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Know Your Options: Archive
A Strategy for a Nascent Rally and High Volatility
by David Borun
Here's an options-based alternative to going all-in.
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Know Your Options - Mailbag Edition
by David Borun
A reader has questions about implied vols, spread prices and executions.
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Confused About the Direction of the Markets? You Might Want to Own Gamma
by David Borun
Owning calls and puts give you opportunity to profit from volatility in either direction
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Index Options: Cash-Settled vs. Stock-Settled
by David Borun
With multiple choices for trading index options. Which should you choose?
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Tech Stock Declines are a Put-Selling Oppurtunity
by David Borun
Recent declines in Apple and Facebook have implied volatilities and option premiums high
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There's No Such Thing as Free Money
by David Borun
The collapse of Optionseller.com is a stark reminder of how risky some strategies can be
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Should We Be Worried About a Spike in the VIX?
by David Borun
An increase in options prices isn't generally as scary as it might look
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How You Close a Trade Can Be Just as Important as Trade Selection
by David Borun
Preserving profits and mitigating losses is crucial to getting the best possible returns when trading options
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Know Your Options - Closing a Trade
by David Borun
David Borun goes over the best methods for closing a trade. Despite how your original thesis was correct, or incorrect.
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One Last Chance to Capitalize on High Volatilities During Earnings Season
by David Borun
Implied Volatilities in Apple are high going into earnings
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When Markets Fall, Pay Attention to Implied Volatilities
by David Borun
Vols are on the rise, but how long can they stay this high?
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What Do Options Trading and Baseball Have in Common?
by David Borun
How to make less risky options trades during periods of high volatility
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Buy Puts for Protection? Not so Fast...
by David Borun
After a decline, high implied vols make options expensive
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As Tesla Volatility Ebbs, Take profit and Reduce Risk
by David Borun
Taking the oppurtunity to buy back short options inexpensively can change the risk profile significantly in our favor
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An Option Trade for Tesla's "Make or Break" Quarter
by David Borun
A ratio bull spread will pay off if Tesla turns the corner in Q3
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What's Happening to Option Prices During the Tilray Short Squeeze?
by David Borun
A tiny public float and a short squeeze result in very strange-looking options prices
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AMD Update: "Up and Out" is Not a Good Idea Here
by David Borun
This trade worked so well so quickly that it's time to simply take the profits.
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Be a Contrarian and Sell What Others are Buying
by David Borun
Big Demand for Calls in AMD sets up a nice Buy-Write Opportunity
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Rolling Up and Out on Covered Calls
by David Borun
Moving short calls to a higher strike in a different month
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Using Limit Orders on Longshot Options Trades
by David Borun
"Play with the market's money" by taking half of your gains
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A Limited Risk Strategy for Nvidia Earnings
by David Borun
A short-term iron butterfly will pay off if Thursday's earning announcement fails to move the stock
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What Do Options Prices Reveal About a Potential Tesla Deal?
by David Borun
The options markets can give us an indication of the probability of a buyout deal actually occurring
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An Options Strategy for Papa John's
by David Borun
Shares are tumbling after the board of directors adopts a "poison pill"
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Options Trading Around Earnings Not a Zero-Sum Game
by David Borun
The timing and placement of hedge trades is just as important as the initial options trade
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Protecting Your Portfolio with Options in Uncertain Markets
by David Borun
In a market that's struggling for some direction, protecting your profits might be a good idea.
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