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Can You Lose All Your Money In Options Tradin

by Jason Ng, September 5, 2010 | Comments

	Reasons why you can lose all your money in options trading One of the greatest and most talked about risk in options trading is the fact that you could lose all your money in options trading very quickly. Well, many people lose all their money in stock trading too, so what makes losing all your money in options trading such a big deal? The fact is, investors only lose all their ...
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What Wing Chun Taught Me About Options Tradin

by Jason Ng, June 6, 2010 | Comments

	Find out what we can learn about Options Trading from Wing chun kungfu Donny Yen’s latest movies about Wing Chun grandmaster, Ip Man, started a Wing Chun rage across Asia. As a martial arts fan and a full time options trader with plenty of time for such pursuits during daytime in Asia (since the US market opens in the evening in Asia), I went to Beijing China in order to study this ancient ...
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Why Options Better Than Futures For Hedging

by Jason Ng, March 28, 2010 | Comments

Find out the main problem with hedging your stock or portfolio using futures.

Futures trading can be used for two main purposes; Speculation and Hedging. While most retail traders get involved in futures trading for the purpose of leveraged speculation, it cannot be forgotten that the true purpose of futures contracts is for the purpose of hedging. Hedging using futures is technique most professional money managers use. However, there is one main problem ...

1 Biggest Options Trading Mistake Ever

by Jason Ng, December 20, 2009 | Comments

Discover the single most deadly mistake a beginner can make in options trading.

Recently, I have been answering options trading questions posted by options trading beginners at my website and it amazes me to find that MANY of these questions surround a single theme. Some of these questions are like: “I just bought a call option, how do I take profit?” “I bought a put option at XXX strike price, so what ...

23 Tips For Profitable Options Trading

by Jason Ng, November 29, 2009 | Comments

Check list of 23 critical items if you wish to be profitable at options trading.

1. Read Optiontradingpedia.com. Make sure you know everything about options BEFORE putting down your first trade.2. Completely understand your trading interface. Most beginners make their first losses through incorrect trade placement due to not being familiar with their trading interface.3. Avoid call in brokers. Nothing is more destructive than a busy line on an urgent trade and brokers who don’t ...

Introducing Convexity Using Put Options

by Jason Ng, November 19, 2009 | Comments

Learn how to introduce convexity into a stock portfolio using put options.

All portfolio managers aim to create and maintain portfolios that gain when market conditions are good and lose little or no money when market conditions are bad. Yes, that sounds like what every trader and investor would love, doesn’t it? Such portfolio or positions are what professionals call “convex”. A convex position or portfolio would have greater volatility to upside ...

Put Options for Down Markets

by Jason Ng, October 18, 2009 | Comments

Learn how to profit in bear markets using put options.

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Profit In Up and Down Markets with Options Tr

by Jason Ng, September 30, 2009 | Comments

Do you know that it is possible to make money even when stocks are down or sideways?

Do you want to be a stock market millionaire? Do you want to make millions trading comfortably from your home? If you do, then apart from profiting when stocks are up, you must be able to make a profit when stocks are down or sideways as well! That’s right. Stocks don’t just go up all the time. In fact, there ...

Options Trading and Technical Analysis

by Jason Ng, August 29, 2009 | Comments

Why Technical Analysis is So Closely Related With Options Trading

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Why Most People Fail At Options Trading

by Jason Ng, July 26, 2009 | Comments

Exploring the 2 main reasons of failure at options trading for beginners.

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Covered Call Regret

by Jason Ng, July 1, 2009 | Comments

Covered call is the most popular options strategy of all times but it is also the cause of many regr

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Options Trading and Risk

by Jason Ng, June 16, 2009 | Comments

Is options trading risky?

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Options Trading and Gambling

by Jason Ng, May 31, 2009 | Comments

Is options trading gambling?

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Swine Flu and Options Trading

by Jason Ng, May 3, 2009 | Comments

What does the Swine Flu teach us about options trading?

The recent global spreading of the Swine Flu has brought back fearful memories of the avian flu. In fact at this point in time, other than Mexico, USA, Canada, some parts of Europe, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, Israel, Brazil, Colombia, France and the UK have reported confirmed or suspicious cases. So far, 160 have dead of the Swine Flu. ...

Options Extrinsic Value as a Stock Indicator

by Jason Ng, April 14, 2009 | Comments

	Find out how to use options in order to spot stocks that will break out quickly. I bought DNDN shares last month at about $4.00 and less than a month later, I sold it for $21. Yes, that's 425 percent profit in less than a month. Was that pure luck? How often has that happened to you? What if I told you that luck has nothing to do with this and that I bought DNDN shares ...
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