Articles for: OptionGear

For those readers who have not contemplated options I am going to write a short series of articles in the coming weeks - in small ‘bites’ at a time.

Welcome to Part 6 of my series on the Greeks. This article will focus on Theta and how it can be used

Welcome to Part 5 of my series on the Greeks. This article will continue the focus on Vega and how to construct your

Welcome to Part 4 of my series on the Greeks.

Welcome to Part 3 of my series on the Greeks. This article will focus on Vega and how this devil of a Greek behaves throughout the life of an option and as time to expiration approaches.

In the fourth part of this series, we will be going through the actual trade on our "Hot stock in a Hot sector".

Welcome to Part 2 of my series on the Greeks: ‘The Greeks – How will they behave throughout my trade?’

The Greeks – What are they? What do they mean? How do I trade with them? Have you heard instructors say they sometimes don’t even look at the risk graph, but only the Greeks?

Let’s look at what we can do with a Calendar Spread, after expiration of the first short month, and try to eliminate as much risk as possible as the trade progresses.

Taking a contrarian view is often what trading (and investing) is all about.