Author Archives: Guest Author

Minding Your Options – Is Vega just another Greek?

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Guest Author

San Jose Options, the options mentoring company who brings you real-time trading and live demonstrations, has developed a unique concept. To set the context, Option Greeks are an integral part of options trading that you must understand in order to have long-term success in this highly competitive field. I’m going to focus today on just one Greek, the one called Vega. Continue reading →

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If You Must Trade Credit Spreads, Here’s An Adjustment For You

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Guest Author

Credit spreads have a high mathematical likelihood of achieving profitability. So why don’t I consider them one of my favorite types of trades? Because they also have a high probability of risk, and that means stress. Credit spreads are highly directional and that by itself implants the kind of risk into the trade that you have to watch like a hawk. Still, many option traders like credit spreads and will continue to use them regardless of my warnings. So here I present a very simple adjustment strategy you can apply to credit spreads to lock in your profits when they do happen to work out as planned. This will help reduce the riskiness of these trades. Continue reading →

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Our Unbalanced Option Spreads for You?

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Guest Author

Today I want to talk about a strategy that not many option traders know about which is called an Unbalanced Condor. This strategy has been around for a while I am sure, but for some reason, it’s not very popular. Personally, I have been studying options for over six years now, and I took many popular courses that you’ll find on the Internet. After spending nearly $50,000 on my options education, I find it rather intriguing and erroneous that most option courses are not teaching this strategy. Continue reading →

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Make A Living By Using Stock Trading Software

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Guest Author

Gaining success in stock market is not an easy job. It requires lots of experience and familiarity on how the stocks will behave. There is a trend nowadays in stock market analysis that stock traders use. It is an application designed to analyze stock market data and produce outputs on what is the best stocks to trade in. This application is called stock trading software. Continue reading →

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How to Trade Options in the Comfort Zone

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Guest Author

Trading of options has another risk attached to it which most do not see. This article will be discussing it. When it comes to option trades, many of us calculate the mathematical probability only. However, being an option trader has made me think of the ‘Comfort Zone’ in a trade. So, what is the Comfort Zone? Continue reading →

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Flowing Cash with Iron Condors

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Guest Author

Being that the iron Condor is a negative Vega strategy, this might just be the perfect time to use this income option spread. Lately, the volatility has been dropping and the markets have become a calmer place to be. This makes it much easier to manage this option spread. Continue reading →

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Option Trades for Income Demystified

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Guest Author

Do traditional trading strategies actually work? In general, I have to say yes, they do work, but in the long run, not as well. To elaborate, first you have to know what the traditional, income, trading strategies are. The most common strategies are; the Iron Condor, Calendar Spreads, Butterfly Spreads, Credit Spreads, Covered Calls, and Diagonal Spreads. Continue reading →

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San Jose Options: Tips for Successful Option Trading

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Guest Author

I’ve made a lot of friends in my 12 year endeavor to achieve success on the stock market through trading options. I’ve met hundreds of option traders, and the truth is, only a handful of them were making money. I wonder why there are so many people investing in the stock market when most of them only lose their capital. Continue reading →

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Trading Options Steps to Success

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Guest Author

Hi, I hope that your portfolio is growing. This is part two of a series of six articles including a video for each article. If you are interested in learning how to trade options, I recommend you watch all six videos. Continue reading →

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Option Trading Tips from San Jose Options

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Guest Author

A lot of option traders don’t fully understand Option Greeks. The inexperienced option trader only focuses on the Greek known as Delta. Although Delta can tell us a lot about our option position, the best traders don’t stop there. A good trader will focus on volatility in the stock market. Continue reading →

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