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56Think About What You Are Doing
I don't have time for this! Looking at stock and option screeners, making a short list, doing the fundamental and technical analysis, and using an option calculator to figure out the Greeks...
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55The Importance of Keeping Score
Do you hold yourself accountable for your performance? Does your ego keep you from acknowledging the truth? The basic premise of a successful investing strategy-particularly for short-term...
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52Losing is Part of Winning
This is what it's like to be an option trader. You've done all the due diligence. You've checked the stock and option charts and studied the fundamental issues of the underlying stock. The...
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54It’s All In The Head
To a contrarian, bad news is good news. To my contrarian ears, good news is breaking out. Take the new book The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned From the Market's Perfect Storm by Robert...
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54Trading Options Against the Trend
When you first realize it hits like a ton of bricks. So simple yet so true. About 80% of stocks follow the trend. We all know the "the trend is our friend". Can you smell a contrarian in the...
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50Options-Time is Money
Don't just stand there, do something! If you want to invest and just wait for the rising tide to carry your boat, stock options probably aren't for you. Nowhere is it more obvious that "time...
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51Collar it
"Put a collar on that damn thing!" yelled my neighbor after my prized Pug escaped to ravage his in-heat mutt. He was right. The Pug had cost me over $1500 and the last thing I wanted was for...
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50Do not fall off the See-Saw
When they're up....you're down. When they're down,... you're up. It's the "contrarian see-saw". Most everybody agrees that market sentiment can be a very important component to doing the almost...
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70Fundamental Considerations When Trading Stock Options
Do the numbers tell it all? When you read something about a company, do you really believe it? How do you make a decision about what makes a good investment opportunity? For most traders,...
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73Volatility and Options Trading
If you want to make money as a trader, you need movement and you need it now. The more the merrier. Most people associate volatility with their high school football coach. Others view it as...
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