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30 High Yielding Option Write Ideas for November's Option Expiration Friday by Marco Hickey
In a previous OptionMaestro.com post, I outlined 30 stocks which I wouldn't mind going long at these levels. I wrote about getting long the stocks by using the buy-write option strategy. This is an updated post to that one, adjusting the strikes and prices accordingly for options expiration... More »
November 20, 2009 • SPY, DIA, QQQQ
Time Price Pattern & Trend - Why the S&P Is Headed Lower Soon by Absolute Capital
A four way confluence of resistances - trend line, time, retrace and pattern completion from the March lows - dare I say that we are finally close to being done with the sharpest rally of the century? Again, fighting the trend is not a wise move, therefore I am leaving plenty of ammo should I be... More »
November 14, 2009 • SPY, QQQQ, SPXU
25 Option Write Ideas for October Expiration Friday by Marco Hickey
In a previous OptionMaestro.com post, I outlined 25 stocks which I wouldn't mind going long at these levels. I wrote about getting long the stocks by using the buy-write option strategy. This is an updated post to that one, adjusting the strikes and prices accordingly for options expiration... More »
October 16, 2009 • SPY, DIA, TLT
25 High Yielding Buy-Writes for October Options Expiration by Marco Hickey
With the October options expiration approaching us in just 3 days, I thought I would outline some trade ideas on stocks I wouldn't mind going long on, that would return good percentages by Friday (as of market close Tuesday). When using the buy/write option strategy, it is important that you are... More »
October 14, 2009 • DIA, SPY, QQQQ
Hedging With Leveraged ETFs by Short-Term Capital Management
There are plenty of ways for your portfolio to profit when the market goes down--you can go short, buy puts, sell naked calls. But what if the market moves against you and you're not hedged? Considering using one of the 2x or 3x leveraged ETFs to balance out your portfolio? While these funds can... More »
October 3, 2009 • UYG, SKF, URE
Leveraged ETF's Have Become A Day Traders Dream Come True (FAS, FAZ) by ETF Daily News
With all the criticism about leveraged ETF’s, not much has been said about how much of a great investment tool they are. Many day traders have relied on margin for decades to gain leverage through their daily trades. Using margin with your brokerage account can... More »
August 14, 2009 • TMV, TYO, EDZ
Are Financial Stocks Especially Overpriced? Some Protective Ideas by Marco Hickey
As I recently wrote on OptionMaestro.com, I believe the bank stocks are especially overpriced, but don't really want to sell all of my shares (as this stock market could continue rallying). In this post there are two types of hedging or protective ideas that require the use and knowledge of... More »
August 13, 2009 • DIA, SPY, QQQQ
Buy volatility of high volatile ETF's by pdsro
In the option universe there are several investment strategies. The one I want to talk today is the straddle and strangle. The straddle strategy is a nondirectional strategy. It consist on a purchase of a call and a put at the same strike price and expiration month because one expect a large... More »
August 11, 2009 • FAS, FAZ, BGU
Leveraged ETFs and their increasing criticism by Mauneel Desai
Last week Edward Jones said that it will stop selling leveraged ETFs. This Monday UBS (UBS Wealth Management Americas) announced that it has suspended the purchase of leveraged and inverse ETFs for its wealth management clients. Both firms cited the short-term nature of these securities as... More »
July 30, 2009 • BGU, BGZ
Why I Sell Put Options Instead of Setting Limit and Market Orders Part II by Marco Hickey
As promised in my previous post Why I Sell Put Options Instead of Setting Limit and Market Orders Part I, where I shared why I never set these types of orders and my reasoning, this is part 2 where I'm going to show you the benefit of writing naked put options on 40 popular leveraged ETF's. To... More »
July 21, 2009 • UYM, UCO, DDM

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Direxion Russell 1000 Bearish 3X ETF (BGZ)

Instablog posts on BGZ

30 High Yielding Option Write Ideas for November's Option Expiration Friday by Marco Hickey

Time Price Pattern & Trend - Why the S&P Is Headed Lower Soon by Absolute Capital

25 Option Write Ideas for October Expiration Friday by Marco Hickey

25 High Yielding Buy-Writes for October Options Expiration by Marco Hickey

Hedging With Leveraged ETFs by Short-Term Capital Management

Leveraged ETF's Have Become A Day Traders Dream Come True (FAS, FAZ) by ETF Daily News

Are Financial Stocks Especially Overpriced? Some Protective Ideas by Marco Hickey

Buy volatility of high volatile ETF's by pdsro

Leveraged ETFs and their increasing criticism by Mauneel Desai

Why I Sell Put Options Instead of Setting Limit and Market Orders Part II by Marco Hickey

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