Minyan Joel writes:  I want to use a deep-in-the-money (DITM) option to buy and control a stock, XYZ, a blue-chip company. This, to control the stock at less cost than buying outright, while

Editor's Note: This is Part 4 in a multiple-part series. Part 1 can be found here, Part 2 can be found here, and Part 3 can be found here.In the final part of this series, we'll consider

Editor's Note: This is Part 3 in a multiple-part series. Part 1 can be found here, Part 2 can be found here, and Part 4 can be found here. This series is the result of a question from Minyan Do

Editor's Note: This is Part 2 in a multiple-part series. Part 1 can be found here, Part 3 can be found here, and Part 4 can be found here.As an improvement on writing covered calls, Steve Smith's art

Editor's Note: This is Part 1 in a multiple-part series. Part 2 can be found here, Part 3 can be found here, and Part 4 can be found here. Professor Mark Wolfinger,I was wondering what you thou

Minyan Scott writes:  I've read that it's possible to be right about the direction of the stock and the timing and still lose money at expiration. Can you give me an example? My understanding

Minyan Al writes:  A rookie question: I sold four Google (GOOG) 560 October expiring naked calls recently and now it's going to come down quite a bit today. I think it might get down to 0.10

Professor Mark Wolfinger, The article Options Trading and the Importance of Adjusting Positions was really good. I have a couple of questions for you. (NOTE: Only one portion of the asked questions

Professor Wolfinger, Please correct me if I’m wrong but you never mention the use of a probability calculator (e.g., Monte Carlo Probability Calculator) as a way to get help in choosing the s

Professor Wolfinger, Is it better to buy high-probability iron condors at 0.10 deltas on call and puts for like a $0.20 credit and then just load up on contracts to make the higher monthly income,