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Hi, I’m Michael Thomsett, one of the world’s best-selling authors of financial books about Options Investing. You’ve probably seen me on TV, read my blog [......]

Synthetic short stock, a nice form of leverage

You might believe that the market as a whole, or for a specific stock, is bearish. However, you do not want to risk shorting stock because it is both [......]

Delta as a signal for timing entry and exit

You may be familiar with the “Greeks” of option trading, the various indicators that describe option premium and risk levels. Among the Greeks, delta may be the most important [......]

New Trade – Goldman Sachs dividend collar

Goldman Sachs has been in the news and today right after the open, the stock declined very slightly to $160.62. The numbers work out for a very short-term dividend [......]

On-balance volume, the overlooked reversal signal

Technicians focus for the most part of price patterns and changes, but may easily overlook the value of volume as an important signal for coming trend reversal.

Some charting [......]

New Trade – Deutsche Bank dividend collar

Today I am initiating a new trade, a dividend collar on Deutsche Ban k (DB). As of 30 minutes into the session, DB was trading @ 47.17. Ex-dividend date is [......]

Long candlesticks – good reversal signal as a first step

There are many variations of candlesticks, including one-day, two-day and three-day reversal signals. One of the more reliable is the long candlestick, a day with exceptional distance between open [......]

Covered calls: Still a favorite and for good reasons

Anyone who takes a look at options quickly discovers the most popular strategy: covered call writing. But is the strategy properly classified with all other options as “high risk” [......]

Trade update – exeercising put on Con ED dividend collar

The Consolidated Edison dividend collar was opened on April 29, 18 days ago. Today is last trading day and the stock price has declined below the option strikes. So [......]

Trade update – OHI dividend collar last trading day

This position was opened on April 23 (24 days ago) and ex-dividend date was April 26. The dividend of $46 was earned; today is the last trading day for [......]