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Skew That

Daily Options Report | Thu, 06/25/2009 - 11:20am | Bloomberg, downside skew, Options Trading, Standard & Poors, trader's insurance, VIX, Volatility |  Add a comment

While we were dozing amidst ever-declining volatility, turns out a little options buying has gone on under the surface. This from Bloomberg. Downside skew, which gauges the relative cost of buying insurance against a slide in stocks, is now higher than it was when the Standard & Poors ... Read more

Trading > Larry Connors on Short Term Trading

Trading Covered Calls with ETFs

Larry Connors | Mon, 02/23/2009 - 1:35pm | covered call combinations, covered calls, ETFs (exchange traded funds), Exchange Traded Funds, ProShares Financials, trader's insurance, trading covered calls, Trading ETFs, UYG |  6 comments

One of the many opportunities actively traded ETFs offer you is with covered call combinations. There are a number of covered call opportunities for you each day and you can be amply rewarded if you are in the correct ETFs to do this with. For example, let’s say you are bullish on the finan ... Read more