Options Archives - PersonalFinanceLab Financial Literacy Gamified Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:45:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.personalfinancelab.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-50x50.png Options Archives - PersonalFinanceLab 32 32 Strangle Spread https://www.personalfinancelab.com/faq/options-trading/strangle-spread/ Wed, 27 Dec 2017 17:40:13 +0000 http://content.personalfinancelab.com/?p=18030 A Strangle is a volatility bet where you simultaneously long a put at Strike Price 2 and long a put at Strike Price 1, betting the stock price will make a big movement in either direction. This is similar to a Straddle, but the trader shorts the stocks instead of buying them (but the profit is basically the same)

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]]> Future Options https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/a-g/future-options/ Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:50:51 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=14465 Future Options are exactly what their name implies - an option on a futures contract.

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]]> Basic Option Strategies https://www.personalfinancelab.com/security-types/options/basic-option-strategies/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:18:42 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=14439 Option strategies allow you select any number of pros and cons depending on your strategy, that cannot be done with simply owning or shorting the stock. Read this article for more details on option strategies!

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]]> Creating Option Straddles https://www.personalfinancelab.com/security-types/options/creating-option-straddles/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:16:51 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=14433 A straddle is an investment strategy that involves the purchase or sale of an option allowing the investor to profit regardless of the direction of movement of the underlying asset, usually a stock. There are two straddle strategies, a long straddle and a short straddle. Click on this post to learn more about the differences between these two straddle strategies.

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]]> Understanding Options Symbols https://www.personalfinancelab.com/security-types/options/understanding-options-symbols/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:42:17 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=14431 This article can help you decipher options symbols into meaningful information to help you understand the option at hand!

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]]> Read Option Tables https://www.personalfinancelab.com/security-types/options-advanced/read-option-tables/ Mon, 09 May 2016 12:55:45 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=12465 Options are complicated but can be beneficial if you understand them and you know how to read options tables. Read this article to learn the basics!

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]]> Options https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/options/ Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:23:14 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11777 An option allows you to pay a certain amount of money (the option price) to allow you to buy or sell a stock at the price (strike price) you decided on when buying the option.

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]]> Call Option https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/call-option/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:09:18 +0000 http://virtual-stock-exchange.net/?p=797 A Call Option gives the holder the right, but not the need to purchase a fixed quantity of a particular stock at a specific price inside a particular time. Call Options are bought by investors who anticipate a price increase.

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