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July 06, 2005
Options Trader Magazine: July 2005 Issue
I strongly encourage readers to check out the "Options Trader" magazine; it focuses purely on options, and is free until April '06! Once you sign up here, they'll email you links to PDF copies of the current (July '05) and past (Apr - Jun '05) issues.
The latest issue features the following:
Contributors: Keith Schap, Jim Graham, Steve Lentz, Peter Stolcers, Brian Overby, and others
News: M&A activity expected among the options exchanges, triggered by the NYSE-Arca merger;
Options Strategies # 1: Using butterfly spreads to reduce the risk while selling volatility.
Options Strategies # 2: How long straddles (and LEAPS) can buy you time on directional bets
Trading Strategies: (Cash-secured) naked puts are equivalent to covered calls! [How many times must I have mentioned this in the past.]
Strategy Lab: Using a short strangle to trade the monthly employment report
Basics # 1: Understand the volatility index VIX
Basics # 2: Using spread strategies to offset losses due to time decay and volatility fluctuations
Basics # 3: Finding options that best suit the needs of a particular trade
Go sign up. It's worth your time.
Here's an image-grab from the Basics (Spreads) article, mentioned above.
Posted by galatime at July 6, 2005 02:53 PM
Posted by: Sean at August 22, 2005 01:47 PM
Gala, where did you go???
Posted by: Michael at August 21, 2005 05:48 PM
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at August 21, 2005 05:48 PM