Trading Option With Volatility

A lot of option traders don’t fully understand Option Greeks. The inexperienced option trader only focuses on the Greek known as Delta. Although Delta can tell us a lot about our option position, the best traders don’t stop there. A good trader will focus on volatility in the stock market.

How Dangerous is the Condor?

Thank you for reading this article on trading options. Today we will be concentrating on the risks of trading Iron Condors.

Are Your Options Losing Value?

In today’s issue of Talk Wall St. by San Jose Options we are going to discuss the differences between trading stocks and options. First, let’s talk about stocks. As most investors know, stocks are directional vehicles. If the price of our asset goes up, we make money. If the price falls, we lose money. Well, that is true if we are long the stock. If we are short the stock, then we can make money when it drops. Anyway, whatever your position is on a stock, it’s directional. One direction we make a profit and the other direction we lose. With stocks, we don’t focus on time or volatility in the markets, we just worry about the way the price is moving, up or down.