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...
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....
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...