Options Trading

Editor’s note: Yesterday, options analyst Andy Crowder hosted a live chat to discuss his “Sell in May – Make it Pay”: How to Make 15% a Month – Every… Read more

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) appeared on my bearish scan last night and after delving deeper into the charts, I see two different outlooks for the stock. The daily chart… Read more

Before I begin, I want to invite you to my upcoming free webinar, “Make 15% a Month – Every Month – for the Next Six Months,” this Thursday, May 15 at 12:00… Read more

Over the last month, I have tried to stress the importance of looking at different charts and how different a daily chart can look compared to a weekly or… Read more

The Wall Street adage “Sell in May and Go Away” is once again upon us. And if history repeats itself we could be in for a rough summer. It… Read more

In investing, absolutely nothing is more important than discipline and careful risk management. This fact is particularly true when investing using options, because options offer an enormous array of… Read more

After writing about Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) in yesterday’s article, I didn’t necessarily want to write about another big oil company today. But the weekly chart for Chevron (NYSE:… Read more

Small-cap stocks have had a rough few weeks. In fact, the decline has been so sharp that for the first time in seventeen months the Russell 2000 touched its… Read more

Weekly options have become a stalwart among options traders. Unfortunately, but predictable, most traders use them for pure speculation. But that’s okay. As most of you know, I mostly… Read more