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The Four Most Basic Types of Options

February 19, 2010 · 2 comments

in VIX volatility, financial education, hedging, indexes, international stock market, investing, investment tools, market timing, options, risk, side income, stocks, technical analysis, terminology

There are many different types of options, and they’re not all equally risky.  Some options investing strategies are highly risky, whereas others have a much lower level of risk.  If you’re still new to options investing, you might want to first read my post on learning the basics of options trading.
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Finally Learning the Basics of Stock Option Trading

November 24, 2009 · 7 comments

in CME, VIX volatility, commodities, financial education, forex, hedging, indexes, investment tools, market timing, options, stock exchanges, stocks, technical analysis, wealth protection

One area of investor education that I’ve been putting off is learning about trading stock options online.  This is because as risky as the stock market can be if you don’t know what you’re doing, the risk associated with options is even greater if you don’t know what you’re doing.
So why bother learning then?  Because [...]

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