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(small update: The Vix gave more than 30% and faster than we projected. If you took our idea it might be good time to take some profits off the table)

Indeed an historical event, an event that can...

The holiday season is coming down the back stretch and this year looks like it will be a winner. According to the CNBC All-America Survey, average holiday spending intentions will top $900 for the...

The major indexes continue to hit fresh all-time highs as the calendar flips into the last month of 2017. The combination of robust earnings, the potential for a new tax plan, and bullish...

Launch!

We Are very happy to announce the launch of the new version of Option Samurai. We will describe all the new features and how to use them in next posts and in our help section, but we...

In this article, we’re going to see how to choose an option for generating income. The strategy we’ll use is covered calls, which means we own a stock or will buy it then sell call options on the...

Despite a smooth climb in stock prices that have continue to reach all-time highs, implied volatility has started to pick up as the calendar slides into the heart of the earnings season. Some of...

As Q3 earnings commence, U.S. stocks are hitting all-time highs, as low interest rates and the promise of deregulation and tax cuts are buoying riskier assets. If you think stock prices will...

We are traders ourselves, and we share our views from time to time with our subscribers. We also use our social network accounts to share trade ideas publicly, and we maintain a public trade log to...

On the doorstep of the Q4, U.S. stocks continue to trade at elevated levels. October is generally remembered as a volatile month, but over the last 20-years the S&P 500 index has returned 1.9% on...

We are going to see how to choose an option for selling using a predefined scan. In this case, we’ll use the “High probability Naked puts (85% prob of worthless, good companies, good risk-return...