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• Four Questions to Ask Before Pulling the Trigger on an Options Trade
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on June 29th, 2011 at 1:28 pm, Comments: 0

  The desire to rush headlong into an apparent slam-dunk of a trade can sometimes be overwhelming. However, option players who hurry into a trading position [...]

• How Conservative Bulls Can Use Options to Mimic Stock Ownership
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on June 22nd, 2011 at 12:00 pm, Comments: 0

  The major market indexes just notched their fourth straight finish in the black, and the CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) — often dubbed the Street’s [...]

• Sentiment Analysis: The Contrarian’s Secret Weapon
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on June 15th, 2011 at 2:37 pm, Comments: 0

  Here at Schaeffer’s Investment Research, we pride ourselves on being contrarian investors. However, being a contrarian doesn’t mean you have to go against the grain [...]

• A Conservative Spread to Make Money as Stocks Swoon
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on June 8th, 2011 at 1:35 pm, Comments: 0

  The major market indexes are in danger of finishing a sixth straight week in the red, with concerns about unemployment, European debt, and the overall [...]

• Using Options as a Band-Aid for a Broken Stock
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on June 1st, 2011 at 1:18 pm, Comments: 0

  The broader equities market has been rather volatile over the past few weeks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average $DJIA exploring a near 800-point range [...]

• A Relatively Inexpensive Way to Safeguard Against a Post-Earnings Pullback
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on May 18th, 2011 at 1:29 pm, Comments: 0

  Digital display diva Focus Media Holding $FMCN has nearly doubled during the past year, ushered higher atop its 10-week and 32-week moving averages. However, the [...]

• Breaking Down an Anti-Volatility Play on Office Depot (ODP)
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on May 11th, 2011 at 1:21 pm, Comments: 0

  Corporate supplies concern Office Depot $ODP has bucked the broad-market trend lower today, after FBR Capital upped its price target to $7 from $6.50 and [...]

• Lock In Pre-Earnings Profits with Protective Puts
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on May 4th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, Comments: 0

  Blue chip Kraft Foods $KFT has advanced more than 15% during the past 52 weeks, ushered higher atop its 10-week and 50-week moving averages. In [...]

• Dissecting a Theoretical In-the-Money Strangle on Dendreon Ahead of Earnings
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on April 27th, 2011 at 1:08 pm, Comments: 0

  Biotech bigwig Dendreon Corporation $DNDN will step up to the earnings plate on Monday, May 2. Historically speaking, the firm has confessed to a wider-than-anticipated [...]

• Examining the Risks and Rewards of Out-of-the-Money Put Writing
  Posted by Andrea Kramer on April 20th, 2011 at 1:00 pm, Comments: 0

  In the options world, it’s common knowledge that demand for a stock’s options will increase as the company’s earnings date approaches, as these quarterly events [...]