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AUTHOR: Don A. SingletaryDATE: JAN 2002
The Third Dimension Of Option Trading by Don A. Singletary
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The Third Dimension Of Option Trading by Don A. Singletary
Here's how you can profit from trading volatility.
Sometimes when you purchase an option, you
might see the underlying futures contract move
in your favor, perhaps enough to overcome the
time decay of the value of the option, and then
you might find yourself bewildered that a profit has yet to be realized. Other times you may be awaiting time-decay
erosion, only to find it is a much slower decay than
anticipated. More often than not, these situations are due to a
change in volatility....
AUTHOR: Don A. SingletaryDATE: JAN 2002SUBJECT: Options
Going Vertical by Don A. Singletary
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Going Vertical by Don A. Singletary
If you're trading options, here's a management tool that can offer you less risk.
Ever sell out of a trade too early because it ran against you, only to have the market turn the instant
you sold? Or maybe your stops get hit a little too often? To many traders, these scenarios are all too
familiar. If this happens to you, it could be your trades are not matching your risk tolerance. At a certain point -- and that point is different for everybody -- an emotional buzzer goes off when you have reached your limit for risk tolerance. Very few investors can success...
AUTHOR: Don A. SingletaryDATE: JUL 2001SUBJECT: Options