Tag: psychology of options

Getting this Bull Put Spread Off the Ground

Ok… so I have my idea … and I have my time-frame …. i.e. after maybe a “pro-longed” (relative to recent history – after all, ALL market moves only occur in context) swoon/retracement over $GS, we will resume the march known as “markets climb a wall of worry”. Now think about it – those two [...]

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Joining the Options-Trading “Counter Culture”

Despite the fact that the guy who got me into the trading business in 1994 had been almost an original CBOE floor member, despite the fact that one of my best trades ever was a covered write on LU in July of 1999 (think sell Lucent @75), despite the fact that the man in my [...]

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