Category: Option Trading

  • This is how you trade Market Uncertainty

    This is how you trade Market Uncertainty

    Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX) dropped over 50% on Tuesday trigerring billions in losses for Hedge funds including the famed investor Mr Bill Ackman of Pershing Square. Is there a way you could have profited while big funds lost billions? Straddle spread is one such strategy that can be used in such instances.

  • Don’t Trade Options If…

    Don’t Trade Options If…

    Don’t trade options! Yeah, you are reading it right. We at OptionPundit, a premium Option focused website, are telling you not to trade options!! In fact don’t trade stocks, forex or commodities also if you can’t put your heart-n-soul into it to understand how it works and what does it take to succeed in that business.…

  • How Option Prices are Affected by Dividends

    Dividends usually bring smile on the faces of most investors except for some. Declaration of dividend by a company may upset a few people. Just ask an option trader holding a call option and you will know.  Dividends have an adverse effect on call option prices. I assume you have some idea about options and must be…

  • Which Is the Best Broker for Options Trading?

    Evolution of Internet has revolutionized how brokering services work. Gone are the days when you needed to pay prohibitively expensive broking charges to be in-an-out of a trade and had no access to technology or analytics. If you are a self-directed investor, these days you have plenty of choices to choose from. Ms. Theresa W Carey…

  • OP Income Newsletter Mar 2013 +15.3%

    Aiming to generate twice the SPX returns in 2013. OPNewsletter is very much on track to deliver my personal aim i.e. 2x the SPX returns by the end of 2013.  Jan 2013 was a solid +15.5%, Feb was +2.3% and March was +15.3% on max capital utilization of 36.3% thus effectively yielding +5.58% on the…

  • How To Calculate VIX Options Calendar Spreads Margin Requirement

    The Volatility Index (VIX), also widely known as “The Fear Index” has been gaining lot of popularity especially after the recent financial crisis. These days almost every major asset class has its corresponding VIX, and in fact several countries have introduced VIX equivalent for their leading market indices. After several months of trading it personally…

  • OPN Sept’12 +19.2%/ OPNExtra! is Extra

    OP Income Newsletter Sept portfolios are track to deliver a record month with +19.2% gains (as of Aug 31 close) excluding gains from OPNExtra! which is a FREE feature for OPN members that includes directional as well as earning trades. Some of the members asked me what will the results if we had allocated $1000…

  • OP Income Newsletter Jul +4.6%, Aug +10% (Open)

    OP Income Newsletter July portfolios delivered +4.6%; and August 2012 Income portfolios are up +10% and we still have a few more weeks to go. These results exclude gains from OPNExtra which is a FREE feature for OPN members that includes directional as well as earning trades. The key difference between “OP Income Trades” and…

  • Try OP Income Newsletter RISK FREE

    OP Income Newsletter subscription is currently opened without waitlist. We are starting to open the Aug income portfolios. If you were waiting on the sidelines, this is the right time to get in to benefit both from income portfolios as well as via on-going earning announcements. The trial is RISK FREE as new members will have first…

  • Protect Your Portfolio Before AAPL Falls Further

    Apple (AAPL) closed below 50dma level again. Apple has pulled back almost $53 from the high since latest earning announcement. When a company announces earnings that almost doubled smashing even the most bullish expectations and the stock was already selling well below the average P/E ratio of the market, how can it continue to fall…