Meet the Greeks – Part 1
What a boring game all this would be if option prices showed no fluctuations! The price, or premium, of an option is constantly changing for whatever reason. As an options…
Beginner Series: Options Basics
Meet the Greeks – Part 2
In the last article we started looking at the concept of change and how it affects an option’s fair value. Specifically we used discussed the delta and the gamma –…
Introduction to the Greeks
Last time I wrote about Delta, which is probably the best known of the Greeks. Wikipedia has a pretty good definition of these: “The Greeks measure the sensitivity to change…
Even More Greeks
In the last two articles I discussed Delta and Gamma, which measure change to an option’s price resulting from a change in the price of the underlying. As listed earlier,…
Delta Gamma Theta Vega
This is not the name of an extra-geeky college fraternity. It’s a list of the greeks, a set of variables that describe how option prices change when certain things happen.…
Option Trading: Are You Ready? Part 1
“Great traders have passion, confidence, an edge and a game plan. They are prepared, They keep their system simple.” – Gavin McMaster I have been option trading for several years,…
Options 101: How To Use Historical Volatility
Many traders often confuse implied volatility with historical volatility. Implied volatility is what the market “expects” in the future. Historical volatility essentially is a way to tell how far the stock might move in the future based…
Profit With Options: Get Started Now
Hey, Traders! I trust you are all doing amazing, splendid and fantastic as always! I often get questions about trading options and I wanted to write an article about…
Option Trading For Beginners: Market Timing
Market timing is everything in investing, but when you have an egg timer running constantly it makes your opportunity for success that much more difficult. That is what we face…
How To Profit From Options
Hey, Traders from around the world! I trust you are doing sensational. What a beautiful trading season it has been. In this article, I’m covering a semi-advanced option strategy. Let’s…
Getting started in options: Forget ‘the Greeks’?
Most traders are well aware of the economic problems facing Greece related to debt – one day it looks like default, the next day the can has been kicked down…
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