2 Great Earnings Plays For Monday
I want to create an in-the-money call spread and an in-the-money put spread to "play the middle." On the call side, I want to buy the $ 44 weekly calls for $ 2.44 and sell the weekly $ 45 call for $ 1.72, a net cost of $ 0.72. On the put side, I am a buyer …
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Naked Puts: High-Risk, But A Win-Win Strategy
Naked Puts: High-Risk, But A Win-Win Strategy
For those that use options to leverage, hedge or simply to generate additional income, I would like to reacquaint you to Naked or Uncovered Puts, an option strategy that is classified as high-risk by the broker-dealers. Naked puts involve selling the …
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No Herd Left Behind: Federal Caribou Recovery Strategy On "Collision Course …
… Risk Act, the Canadian government has finally released its controversial Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou. The report, originally released in draft form in August 2011, ignited severe public criticism for emphasizing 'predator control …
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Disaster hedging strategies abound as tail-risk fears rise
Disaster hedging strategies abound as tail-risk fears rise
One simple, but expensive approach would be buying put options that offer a guarantee against any downside risk if stock prices slump below a set level. But the effectiveness of this strategy is damningly weak, the study's author, Ric Thomas, head of …
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Porsche Option Data May Not Have Swayed BNP, Court Told
BNP Paribas SA (BNP)'s 2009 decision to lend money to Porsche SE may not have been decisively influenced by all of the details of an option strategy the carmaker used in its Volkswagen AG takeover bid, a bank official testified. Juergen Schlangenotto …
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AEX versus IBEX
AEX versus IBEX
Let op Ga niet experimenteren met soorten van (combinaties van) financiële instrumenten. De waarde van beleggingen is immers aan kleine, maar ook aan grote fluctuaties (met name in het geval van opties) onderhevig. In het geval van een optiestrategie …
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Option Strategy
Sediment Strategies: Choosing a Sediment Management Option for Dam Removal
Four options were considered for managing sediment during the removal of a large dam in the western U.S. The option chosen – called the retained sediment method – involves leaving sediment in place and rerouting the river around the dam site. By Peter L.
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How Options Saved My Google Trade: Najarian
I was riding that rally with call spreads, an option strategy that lets you really leverage a pop. But this morning, the options paper showed traders jumping off the bandwagon. Our data systems at OptionMonster detected heavy selling in the October 800 …
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