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January 31, 2012: Update on Last Week's Apple Trade
January 23, 2012: Option Trading Idea of the Week
January 9, 2012: A Look at the Downsides of Option Investing
December 27, 2011: Trading Rules for New 5%-a-Week Strategy
December 19, 2011: Update on 5% a Week "Conservative" Portfolio
December 12, 2011: An Interesting "Conservative" Option Purchase That Could Make 5% a Week
December 5, 2011: A Useful Way to Think About Delta
November 28, 2011: A Smart Way to Hedge Your Investments (With Options)
November 21, 2011: Testing A Statistical Rule of Thumb
November 14, 2011: Follow-Up on Last Week's 10K Bear Portfolio
November 7, 2011: A Bearish Option Portfolio That Can Gain Even if the Market Doesn't Fall
October 31, 2011: Choose an Option Strategy Based on Actual vs. Implied Volatility
October 24, 2011: A Useful Way to Think About Delta
October 17, 2011: If the market knocks you down, try laughing instead of crying
October 10, 2011: Follow-Up on Low Cost SPY Calendar Spread
October 3, 2011: Low Cost ($180) SPY Calendar Spread Which Might Double in One Week
September 26, 2011: Using Options to Prosper in Down Markets
September 19, 2011: An Options Strategy That Can Deal With High Volatility
September 12, 2011: Using Options to Hedge Market Risk
September 6, 2011: Some Thoughts About Options Trading
August 29, 2011: Creative Ways to Profitably Trade Options
August 22, 2011: An analogy - Checkers is to buying stocks as chess is to trading options
August 15, 2011: Finding an Implied Volatility Advantage
August 8, 2011: Using Options to Protect Against a Market Crash
August 1, 2011: Carrying Out the Last Minute Strategy
July 25, 2011: Using Options as an Alternative to Buying Stock
July 11, 2011: Buying Strangles with Weekly Options (and How We Made 67% in a Single Day Last Week)
July 5, 2011: Buying Straddles with Weekly Options
June 27, 2011: Rolling Over Short Options to the Next Week - Best to do on Friday or Monday?
June 20, 2011: Unusual Option Opportunity Using VXX
June 6, 2011: How to Trade Rumors of Takeovers
May 31, 2011: The Importance of VIX
May 23, 2011: Understanding Volatility - Part 1
May 16, 2011: Two Potential New Strategies
May 9, 2011: If the market knocks you down, try laughing instead of crying
May 2, 2011: Option pricing and the Black-Scholes model
April 25, 2011: How option prices are determined
April 11, 2011: Monday (After Expiration) Market Behavior - a 10-Year Back Test Study
April 4, 2011: A Note About Maintenance Requirements
March 28, 2011: Betting on a Change in VIX
March 22, 2011: Betting on a Change in VIX
March 14, 2011: Know the difference between an American-style and a European-style option?
March 9, 2011: A Useful Way to Think About Delta
February 28, 2011: A Note About Maintenance Requirements
February 21, 2011: Using Puts vs. Calls for Calendar Spreads
February 14, 2011: Using Puts vs. Calls for Calendar Spreads
February 7, 2011: William Tell Doubles in Value
January 31, 2011: The Exponential Factor -- Why You Still Feel Poor
January 24, 2011: Buying Theta-Positive Calendar Spreads
January 18, 2011: Understanding Market Manipulation at Options Expiration
January 10, 2011: A Look at the Downsides of Option Investing
January 3, 2011: Favorite Suggested Books for the Conservative Options Investor
December 28, 2010: If the market knocks you down, try laughing instead of crying
December 21, 2010: A Possible Short-Term Speculation?
December 13, 2010: Dealing With Inequities in Put and Call Pricing
December 6, 2010: Testing a Statistical Rule of Thumb
November 29, 2010: The Importance of VIX
November 22, 2010: Another Big Reason to Prefer SPY
November 15, 2010: Which Underlying is Best for Options - SPX or SPY
November 8, 2010: Why Would You Ever Buy Stock Again?
November 1, 2010: Why You Should Drop Everything and Check Out the New Weekly Options
October 25, 2010: Why Buy Stock When Options on That Same Stock Should Outperform?
October 18, 2010: Where Should You Invest Money These Days?
October 11, 2010: An Option Strategy That Outperforms Owning Stock
October 4, 2010: How Sweet it is - SPY Weekly Portfolios Gain 18% in a Single Week
September 27, 2010: Some Thoughts About Options Trading
September 20, 2010: Finding an Implied Volatility Advantage
September 14, 2010: How to Trade Rumors of Takeovers
August 30, 2010: Rolling Over Short Options to the Next Week - Best to do on Friday or Monday?
August 23, 2010: Understanding Volatility - Part 1
August 16, 2010: Option Pricing and the Black-Scholes Model
August 9, 2010: How Option Prices are Determined
August 2, 2010: The New Monthly Mesa Strategy
July 26, 2010: Beware of ETF Expiration Dividends
July 19, 2010: Beware of ETF Expiration Dividends
July 13, 2010: Know the difference between an American style and a European style option?
June 28, 2010: Buying Straddles with Weekly Options
June 21, 2010: Weekly Price Changes for SPY
June 14, 2010: More About Weekly Options
June 8, 2010: New Weekly Options Change Everything
June 1, 2010: A Useful Way to Think About Delta
May 24, 2010: Using Options to Prosper in Down Markets
May 17, 2010: Interesting SPY Quarterly Options Play
May 10, 2010: Something to Consider When Volatility Escalates: The Short Iron Condor
May 3, 2010: Hot off the Presses: Making 36%: Duffer's Guide to Breaking Par in the Market Every Year, In Good Years and Bad (2010 Revised Edition)
April 26, 2010: An analogy - Checkers is to buying stock as chess is to trading options
April 19, 2010: Monday (After Expiration) Market Behavior - A 10-Year Back Test Study
April 13, 2010: The Exotic Butterfly Spread
April 5, 2010: A Note About Maintenance Requirements
March 29, 2010: A Look Back at the First Year of the Boomer's Revenge Portfolio
March 22, 2010: A Spread That Made 83% in One Day Last Week
March 15, 2010: Some Thoughts on Vertical Spreads and Whether Puts or Calls are Best
March 8, 2010: It's About that Falling VIX
March 1, 2010: Update on our Gold Bug Portfolio
February 22, 2010: The Black Swan Hedge
February 16, 2010: Protecting Against a Market Crash
February 8, 2010: Beware the Ultra-Short and Ultra-Long ETFs
February 2, 2010: Refraining from Making Adjustments
January 25, 2010: Adjusting with New Calendars vs. Butterfly Spreads
January 19, 2010: Falling IVs (VIX) Hurts Calendar Spreads
January 11, 2010: Using Puts vs. Calls for Calendar Spreads
January 4, 2010: Contending With the New Option Prices
December 29, 2009: Invest in Yourself for 2010
December 21, 2009: Is Now the Time to Invest in Gold?
December 14, 2009: A Look Back at Market Volatility
December 7, 2009: Comparing Results From Two Different Strategies
November 30, 2009: Making Adjustments to a Conservative Options Portfolio
November 23, 2009: Update on Gold Bug Options Portfolio
November 16, 2009: Understanding Market Manipulation at Options Expiration
November 9, 2009: How to Use Options to Invest in Gold
November 3, 2009: How To Create a Conservative Options Strategy
October 26, 2009: How Stock Options Outperform Mutual Funds - Video
October 19, 2009: Expiration Day Roll-Over Strategy
October 12, 2009: New Market Definitions
October 5, 2009: Testing a Statistical Rule of Thumb
September 29, 2009: Commissions are a Necessary Part of a Conservative Options Strategy
September 21, 2009: Favorite Suggested Books for the Conservative Options Investor
September 14, 2009: Reversals and Conversions - Risk-Free Options Strategie
September 8, 2009: Reduce Risk by Selecting Different ETFs for Your Underlyings.Reduce Risk by Selecting Different ETFs for Your Underlyings.
August 31, 2009: Reduce Risk by Selecting Different ETFs for Your Underlyings
August 24, 2009: Playing Implied Volatility Spikes
August 16, 2009: Finding an Implied Volatility Advantage
August 10, 2009: Don't Worry About Leap Values
August 3, 2009: The Exponential Factor - Still Feeling Poor?
July 27, 2009: Shoot Strategies Move Into Profits (Dow down 32%, SPY down 34%, Shoots up 1%)
July 20, 2009: Implied Volatility Vs. Historical Volatility
July 13, 2009: Understanding Volatility - Part 1
July 6, 2009: Option Pricing and the Black-Scholes Model
June 27, 2009: How Stock Option Prices are Determined
June 22, 2009: Beware of ETF Expiration Dividends
June 13, 2009: The 20-Month Track Record for the Shoot Strategy
June 8, 2009: Know the difference between an American style and a European style option?
June 1, 2009: Market Sentiment is Still Negative
May 25, 2009: Are Puts Better Than Calls for Calendar Spreads?
May 18, 2009: An analogy Checkers is to buying stock as chess is to trading options
May 9, 2009: Monday (After Expiration) Market Behavior a 10-Year Back Test Study
May 4, 2009: What Others are Saying A Report on Volatility from Yahoo! Finance
April 27, 2009: Achieving Multiple Market Goals with Options
April 20, 2009: Results for the April 2009 Expiration Month
April 13, 2009: The Importance of Adjusting
April 6, 2009: The Difficulties of Making Money at Expiration
March 30, 2009: Comparing the Graphing Software Models
March 23, 2009: The New Boomer's Revenge Portfolio
March 16, 2009: 10 Years of Market Volatility
March 9, 2009: How Time Affects Delta Values
March 2, 2009: A Useful Way to Think About Delta
February 23, 2009: Interesting Options Trading Opportunity -XLF
February 16, 2009: When to Roll Short Iron Condors
February 9, 2009: The "Buy on the rumor" adage:
February 2, 2009: A Look Back at VIX:
January 26, 2009: A Note About Maintenance Requirements
January 19, 2009: Case Study of a Short Iron Condor
January 12, 2009: Changing Calendar Spreads Into Short Iron Condors
January 5, 2009: How to Cope With Falling Implied Volatilities (IV)
December 29, 2008: It Takes a Special Temperament to Trade Options, Even if its a Conservative Options Strategy
December 22, 2008: Making Consistent Investment Gains is Not An Easy Task
December 15, 2008: Christmas Gift Ideas from the Conservative Options Strategy Website
December 8, 2008: How to Make Gains in a Down Market (With a Conservative Option Strategy)
December 1, 2008: Understanding Market Manipulation at Options Expiration
November 24, 2008: Our "Most Conservative" Options Portfolio
November 17, 2008: Making Adjustments in a Volatile Market
November 10, 2008: Coping With an Emotionally-Driven Market
November 3, 2008: The Joys of Calendar Spreads and Our "Most Conservative" Options Portfolio
October 27, 2008: Which Way is the Market Headed?
October 20, 2008: The Big Dripper - A Conservative Stock Options Strategy
October 13, 2008: How Bad Was it?
October 6, 2008: A Great Time to Buy Calendar Spreads
September 30, 2008: When to Roll Over Expiring Options in a Conservative Options Strategy
September 22, 2008: More on Durable Diamond Stock Options trading strategy
September 15, 2008: A DIAmond Success Story!
September 8, 2008: How much does the market fluctuate in one month?
September 1, 2008: All commission costs on stock options trading are not equal.
August 25, 2008: Continued Discussion of a Conservative Options Strategy that Should Never Lose Money
August 18, 2008: First Month Results of the New Conservative Options Strategy
August 11, 2008: Favorite Suggested Books for the Conservative Options Investor
August 4, 2008: Trading Options After a Stock Split
July 28, 2008: Reversals and Conversions - Risk-Free Options Strategies
July 21, 2008: The Mighty Stalagmite
July 14, 2008: Using a Modified Butterfly Spread to Reduce Risk
July 7, 2008: Using a Butterfly Spread to Reduce Downside Risk