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Free Accounting Software | GnuCash Covered Call Writing- Using the Multiple Tab of the Ellman Calculator | The Blue Collar Investor Selling stock options is all about generating a cash flow. Calculating our initial profit, the potential for more profit (upside potential) and the protection of our initial profit (downside protection as opposed to breakeven of the entire position) is critical in making the most educated investment decisions. Accessing this information from the “Multiple Tab” of the Ellman Calculator will assist us in stock, option and strike selection. This spreadsheet allows you to evaluate multiple equities and multiple strike prices all on one page. The spreadsheet below depicts a typical page with information filled in and results shown: The Ellman Calculator- Multiple Tab Procedure: Enter the required information in the left five blue columns. Stock symbolStock priceOption premiumStrike priceExpiration date Information Generated: The “multiple tab” is the tab that I use the most. We then make our decisions based on market tone and technical analysis. Favor yellow highlighted stocks: /beginners-corner/
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Online Investing: Stocks, Personal Finance & Mutual Funds at SmartMoney.com Options Glossary Adjustments A change to contract terms due to a corporate action (e.g., a merger or stock split). Depending on the corporate action, different contract terms (including strike price, deliverable, expiration date, multiplier etc.) could be adjusted. All-or-none order (AON) American-style option An option that can be exercised at any time prior to its expiration date. Arbitrage A trading technique that involves the simultaneous purchase and sale of identical assets or equivalent assets in two different markets with the intent of profiting by the price discrepancy. Ask / Ask price The price at which a seller is offering to sell an option or a stock. Assigned (an exercise) Received notification of an assignment by OCC. Assignment Notification by OCC to a clearing member that an owner of an option has exercised their rights. At-the-money / At-the-money option A term that describes an option with a strike price that is equal to the current market price of the underlying stock. Averaging down Backspread
This Week In Petroleum Released: April 9, 2014 Next Release: April 16, 2014 Gasoline prices expected to average $3.57 per gallon during summer 2014 In the April 2014 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA projects that regular-grade gasoline retail prices will average $3.57 per gallon (gal) during the current summer (April through September) driving season, similar to the $3.58/gal average of summer 2013. After rising into May, the retail price is expected to fall through the remainder of the summer because both crude oil prices and gasoline crack spreads (the difference between wholesale product price and the price of crude oil) decline. On April 7, the national average regular-grade gasoline retail price stood at $3.60/gal. Retail prices are expected to gradually decline after May to an average of $3.46/gal in September. The market's expectation of uncertainty in monthly average gasoline prices is reflected in the pricing and implied volatility of futures and options contracts.
Trading Stock Options - Options Trading Example of How to Trade Stock Options Trading stock options is essentially the buying and selling of options contracts. Logically that makes no sense nor helps you see how you can make so much money doing so, but stick with me for a second and let me walk you through an example. An options contract is an agreement made between two parties in regards to buying or selling a stock. "Real estate investors" buy and sell homes "Stock Traders" buy and sell shares of stock "Option traders" buy and sell contracts Now I'm going to explain option trading in a way that has nothing to do with the stock market. This will help you understand how trading stock options (buying and selling contracts) can be so profitable. Let's say you find an undeveloped piece of land that you believe will increase in value over the next few years. It's valued at $25,000. So you give the owner some money and he draws up a contract that gives you the "right to buy" the land any time during the next 3 years for a "set price" of $25,000. You Hit the Jackpot!
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