Option Foundations Class – Week 1

by Tom Nunamaker on October 18, 2011 in Trading Education October 18, 2011

Dan and Mark Fenton taught “Option Foundations” class today.  This was the first class.  Dan and Mark spent about 1-1/2 hours teaching this class! Watch the class or download the presentation slides The class will continue on FRIDAY at Noon Central Time and is open to everyone! Join the class on Friday at Noon Central [...]

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Options Safari: SPY Calendar and GOOG Calendar

by Tom Nunamaker on October 17, 2011 in CBOE TV Options Safari October 17, 2011

Dan’s two shows for CBOE TV Options Safari this week are: SPY Calendar Spread to hedge your portfolio GOOG Calendar Spread AFTER earnings  Download the Presentation Slides here Join our free public forums at http://forums.sheridanmentoring.com.

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Do you know your Greeks?

by Dan Sheridan on October 8, 2011 in Trading Education October 8, 2011

Today I am going to give a quiz on the most important Greek, Deltas. Understanding and managing this important Greek is crucial to your options trading. Mid next week I will go over the quiz and go over each answer in detail. Please do this quiz without any books or software if you can. Delta [...]

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How to Trade in the Current Markets Class – Week 1

by Tom Nunamaker on September 30, 2011 in Trading Education September 30, 2011

Dan taught “How to Trade in the Current Market” class today.  This was the Week 1 class.  Dan spent over two hours teaching this class! Watch the class or download the presentation slides The class will continue next week for students who purchase the class. We are discounting the class $100 so the final price [...]

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Anatomy Lesson

by Bill Burton on September 30, 2011 in Trading Education September 30, 2011

Options can be confusing.  The world with which an options trader deals is described by a host of confusing and often redundant terms.  The extremely dynamic nature of options and option based trades produces additional confusion as, for example, a particular individual option moves from out-of-the-money to at-the-money to in-the-money within the course of a [...]

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Options Safari: GLD Bull Call Spread and RUT Bear Put Spread

by Tom Nunamaker on September 28, 2011 in CBOE TV Options Safari September 28, 2011

Dan’s two shows for CBOE TV Options Safari this week are: GLD Bull Call Spread RUT Bear Put Spread  Download the Presentation Slides here Join our free public forums at http://forums.sheridanmentoring.com.

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NETFLIX: A few trade ideas

by Dan Sheridan on September 23, 2011 in Trading Education September 23, 2011

Netflix has surely paid for their price increases and especially how they communicated those price increases to the public. The public and investors responded by trashing the stock price. From around the middle of July to today, the stock has fallen from around $300 to the current level of $129. Buyers haven’t jumped in much [...]

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Survival Mode

by Bill Burton on September 23, 2011 in Trading Education September 23, 2011

As I sit to type this blog, my aluminum foil hat is getting really uncomfortable. The NASA satellite is re-entering the atmosphere somewhere this afternoon, Europe is approaching financial meltdown, Ben Bernanke is out of ammunition, and gold prices have retreated from their recent multi-year high. Even the VIX has awakened from its slumber and [...]

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Options Safari: SPX Low Prob Iron Condor and EEM Bearish Calendar

by Tom Nunamaker on September 19, 2011 in CBOE TV Options Safari September 19, 2011

Dan’s two shows for CBOE TV Options Safari this week are: SPX Low Probabilty Iron Condor EEM Bearish Calendar Spread  Download the Presentation Slides here     Join our free public forums at http://forums.sheridanmentoring.com.

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28 Things I Know For Sure

by Bill Burton on September 16, 2011 in Trading Education September 16, 2011

I don’t know many things for sure.  Life is uncertain. I find it helpful occasionally to reflect on things I have learned the hard way.  For those navigating the seemingly complex world of options for the first time, here are a few things you can take to the bank: Ancient Chinese philosophers realized that with [...]

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