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  • 1. All About Stock Options

    1. All About Stock Options

    My goal is to give you a basic understanding of what stock options are all about without hopelessly confusing you with unnecessary details. I have read dozens of books on stock options, and even my eyes start glazing over shortly into most of them.

  • 2. Check Out Auto-Trade

    2. Check Out Auto-Trade

    Auto-Trade is a service offered by several on-line brokers. Auto-Trade makes it possible for an investor to carry out an options strategy in his own account without becoming an options guru or making all the trades on his or her own.

  • 3. Never Buy a Mutual Fund

    3. Never Buy a Mutual Fund

    Never buy a mutual fund unless it is a no-load index fund with the lowest cost structure. (I will tell you where to find it later.)

  • 4. Turbocharge Your IRA

    4. Turbocharge Your IRA

    Most smart people have set up a Roth IRA, 401(k), or other qualified retirement program. For some of them, it may be the only stock market investment they own.

  • 5. Double Your Money the Lazy Way

    5. Double Your Money the Lazy Way

    In spite of the odds against winning, many people seem to like to invest in individual stocks – sort of like picking horses at the race track.

  • 6. The 10K Strategy

    6. The 10K Strategy

    The 10K Strategy is my favorite investment strategy. I have used it to make an average of over 50% a year for three out of four consecutive years. I have now added a twist to the strategy so that annual returns might be less than those years but there should be a much higher likelihood of its succeeding.

  • 7. Trading ETF Options

    7. Trading ETF Options

    Exchange-Traded Funds, or ETFs, are index funds that trade just like stocks on major stock exchanges. All the major stock indexes have ETFs based on them, including: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA), Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX), and Nasdaq 100 Composite (QQQQ).

  • 8. Other Stock Option Resources

    8. Other Stock Option Resources

    Learn about some of my favorite stock option resources.

Get ahead in the market.

Terry’s Tips carries out an options strategy designed to significantly outperform the market and other conventional investments.

The strategy does not require picking the right stocks or timing the market. It primarily trades options on the S&P 500 (SPY) and can be used in an IRA.

Terry's Tips Stock Options Trading Blog

January 24, 2012

Andy's Market Report

Simply stated, the rally continues.


Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing can hold this market down.

Numerous downgrades from Fitch, Moody’s the S&P and more importantly the World Bank, more European woes, news of inevitable Greek default, financial sector struggles, among bearish technical and seasonal readings hasn’t helped the bears at all during 2012.

As a result, the market has managed to advance on ten of the past twelve trading days leading to gains of 4.6% in the S&P 500, 4.1% in the Dow and a staggering 7.0% in the Nasdaq – in three weeks, yes, three weeks.

If you tack on the gains since December 19th, when this rally started, the gains are . . .

January 23, 2012

Options Tip Of The Week

This week I will share an options play that we are taking in advance of tomorrow’s earnings announcement by AAPL. If you think it is a good idea, you will have to place the trade before the market closes Tuesday, January 24, 2012.


Options Tip Of The Week

Expectations are sky high for Apple. The company reports earnings for the 4th quarter tomorrow, and Christmas sales are rumored to be through the roof. People have reported long lines for a month at Apple retail stores.

Demand is so high for iPhones in China that hordes of country dwellers have been hired to take a train to a city to buy a single iPhone (payment $16 for a day’s “work”) but the stores don’t have enough products so many people were turned away. A riot broke out and the stores were eventually closed (the website stills sells their products, but you wonder why they hire buyers if consumers can buy online).

It is always a good sign for a company when the biggest obstacle to success is making enough of the products rather than selling them.

On a fundamental basis, AAPL is trading at less than 11 times forward earnings, an extremely low number for a company growing at 39% a year (although it may be more than this amount – we will know tomorrow).

So will the stock skyrocket on Wednesday after the earnings announcement? The answer is . . .

January 9, 2012

A Look at the Downsides of Option Investing

Most of the time, we talk about the wonderful aspects of investing in options. I am proud that the new strategy we set up five weeks ago has now had five consecutive weeks of gains (averaging over 5% a week), but today I would like to discuss some of the negatives in trading options. Unfortunately, there are a few.

A Look at the Downsides of Option Investing

1. Taxes. Except in very rare circumstances, all gains are taxed as . . .

Making 36%

Making 36% – A Duffer's Guide to Breaking Par in the Market Every Year in Good Years and Bad

This book may not improve your golf game, but it might change your financial situation so that you will have more time for the greens and fairways (and sometimes the woods).

Learn why Dr. Allen believes that the 10K Strategy is less risky than owning stocks or mutual funds, and why it is especially appropriate for your IRA.

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Success Stories

Just wanted to keep you informed of what I am doing in OIH. My profits to date are $18,322 (in 7 months) on a $34K investment using the 10K Strategy.

~ Roger

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