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A Look At Options Traders: OIC Study


Who Are You? Options Study Released

On April 29 at the OIC Conference in Phoenix, the results of  OIC's Study of Options Users for 2010 wasreleased.  The study is designed to provide a profile of optionsinvestors and note the similarities between investors who use optionsand those who do not.  So, do you want to see how you stack up to therest?  Keep reading....

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First of all, you're more knowledgeablethan other investors.  This trend shows consistent margins across all four studies in the response from options users and non-users to the question of their knowledge level. (Click to enlarge):

 

Source: OIC

By consistent margins, options users arestrategic investors (clickto enlarge):

Source: OIC

And, options investors are more likely to beinterested in looking at new investment vehicles (click to enlarge):

Source: OIC

Smarter. Savvier. Open to new ideas.  Not tooshabby! 

More to come next week.



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