Risk Management
Why selling options?
Date: 23.01.2017 | Author: Mihai Vasiliu
You can use the very same strategy as that employed by the profitable industries of insurance companies and casinos to make 40%, 50% return or even more, on a consistent annual basis. Very few investors know the concept of selling options and apply it the right way. If done correctly, the market conditions, the political(…)
Continue readingSpread trading using options
Date: 14.10.2016 | Author: Mihai Vasiliu
Spread trading is a simple concept and using it with options involves combining two different options, as part of a limited risk strategy. The industry categorizes spreads as “complex trades”, like they wanted to keep traders and investors away from using them. As a result, the majority of options traded on the U.S. exchanges take the(…)
Continue readingWhy trading options?
Date: 14.07.2016 | Author: Mihai Vasiliu
I like trading options because they are the most versatile financial instruments I’ve traded in 17 years. I have been trading stocks, bonds, futures and options on stocks, indexes, currencies and commodities and I’ve found options to be the best instrument you can use to implement your trading & investment strategies.
Continue readingHow to protect profits with options?
Date: 20.09.2014 | Author: Mihai Vasiliu
The stock could fall to zero, but you would still be able to sell at $45. If the stock rises above your Put, you can still sell the stock and close the Put. Using a Put to protect your profits places you, not the market, in the driver’s seat. You can also employ additional option strategies to create even more profit.
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