Trading Ideas.

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Ex Divided Date Impact on Options Prices.

We all know that stocks that pay good dividends usually drop in price about the price of the dividend payment. How does this effect options prices. Is there an opportunity to trade options near the ex dividend date to capture a large swing in the movement in the price of the stock. The ex dividend dates can be found in this link.

Ex Dividend Dates

Spotting Trends

This post is dedicated to explaining the several indicators and how they effect the short term movement of a stock price. We can determine which indicators are more valuable at successful determining the movement of a stock price. This will be helpful at predicting short term movements in stock prices. Good Luck

Selling Calls Vs. Buying Puts.

Selling Calls to open a position could be much more profitable than buying puts. For this game you will be allowed to do either. Selling to open a position has a much greater risk however the time value of the option is working in your favor as it approaches expiration. You may post trades supported by the indicators both ways to see which method works better. On winning trades you will find that you will make more money by selling to open a call option than buying a put option. On losing trades you will lose much more as a consequence. Good luck

One Million Dollars

We are starting a challenge to see who can turn $1,000 into $1,000,000 the least amount of time. We will be trading stocks and options and posting our ideas. We will use free resources from the web to analyze and predict market trends. The first resource that we found can be seen below. I successfully made my first trade buying puts on MRK with a 25 strike price the stock went down almost 3% and the puts went up 50%. Join me as we see who can get to the $1,000,000 the least amount of time. We will do this as a fantasy stock portfolio. Post your trades and the times of the trades. We will use yahoo finance for the price of the stocks and options. Good luck everyone.