Sittin’ on the front porch sippin’ iced tea

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It’s funny how non-directional  options trading differs from many other kinds of trading. For example,  most forms of   trading require price  change to be taken advantage of by the trader.   Day traders salivate when they look at charts that are vertical, in either direction. Directional options traders are the same way.  But,  non-directional options traders normally do best when … Read More

SMB Radar Update for May 5, 2011

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Today the market has presented a lot of opportunity with many stocks and commodities very In Play. These are today’s top stocks on the In Play column on the SMB Radar. This is the most important function of the scanner. The Radar uses a number of proprietary algorithms on a prescreened universe of stocks and processes every tick in search … Read More

The key to winning options strategies is how well you handle the losing months

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All great options strategies will have losing months.  There is no getting around this simple fact, and it is critical to your mindset as a successful options trader that you accept these months as part of the game.  While non-directional options spread strategies are also known as “income options trades” (giving some traders the mistaken idea  that the strategies will produce  … Read More

SMB Radar Update for May 3, 2011

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These are today’s top 10 stocks on the In Play column on the SMB Radar. This is the most important function of the scanner. The Radar uses a number of proprietary algorithms on a prescreened universe of stocks and processes every tick in search of finding stocks that are In Play. These stocks have unusually high order flow that indicates … Read More