Options

Options analyst Andy Crowder explains how he uses credit spreads to give himself — and his Options Advantage subscribers — a healthy margin of error.

Did you miss last night’s live options chat with Andy Crowder? Not to worry. Here is the full video of last night’s hour-long options discussion, titled, “Three Simple… Read more

Join Andy Crowder tonight at 6 p.m. eastern time for his latest live options chat, “3 Simple Option Plays for Income Investors.”

Homeowners Choice (NYSE: HCI) was quietly one of last year’s top performers. Now the stock has pulled back to an important support level, providing another entry to this great… Read more

What would you buy now? It's a question that we, as self-directed investors, shouldn’t have to answer. Yet the question is asked everyday in almost every financial media outlet…. Read more

Andy Crowder talks about the pitfalls of trading options in a market that is oversold.

Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) managed to beat forecasts earlier this week. The positive financial data sent the shares 13% higher.

Here is another example of how I use credit spreads to bring in income on a monthly and
sometimes weekly basis. This time I am using a bear call… Read more

The goal of selling a bull put credit spread or vertical put spread is to have the stock close ABOVE the put strike you sold at options expiration.