Options Essentials Category

From OP Contributor - Jiayu Chiu
I have noted that expiration week is the most bullish week in a month. For the past 2 years, there is high percentage of SPX close on high in the expiration week in a month. Let see this month of statistics on how the SPX close :
Feb [...]

Feb 16th is an exciting day

In: Options Essentials

I mentioned in my past posts about the expiration day opportunities that can be categorized into two types i.e. Directional and Non-directional trades
I am going to cover non-directional part with respect to pinning of stocks. For the beginners who are wondering what is pinning, it simply means, the tendency of stock’s price to close near the [...]

Option Strategy Screener

In: Investment Strategy and Options Essentials

Here is the strategy screener I was referring to in my earlier post. This screener is an essential part of the OptionPundit’s Toolbox and I encourage beginners to use it to have an understanding of different option trading strategies before diving into option trading world beyond straight calls and puts.
This screener from option industry [...]

Today I shall be mentioning about a basic option strategy screener and position simulator that helps understand some of the basic strategies. This is very interactive and educates one in a very easy way. The tool also has a position simulator and you can place the legs/spreads in whatever way (of course not too advance) [...]

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OPN Performance

This assumes a $10,000 starting and fully invested capital. The current phase started when OPNewsletter was re-opened in Jan'08 for Feb'08 expiration. OPN Month is counted as 3rd Friday of each month same as US Equity option expiration day. Comparison with S&P500 or Dow is not shown as it's unfair to expect from such large institution to deliver high returns. I would rather compare with my own target.

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The Phase-1 assumes from May 2007 till Jan 2008 and starting fully invested capital of $10,000.

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  • May'07 +22.3%
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  • Jul'07 +32.7%
  • Aug'07 +17.9%
  • Sep'07 +6.9%
  • Oct'07 +57.3%
  • Nov'07 +17.1%
  • Dec'07 (Chill-out)
  • Jan'08 +14.8%
  • Feb'08 +11.6%
  • Mar'08 +16.5%
  • Apr'08 +9.2%
  • Commission included from May'08
  • May'08 +1.7%
  • Jun'08 +11.1%
  • Jul'08 +7.1%
  • Aug'08 -13.0%
  • Sep'08 +3.3%(Open)

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