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• Trading Volatility Derivatives

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Volatility is eminently tradable, though not directly as an instrument itself. However, the trader can access instruments that are derived from volatility. Here is a look at some of the choices for the adventurous trader...

AUTHOR: James LeahyDATE: JUL 2024SUBJECT: Derivatives Trading

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• Dissecting An Earnings Trade

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Option trades are called "earnings trades" when they attempt to profit from stock price moves following the release of a company's quarterly earnings. This article will construct and dissect a recent Nvidia earnings tra...

AUTHOR: James LeahyDATE: JUN 2021SUBJECT: Options Trading

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• Dividends And The Risk Of Early Option Assignment

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Selling calls on stocks always presents a risk of early assignment when the calls are in-the-money. Stocks that have dividends present an even greater assignment risk when they are in-the-money and when the extrinsic value is low. Here is what you should know...

AUTHOR: James LeahyDATE: JUN 2020SUBJECT: Options

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• What Happened To My Profit?

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...The effects of implied volatility are underestimated by many option traders. It can vary greatly and unpredictably over an option's life and have a negative impact on the profitability of an option position....

AUTHOR: James LeahyDATE: FEB 2013SUBJECT: Options

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• Equivolume Using A Spreadsheet Program by James Leahy

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Equivolume Using A Spreadsheet Program by James Leahy Equivolume charting, which permits plotting price movements vs. volume instead of time, can be plotted by hand or with one of several charting programs, but a plain spreadsheet program on your personal computer can do the job and lets you add your own indicators. This author shows you how. Equivolume charts, which were pioneered by Richard Arms, allow plotting price movements vs. volume instead of time as is usually done. The result of this graph is a rectangular box for each ""point"" plotted. The width of the box is represented relative...

AUTHOR: James LeahyDATE: JAN 1992SUBJECT: Programming