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Stock Splits- How They Impact Your Covered Call Contracts

April 18th, 2010 · 17 Comments

Stock Split is a term that hasn’t been highlighted on this site in over 18 months. Since the recession of 2008 and the ensuing deterioration of the stock market, corporations have not been using this strategy simply because the market value of these equities has been declining, not appreciating. Now that the market has rebounded [...]

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Tags: Non-standard (NS) options · Premium site · S&P 500 · Stock Splits · VIX

Non-Standard Options- What they are and why we should avoid them

January 3rd, 2010 · 48 Comments

You do your due-diligence and select a great performing stock in a great performing industry. Once you have determined that this equity meets all of our system requirements, you head off to the option chains to check the calculations. Since the stock is trading @ $39 per share you check the $40 call. This can’t [...]

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Tags: Non-standard (NS) options · economic news