPL will payout some of that largesse they have squirreled away. Read >
Option Pit's Research on AAPL as Seen on Mad Money
Here is the research that was used on Mad Money along with a slightly more indepth description. Read >
Who Makes a Better Trader, Men or Women?
This is always a hot topic and one I have plenty of experience with and have written about before. Read >
Stock Trading: Chop and Slop
A student recently emailed me to ask if I knew of an indicator or tool that could identify high quality trading environments versus choppy, unpredictable ones. Read >
Bull Call Spread vs. Purchasing a Call
Let's say that you have a moderately bullish bias toward a stock and the overall market is slightly bullish. Is there a way that you can take advantage of this investing scenario while limiting risk? Read >
Google Earnings Disappoint
Google Earnings Disappoint Read >
New Traders Beware...
The day someone decides they are going to pursue a trading career, they are typically making that decision because of the potential financial prize. Read >
The Stock Repair Strategy
It's been a rough ride for a lot of investors. Some investors are waiting (patiently) for some of their losers to turn around. Some traders are buying at new, cheaper prices. Read >
When the Time Spread Edge Looks Too Good to Be True
With the SPX closing flat yesterday, I thought it would be interesting to identify other phenomena outside of the big indexes. Read >
LEAPS = Leverage
This article will explain the concept of LEAPS (Long-term Equity AnticiPation Securities) which is often puzzling to novice option traders.
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Are You Diversified?
Most investors have been told to diversify their portfolio. They think if they buy companies that are in different industries that they will be covered if there is some adversity in the markets. Read >
But the Media Said Differently
There is a dilemma that traders who make their trading decisions off of the news have been facing on a regular basis recently. Read >
Mirror Mirror on My Desk...
Last week I had an interesting conversation with a couple of students. The interesting part was that it was the same conversation I've had with dozens of traders from around the world - be it in class, an airport, or even listening to a cab driver tell me about his trading! Read >
Position Sizing by Using Max Loss: Part II
In a follow-up to Position Sizing by Using Max Loss: Part I, I will give you another example of a trade in which Position Sizing was done based on the Max Loss of a trade. Read >
Novice Gaps - Easy Opportunity for the Professional Trader
Novice gaps are the ultimate picture of novice greed in the market. Read >
Stocks: Relatively Speaking
When facing trading, either intraday or even for longer term positions, one of the challenges we face is what stocks to trade. Read >
A Simple Way to Screen Your Currency Pairs
I have been teaching our flagship seven day Professional Trader class in my hometown of London and today, we have been focusing on the most effective way to screen for equities to swing and position trade. Read >
From Radio to Television
Taking a break from multiple radio hosting duties, Mark Longo sat down recently to chat with the people over at the World Money Show. The result? First, now is your chance to actually see the man behind the mic. But more important than that, this is a unique opportunity to watch Mark discuss volatility, covered calls, and time decay. Read >
Supply and Demand - Inside the Breakout
The key to profiting in any market is to have a simple strategy that has you buying low and selling high. The Forex markets, however, are a set of markets that allow traders, on occasion, to buy high and sell higher. Read >
