Believe it or not, most experts agree that beginning option traders shouldn’t actually trade real options. Instead, spend a few months by trading options on paper. Of course, this is quite different than using real money but it can be a great way to learn option trading.
Once you finish tracking your trades on a piece [...]

Investors with experience can use stock options trading as a way to diversify their portfolio, while at the same time, reducing some of the investment risk of certain stocks. Whether the investment is for a short or long period of time, options give investors the opportunity to place a wager on the long term strength [...]

In the realm of stock market trading, one of the often overlooked opportunities that a trader can utilize in their portfolio to make more profits and allow an investor to take advantage of the movement in company stock prices without directly investing in their issues is trading options. option trading can allow the average person [...]

So you have saved some money and you are now ready to put it to good use. The .5% you are collecting in your traditional bank account, or even your 3% return on your online savings account just isn’t cutting it anymore. It’s great that you are interested in investing and want to [...]

If you could invest $100 a year from the day you were born until you retire at age 65 and you earned a 10% return in the stock market, you would retire with over $500,000. $500,000 might not seem like as much in 65 years because of inflation, but this still doesn’t doubt the [...]

A business owner’s exit is a once-in-a-lifetime transformation. We’re not talking about selling a house or a car. This is a complex process that requires the technical expertise of a team of trusted advisors. The key to any successful business exit is planning. It must begin with personal reflection on the part of [...]

Many of us remember our first “dive” into the municipal swimming pool or lake. Once we overcame the trepidation of diving head first into the expansive body of water, did we dive in completely or just halfway?
The same is true with self-directing your retirement assets. While your plan must be established and continually adhere with [...]

There is over $480 trillion in the markets worldwide (Walker, 2008)! Many people try to find their piece of the pie learning to day trade; but the risky connotation and the reportedly low long-term success rate makes one question if day trading is really all that it is made out to be, or is [...]

The five best performing stocks on the Zacks #1 Rank List last week were: Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (FUN), True Religion Apparel, Inc. (TRLG), Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (FSYS), G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (GIII) and ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ESI).
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (FUN) announced last week that 2008 revenues through Labor Day were [...]

Today’s article isn’t really a screen (although I do have one at the end). I want to talk about something that I believe is critically important in light of what’s been happening in the market.
And that’s about managing your risk — using stops, cutting your losses — all of that stuff.
Not a fun [...]

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