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I’m starting off the 2010 Stock Picks contest better than I did last year.  For pretty much all of last year I was in the bottom two places out of our small group of financial …

After what started off shaky for some of these positions ended up being a boring finish for March options expiration and that’s what I like.  It’s nice having all of my positions finish out of the money with no option assignments.  …

A few weeks ago I opened a small SSO position with the idea that if it went up I’d just pocket the profit and move on and if it went against me (which it did) I wouldn’t …

I mentioned this morning that I’d probably start easing into some trades starting this afternoon.  FDML was one of those I thought about.  It found support yet again in the $17.45-17.50 range that has worked for …

As a follow up to last year’s contest for the four best stock picks over a full calendar year, I’m honored to join the same group of other financial bloggers in a friendly contest for the top stock picks of 2010.  We all agreed to post our …

At the beginning of last year I joined a group of financial bloggers for a stock picking contest that would last for 12 months with no adjustments allowed.  We didn’t put any money on the line for the contest (luckily).  My picks had a …

One of the biggest decisions to make when selling options is picking the right strike price. What’s considered the right strike price isn’t a one size fits all.  Some investors (I’m saying “investors”, not “traders” because I don’t look at my …

I’m working to get a larger part of my account invested after all of my October options expired worthless last week.  One of the easiest ways I find to do that is the double the S&P 500 ETF, SSO.  I …

I had a good month to be short options.  Every one of my short positions closed out of the money leaving me with a full profit on each one.  I could’ve written higher strikes and made more money, but opted …