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Options - Values and Prices, Part II
In Part I, we outlined an example. MSFT (Microsoft) stock with a current market price of $27, and a June 30 call option with premium of $2. (I.e. an option whose characteristics are: contract to buy 100 shares of MSFT by June 16 at a strike price of $30. Remember the '30' refers to the strike price, not the expiration date.)
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Options - Values and Prices, Part I
Unlike stocks, options have an expiration date. Unless a company goes bankrupt or buys back all its stock, the stock investor always has the choice to wait for a price correction. Sometimes that wait represents the triumph of hope over experience, but more on that elsewhere.
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Intro to Technical Analysis for Non-Dummies
There exist today an array of charts, patterns and statistical analysis large enough to please even a Medieval numerologist. Though it often looks and reads much like mathematical tea-leaf reading, most of the commonly used tools are based on serious empirical studies of the markets. The best way to explain what technical analysis is may be to contrast it with its arch-rival and sometimes partner: Fundamental Analysis.
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Options price listings vary in appearance from site to site, but most will contain the following basic information. Here's a breakdown of what they list and what it means.
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Because the actual calculation, and sometimes even the discussions, of volatility involve some fearsome mathematics, novice options traders often forgo learning about it. Those traders are at a disadvantage compared to their more intrepid competitors. And unnecessarily so, since the concept is not only useful but simple to understand.
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Schaeffer's Option Blog: Ford Motor Co. (F) Attracts Heavy Call - Earthtimes
CINCINNATI - (Business Wire) Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has seen an increase in call trading recently, as optimism has been on the rise toward the automaker. Considering the fact that the stock has put in a solid performance in 2009 and proved to be a
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TechniTrader Releases the Options Series Courses! - 24-7PressRelease.com
BLACK DIAMOND, WA, June 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- TechniTrader Options Series is a new approach to option trading. The education is grounded in the concept that traders should have control over all aspects of the option trade at all times. By
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Renewable energy may cost less than coal power - Tasmanian Examiner
USING more renewable power in Sydney would make electricity bills more affordable, according to a study prepared for the CSIRO that challenges assumptions about cheap coal-fired energy. More intelligent use of the existing energy grid could slash
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Staffer at SEC Had Warned Of Madoff - Washington Post
An investigator at the Securities and Exchange Commission warned superiors as far back as 2004 about irregularities at Bernard L. Madoff's financial management firm, but she was told to focus on an unrelated matter, according to agency documents and
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Jobless numbers punch stocks; Dow loses 223 - USA Today
NEW YORK â The stock market found little to celebrate heading into the long holiday weekend. Major stock indexes fell more than 2.6% Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials to their lowest level in six weeks, after the government said the
