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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Stock Options Game First Steps

By Jackie Weller

Stock options are a contract that allows the buyer or seller of an option the right to exercise the sale or purchase of a stock for a contracted underlying price within a certain time period. Market conditions and future direction is analyzed in the Wall Street Journal, IBD, Stock Option Trader and other financial news services.

Call and put options deliver large leverage to the holder who can play either side of the fence. The call option gives the holder the right to buy the underlying asset whereas the put option allows the holder to sell the underlying asset. Many good books about Wall Street stock option trading are available in bookstores or even available free from your broker.

A call option provides the right to buy a specified quantity of a security at a set agreed amount, known as the 'strike price' at some time on or before expiration, while buying a put option provides the right to sell. Upon the option holder's choice to exercise the option, the party who sold, or wrote the option, must fulfill the terms of the contract.

Many models have been developed that accurately evaluate the value of an option through statistical models. This is an important consideration since risk needs to be quantified given the volatile nature of many markets and the great leverage inherent with options.

Low cost leveraging on a ?sure? bet is desirable, especially if one can get a handle on risk. Options provide that vehicle, and if used employing prudent controls, can be highly profitable. Low-cost leverage can be used to protect a position as well as take advantage of a developing market situation.

Various financial indicators can used to gage technical market direction. Instead, find the ones that work best for you and your strategic style, and learn to master them. Relying on news sources such as the Wallstreet Journal, option stock trading services are very helpful. Most successful financial experts found that the best trading systems are the simplest ones.

Market behave in a cyclical manner and behave in a wave composed of individual data points. Leading and lagging indicators signal direction of the wave and helps positioning strategies.

Oscillators are useful indicators for market direction. Momentum indicators, although lagging in their construction, are helpful when combined with oscillators. You want to catch a trend early and not enter it when the large gains have already passed by. - 23196

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