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Why Trade Index Options - Less uncertainty: The key reason we trade index options rather than options on individual stocks is that price and volume fluctuations are much higher for a particular stock than they are for an index. Stocks often react wildly to unpredictable events, such as news, rumors...

Expiration Date - At the end of the expiration date, all those call options whose strike prices are higher than the price of the underlying stock or index will be worthless...

Start To Trade - Placing an options order is very similar to placing an order for a stock. If you use a live broker, call your brokerage firm and tell them which option you want to buy...

Options Spread Trading

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Equity options markets and options spreads can be traded in the futures (commodities). Simultaneous purchase and sale of the same or similar commodity, in different or the same contract months defines an option spread. Trading spreads comes in many forms and under many different names, such as "straddle", "strangle", "calendar spreads", and others. Because margin requirements are usually lower, spread trading is usually considered to be a lower risk strategy than an outright long or short futures position.

Because equity options spreads provide even more opportunities for successful spread trading, the spreads can be utilized in the future markets. As there are many variables involved (strike prices, trading months and different markets), trading option spreads offers many opportunities, by allowing numerous permutations and combinations of strategies. Some of the advantages of trading spreads are listed below:

  • Smaller margin deposits are required
  • Investment risk is lowered
  • Among spread relationships, seasonal patters exist

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Market Timing - We trade options based on market timing principles. This means we analyze past trends in options volume and options cash volume in order to generate an accurate forecast of the probable future market trends...

Options Basics - Purchasing an option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific amount of an underlying security at a specific price within a specified time period...