vixA Step-by-Step Guide to Options Trading
January 05, 2010
Learning to trade options is like learning a foreign language: Initially it's a bit slow while you pick up the basics but with a little practice it becomes second nature. Don't pass up this chance to get a basic, working knowledge of something that could truly yield life-changing profits.
Options trading isn't hard to learn, nor does it have to remain a scary no-man's land that only the most experienced, glued-to-their-monitors type of traders can maneuver.
We're not going to let fear take you prisoner, and we definitely don't want you sitting out on any of our option trade recommendations because you might feel like they're a bit over your head.
Stripping Away the Mystery of Options Trading
By the time you're done with this mini-course, we have no doubt that you'll be trading options like a champ. Pretty soon, you'll be amazed at the "extra" profits you can earn by putting your money to work in the options market.
Our goal is to prepare you to rev up your returns with the power of options; once you get the hang of that, and we know you will, you'll be eager to see how options can supplement the rest of your portfolio.
In this course, you'll find an overview of the options market and the things that professional traders know that can make the difference between taking a weekend trip to a local motel and booking a three-week vacation to Fiji all on your profits.
Learn to Trade Options in 20 Minutes
Bottom line, there's money to be made – lots of it – and we're going to give you the tools to learn how to take advantage of the short-term nature of options-trading to make quick profits no matter whether the market is going up or down.
That's the beauty of options – once you understand the basic terminology and strategies (which we'll show you!), it's like a whole new world opens up to you.
Give us 20 minutes -- the length of time you'll need to read this report -- and we'll give you "7 Reasons to Trade Options" and "5 Options Trading Strategies," plus tons of vocabulary and other "need to know" items that will get you thinking, trading and, more importantly, profiting like a pro.
| Trade | Time Held |
Gain | |
| AMZN | Feb 50 Calls | 8 days | 135% |
| AVP | March 20 Puts | 19 days | 126% |
| BHI | Oct 37 Calls | 7 days | 150% |
| INTC | July 17 Calls | 1 day | 216% |
| MON | Oct 105 Puts | 4 days | 220% |
| XLF | Oct 22 Puts | 19 days | 195% |
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Meet Jon Lewis
Jon Lewis brings more than 20 years of writing and editing experience, in some of the nation's leading options newsletters, to the table in The Winning Edge, a weekly trading newsletter that helps members to profit with simple, easy-to-execute option plays designed to take advantage of earnings and other market events.
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