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Options Trader Magazine: July 2005 Issue
Pacific Exchange To Trade Options In Pennies
CotC, Taylortree, Option Strategies for Buyout Candidates
SFOMag July '05 Issue: Options & Trading Psychology
Managed Options: Kawaller Fund
Optionetics: Selling Covered Options on S&P 500 futures
Interview w/ Tom Sosnoff at Real World Trading
Market Meltdown: Cherniawski at Financial Sense
Hamzei Analytics' HOTS: May 22 Issue
Market Views, CotC, etc.
Options Trader Magazine: June 2005 Issue
Managed Options: LJM Partners Fund
Closing TXU Corp (TXU) Bull Put Credit Spread
Carnival of the Capitalists - June 6th Edition - Hosted by GalaTime
CotC Reminder, Blogger Kudos, Yahoo OptionClub
ApplieDerivatives.com & erivativesReview.com
Managed Options: Athena Pro Series Fund
Hamzei Analytics' HOTS: May 15 Issue
Option Volumes during Earnings Season
Weekend Reviews, CotC, Cap Spec, etc.
SFOMag June '05 Issue: Cash-Secured Naked Puts
Bill Cara: Trends & Cycles Analysis
Managed Options: Parrot Trading Partners
Optionetics: Using Bull Put Spreads to Purchase Stock
Bull Put Credit Spread: TXU Corp (TXU)
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, May 22nd
Reader Comment: Bull Put Spreads vs. Iron Condors
Recap: Bull Put Credit Spread Strategy
New Blogs: Finaxyz, Gross Speculation & Stockcoach's Corner
May '05 Performance - Bull Put Credit Spreads
Closing Oil Services HOLDRs (OIH) Bull Put Credit Spread
Closing Apollo Group (APOL) Bull Put Credit Spread
Managed Options: BC Capital Management
Weekend Reviews, Closing HAL Put Spread
S&P 500 Covered Call Fund (BEP)
Exit Strategy: HAL, OIH Bull Put Credit Spreads
Growth, Consolidation in Option Markets
Closing ENER Bull Put Credit Spread
Bull Put Credit Spread: Energy Conversion Devices (ENER)
Closing United Health (UNH) Bull Put Credit Spread
Hamzei Analytics' HOTS Newsletter: May 8th Issue
Managed Options: Conservative Concept - Index Options System
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, May 8th
Options Trader Magazine: May 2005 Issue
Closing Internet HOLDRs ETF (HHH) Bull Put Credit Spread
Intraday Options Charts: MCK, ONXX, WPI
Managed Options: ACE Investment Strategists
Intraday Options Charts: PRU, WFMI
Closing General Motors (GM) Bull Put Credit Spread
New Blogs: BlogginWallStreet, Volatility Rider & Wishing Wealth
ERTS Update: Put Option Volumes
Intraday Options Charts: CEPH, ERTS, MXIM
Bull Put Credit Spread: Apollo Group (APOL)
Intra-day Option Chart: Career Education Corp (CECO)
Options Industry Council: Study of Options Users (2005)
Market Views & Weekly Wrapups
Managed Options: CKP Associates (LOMAX Options Program)
SFOMag May '05 Issue: Credit Spreads
Intra-day Option Chart: Burlington Resources (BR)
Reader Comment: Martek Biosciences (MATK) Put Option Volumes
Bull Put Credit Spread: UnitedHealth (UNH)
UPDATE: Intraday Option Charts for BIIB, GMR, PG
Bull Put Credit Spread: General Motors (GM)
Intraday Option Charts: BIIB, GMR, PG
Heavy Call Volumes on Best Buy (BBY)
Intra-day Option Chart v2.0 - Amazon (AMZN)
Bull Put Credit Spread: Halliburton (HAL)
Market Reviews, CotC, (Lack of) Put Spreads
Intra-day Option Chart v1.0 - IBM
Daily Option Screen: Discontinued!
OptionsXpress, ISE Options Exchange
Heavy Call Volumes on Intuit (INTU)
Bull Put Credit Spread: Oil Services HOLDRs (OIH)
Bull Put Credit Spread: Internet HOLDRs (HHH)
Closing New Century Financial (NEW) position
CotC, Hussman, "The Psychology of Risk"
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, April 17th
Reader Comment: Put Spread Exit Strategy
April '05 Performance - Discretionary & Systematic trades
Closing IMDC Put Spread
Closing MERQ Put Spread
Put Spread Update: New Century Financial (NEW)
Options Trader Magazine
Inamed (IMDC): Fingers Crossed!
Put Spread Update: IMDC & USG
Closing Gilead Sciences (GILD) Long Butterfly
New Blogs: HedgingOptions, NevBlog & FreeRider
Market Indices: Big Moves Ahead?
Closing Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Call Ratio Backspread
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, April 10th
Put Spread Trades: Time to book the profits?
Trading Psychology - B. Steenbarger
Position Update: IMDC, PIXR, UPL
Managed Options: Zephyr Asset Management
Reuters: From Pianos to Options
Put Spreads, Yahoo Option Quotes
Bull Put Credit Spread: FRE
Reader Response: Put Spreads vs. Naked Puts
Bull Put Credit Spreads: MERQ & USG
CotC, Roundtable and such.
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, April 3rd
Update: PIXR & UPL Bull Put Spreads
Bull Put Credit Spread: New Century Financial (NEW)
Riding the UPL Rollercoaster (Stop-loss Hit or Miss)
Put Spreads, Taylortree, AssetAllocator
Closing Eli Lilly (LLY) Long Straddle Calendar Spread
Optionetics: Mindset, Technique & Discipline
Bull Put Credit Spread: Autodesk (ADSK)
Covered Call Mutual Funds: Performance Review
Put Spreads: Where's the action?
SFOMag Apr '05 Issue: The Collar Strategy
Put Spread Screen: Stop-loss update
Managed Options: CDM Trading (Down Under!)
Book Review & New Blogs
60% Stop-loss, Today's Put Spreads, etc.
Put Spreads: Expectancy & Loss Management
Bull Put Credit Spread: XLNX
Put Spreads: AMZN, PIXR & UPL
Bull Put Credit Spreads: Time to trade!
Taylortree, B. Steenbarger & Carnival of the Capitalists
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, March 20th
Covered Call Screen: March '05 Performance
March '05 Performance: One Step Forward, One Step Back
Update: Eli Lilly (LLY) Long Straddle Calendar Spread
Roundtable: Performance Review
Closing Apple (AAPL) Long Butterfly (Roundtable stock)
Closing Newmont Mining (NEM) Bull Calendar Spread (Roundtable stock)
Closing Pfizer (PFE) Bull Call Spread (Roundtable stock)
Covered Calls vs. Put Spreads
Managed Options: OptionVue Swing 500 Program
The Edge, 70's Deja Vu, etc.
Bull Put Spreads: Real-time P&L
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, March 13th
Naked Puts: Real-time P&L
Loss Management: Put Spreads
Covered Calls -> Naked Puts
Gilead Sciences (GILD) Long Butterfly
Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Call Ratio Backspread
Covered Call Screen: March '05 Paper Trades
Covered Call Screen: Market Environments
Covered Call Screen: Statistical Testing
Covered Call Screening Criteria
System Development: Back-testing Covered Calls
Closing TakeTwo (TTWO) Bull Call Spread
Closing Boston Scientific (BSX) & Medtronic (MDT) positions
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, March 6th
Roundtable Analysis: ExxonMobil (XOM)
Covered Call of the Week @ Stricknet.com
Update: TakeTwo Interactive (TTWO) Bull Call Spread
Reader Inquiry: AZN & FRO Volumes
Option Sleuth: AZN, FRO, KSS, LSCP & UCL
Boston Scientific (BSX) Update: Wanna Gamble?
Eli Lilly (LLY): Playing the Volatility Game
Closing Costco (COST) Bull Put Spread
Earnings Alert: Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) Bull Call Debit Spread
Earnings Alert: Costco (COST) Bull Put Credit Spread
Boston Scientific (BSX) March/April Bull Call Calendar Spread
Unusual Option Activity in Mylan Labs (MYL)
Night Owl, Roundtable, etc.
Earnings Alert: AEOS, COST & PETM
SFOMag Mar '05 Issue: Option Strategies during Earnings Season
Earnings Update: HRB, MFE, CCU & NOI
Earnings Alert: HRB, MFE, CCU & NOI
Business Blogging Awards - Congratulations!
Closing Safeway (SWY) Bull Call Calendar Spread
Option implied volatilites & expected % price moves
Closing Cogent (COGT) Bull Call Credit Spread
Earnings Alert: Cogent (COGT) Bull Call Credit Spread
Option Sleuth: Kerr-McGee (KMG) Call Activity
Hamzei Analytics' HOTS: Jan 9, 30 & Feb 13 Issues
Earnings Watch: Option Candidates for week of Feb 21st
LBR Night Owl Session - Delayed!
Volatility Measures: VIX or ATR?
Roundtable Analysis: Apple (AAPL) Butterfly Strategy
Option Sleuth trades: Feb '05 Performance Review
RSH & TKLC: Is Regret An Option?
Option Screen: Daily runs, Straddle Tables
Correction: WOOF Earnings / Call Spread
Earnings Alert: VCA Antech (WOOF) Bear Call Spread
Closing SNPS Calendar Spread & Long Put
Closing Medtronic (MDT) Long Call
Earnings Alert: Medtronic (MDT) Long Call
Update: Synopys (SNPS) Bull Call Calendar Spread
Update: Caremark (CMX) Long Straddle
Closing Georgia-Pacific (GP) Bear Put Calendar Spread
Closing Agilent (A) Bull Put Credit Spread
Option Screen: Using the Average True Range (ATR)
OptionInvestor: Using the put-call ratio
Steenbarger: Identifying Breakout Moves
Roundtable, Night Owl, Option Screen, etc.
Roundtable Update: Dell Butterfly Strategy
Closing TKLC Bull Put Credit Spread
Caremark Rx (CMX) Long Straddle
Closing SLB Bull Call Calendar Spread
Closing FBR Long Straddle
Agilent (A) Bull Put Credit Spread
Option Sleuth: Electronic Arts (ERTS) Update
Assorted Options News
Safeway (SWY) Feb/Mar Bull Call Calendar Spread
Option Sleuth: Business Objects (BOBJ) Update
Update: FBR Long Straddle
Closing Lennar (LEN) Bear Call Spread
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, Feb 6th
Roundtable: Newmont Mining (NEM)
Tekelec (TKLC) Bull Put Credit Spread
Option Sleuth Paper Trades: BOBJ, ERTS
Closing TWX & TJX
Update: Long Straddles on TWX & FBR
Option Sleuth: Unusual MCIP Call Volumes
Part 2: Optionetics Interview w/ Price Headley
Closing Radioshack (RSH) Long Put
Closing Allied Waste (AW) Straddle
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group (FBR) Long Straddle
Heavy Option Volumes on LEN & NTES
Archives of Option Screen tables
Lennar (LEN) Bear Call Credit Spread
Radioshack (RSH) Update
Option Screen: Delayed Data from OptionsClearing
Cheap Volatility - Hussman Weekly Market Comment
Time Warner (TWX) Long Straddle
Synopsys (SNPS) Feb/Mar Bull Calendar Spread
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, Jan 30th
Option Sleuth Screener: Posted Online!
Option Sleuth Screener: Jan 28th candidates
Schlumberger (SLB) Feb/Mar Bull Calendar Spread
Georgia Pacific (GP) Feb/Apr Put Calendar Spread
Option Sleuth Screener: Jan 27th candidates
NCRX & GMR: Do Two Wrongs Make A Right?
Reader Inquiries: Options Brokers
Closing NCRX Feb 37.5/40 Bull Spread
Radioshack (RSH) Long Put
Option Sleuth Screener - System Development Phase I
SFOMag Feb '05 Issue: Option Basics, VIX, and more!
Optionetics Interview w/ Price Headley
Roundtable Analysis: AT&T (T)
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, Jan 23rd
Option Sleuth Trades: Performance Review
Suspicious intraday drop in NCRX: Feb 27.5/30 Call Spread
And lastly, closing the NCRX Bull Call Spread
Closing American Pharmaceutical (APPX) Butterfly
Closing Reynolds American (RAI) Covered Call
Closing Weyerhaeuser (WY) Long Straddle
Closing ERICY Put Ratio Backspread
Closing EBAY Call Ratio Backspread (Roundtable stock)
DOX, SYMC, MOT: You win some, you lose some!
Option traders can be funny too!
Closing The Medicines Co (MDCO) Long Call
Allied Waste (AW) Long Straddle
Closing Medtronic (MDT) Long Call
Closing Symantec (SYMC) Short Straddle
Closing MOT Short Straddle (Roundtable stock)
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Monday, Jan 17th
Manipulation in Option Markets
General Maritime (GMR): Ratio Put Calendar Spread
Roundtable: How are we doing so far?
Site Updates: 2005 Portfolio, Links, Categories, etc.
TJX Long Call Calendar Spread - Jumping the Gun!
New Index Options: Spiders, Steel Producers, and more . . .
New & useful blogs/sites
CREE crashes after-hours!
Closing Short Straddle on CREE
Closing FNF Bear Call Spread
Option Sleuth: Long Call on The Medicines Co. (MDCO)
Call option activity prior to ex-dividend dates
Low Volatility Candidate: Weyerhaeuser (WY)
Monitoring Paper Trades: FNF, NCRX, RAI, SYMC, DOX & MDT
APPX Update: Riding the rollercoaster!
LBRGroup's Night Owl Session: Sunday, Jan 9th
Roundtable Analysis: Dell Inc. (DELL)
The Importance of Exit Strategies: CREE
EBAY Call Ratio Backspread Update
Option Sleuth: Medtronic (MDT)
ERICY Update: Heavy Put Volumes continue!
What's so special about Specialty Retailers: ANN, ANF & AEOS?
Option Sleuth: Ericsson (ERICY)
Closing Walgreen (WAG) Straddle
Managed Options: Unisystems Research 3D Options Program
Options volume crossed 1B in 2004!
Option Sleuth: Amdocs (DOX)
Hamzei Analytics' HOTS: December 12th Issue
Closing Alltel (AT) paper trade
Roundtable: Ebay (EBAY)
Low Volatility Candidate: Walgreen (WAG)
Option Sleuth: Short Straddle on Symantec (SYMC)
Trading Plan v2.0
Roundtable: Gold ETF (GLD)
Bill Cara (www.billcara.com)
Happy Holidays
Trading Plan Update
Options Sleuth: Reynolds American (RAI)
Option Sleuth: American Pharma (APPX)
Hamzei Analytics' HOTS Revisited
Option Sleuth: NeighborCare (NCRX)
LBR Group - Daily Charts, Night Owl & More!
Roundtable: Motorola (MOT)
Option Sleuth Update: CELG (Bear Put Spread)
Roundtable Update: PFE & MSO
Portfolio Update: CYD, RDY, DD, UTH
Message from Bill Cara (TraderWizard)
Suggested Holiday Reading
OIC: Options Investigator & Position Simulator
Spike in option volumes prior to M&A: A trading opportunity?
OptionSleuth: Fidelity National Financial (FNF)
GalaTime reviewed by Forbes!
Alltel (AT) call volumes were right on target!
Managed Options: Diamond Capital Management
MSO Exit Strategy
Watch out for lefties!
Option Sleuth: Short Straddle on Cree Research (CREE)
Blog Updates
OptionSleuth: Unusual put activity in Xilinx (XLNX)
Option Sleuth: Alltel (AT)
Optionetics: Call Ratio Backspread
Option Sleuth Update: DD, PRU & CELG
Roundtable Profit & Loss Statement
Roundtable: Martha Stewart Omnimedia (MSO)
ANDEX & WVALX
Hello Again!
Vacation (Happy Holidays!)
Trading QQQ & SMH options
Paper Trading (Idea-Lab) Update
Option Sleuth: CELG
SFOMag: Day Trading Options
Hamzei Analytics HOTS
Primeo Select Fund
Option Sleuth: Prudential Financial (PRU)
OptionClub Calculator
Roundtable: Pfizer (PFE)
SecurityTraders.com
Option Strategies for Earnings Season
RedOption: Managing the Bid/Ask Spread
PTI Securities: Protected Index Program
Option Sleuth: Dupont (Buy Dec $45 DD Put)
Trading China
More Allegations of Illegal Options Trading
Hedge Funds jump in!
Option Volume predicts Prices?
Covered Call Review
SFOMag: Options' Edge
Spectrum Asset Management - Retail Options Program
UTH (Utilities ETF) Update
Robert Arnott - Tactical Options Program
SFOMag: Profile of an Options Trader
RTH (Retail ETF) Update
VIX: Largest % drop in 2 years!
Option Sleuth: PHM Puts
Index Options ETF: JPZ (Nuveen Investments)
SFOMag: Option Strategies for 2005
BRBPX: Covered Call Fund With A Twist
Accumulate INTC, says TraderWizard
Yahoo & IBD bring you ETFs
Paging GalaTime Readers
UTH Dec '04 $95 Put
Option Sleuth: MRK Puts
Option Sleuthing
Doubling up on RTH: Bear Put Debit Spread
GOOG Options
How Many Options Actually Expire Worthless?
Free Software from OIC & CBOE
Test your Options IQ!
Record Option Volumes in 2004
PAYX paid off!
Zenith Resources - Managed Index Options
SFOMag: Don't Spread Too Much!
RTH: Bear Put Debit Spread
Option Selling Myths
Jeff Yass @ Susquehanna
Explaining Market Success by Brett Steenbarger
Update: Paper Trading FRX, MRVL, BBBY
SWH: Bear Call Credit Spread
Ibbotson Study: BXM Buy-Write Index
Covered Call Mutual Funds
OptionSellers.com aka Liberty Trading Group
Active Trader Magazine: Interview with Don Fishback
BBBY: Bear Put Debit Spread
Benchmarking Covered Call / Naked Put Strategies
EliteTrader
Barclay Roundtable: Option Sellers
Schaeffer's Research: Lots of Freebies
Options Center @ Yahoo Finance
MRVL: Bear Call Credit Spread
FRX: Bull Put Credit Spread
Option Strategies: Vertical Bull/Bear Spreads
Performance Review
Portfolio Update: Networking & Semis
Managed Options: Ansbacher Investment Mgmt
From Down Under: Option Probability
SFOMag: Diary of a Naked Put Seller
Scaling Out of Positions
IACI: Response to Freerider
Collar Strategy - Employee Stock Purchase Plans
Portfolio Update: MVSN, CSCO & MACR
Writing Options in your IRA
Option Screener @ GalaTime
To The Contrary: IACI
Optionable Stocks, by Price & Market Cap
Stop-loss Strategy for Naked Puts
(Almost) Real-time P&L calculations
Exit ABAX, Portfolio P&L
PAYX (Dec '04 $32.5 Put)
Gold (GG Put, IGE, Gold ETF)
All bullish, all the time?
Trading Plan
Paper Trading (& Paper Profits?)
CoveredCalls.com
FRX Option Volumes & PCR
Forest Labs (FRX) Update
SFO Magazine
http://www.galatime.com
Taleb & Budwick on Options
ETF Option Strategies
Options: Speculation or Insurance?
Portfolio Hedging Update
INTC Update
One Stop Shop . . .
Risk/Return Analysis . . .
S&P 500 vs. Put-Call Ratio
Historical Options Data
OptionStrategist - Larry McMillan
Portfolio Hedging - Part 2
Option Screens
Portfolio Hedging - Part 1
Investopedia
SmartMoney Contrarian Screen
Put Options by Jeff Cohen
How Low Can It Go?
INTC Trading Strategy
Naked Puts on Intel . . .
Buy or Sell?
More on Volatility Indicators . . .
Put-Call Ratio (PCR)
Trends & Options . . .
Option ABCs: Albatross, Butterfly & Condor
Options on ETFs . . .
From Calls to Puts . . .
Blowing Up . . .
Time Will Tell . . .
Systematic vs. Chaotic
A Tale of Two Covered Calls . . .
From 1999 to 2004 . . .
Trade History (Q2 '04)
First things first . . .
Why did I decide to blog?