http://www.stock-forex.com Stock-forex.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:37:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One last use for options is a "hedge." A hedge is like an insurance policy. You hedge to limit your downside. Let's say you just spent $10,000 and purchased 100 shares of stock at $100 each. You think the stock is low (either the company is really profitable or that the ... http://www.stock-forex.com/hedge-a-stock/ By definition, a straddle is writing (selling) a call option and a put option on the same stock with the same strike price and expiration date. In the sameness is the simplicity. The same stock. The same number of contracts (call and put). The same strike price. The same expiration ... http://www.stock-forex.com/selling-straddles/ After a company takes a big dip, the climb back up is volatile. Sometimes it stays down for a while and starts trading between a certain range. I call this rolling stock. If you follow my formula for a pure rolling stock play as outlined in the Wall Street Money ... http://www.stock-forex.com/rolling-options/ One of my longtime favorite ways to make money on options is to buy when the stock takes a serious dip. Check the company's story though, to avoid further downturns. Look at the following charts: Motorola (MOT): The stock was $70 to $80 a share. It's a great company. Earnings were ... http://www.stock-forex.com/buy-on-dips/ An  Introduction To Proxy Investing More bang for the buck! That's what we all want. Wise use of stock options is one way to get it. This chapter is about using a form of proxy investing to leverage greater returns. And returns, to me, mean extra income, not just an increase ... http://www.stock-forex.com/optimum-options/