CBOE Weekly Options: No one wants to wait. With Weeklys from CBOE, you don't have to. Weeklys are options that expire at the ends of weeks. This flexibility can provide investors with more targeted trading opportunities and can help investors take advantage of market events, such as earnings, government reports and Fed announcements. CBOE's Weeklys options are currently listed on Thursdays and expire the following Friday. New Weeklys are listed each week except that no new Weeklys are listed that would expire during the expiration week for regular options (the third Friday of each month).
CBOE - Covered Calls: This strategy is one of the most basic and widely used that combines the flexibility of listed equity options with the benefits of stock ownership. It works well for cash, margin, and Keogh accounts or IRAs. Although this strategy may not be suitable for everyone, it can provide a stock-owning investor limited downside stock price protection in return for limited participation on the upside.
CBOE - Naked/Cash Secured Puts: Have you ever entered a limit order to buy a security at a price below its current trading level? If so, you've most likely experienced a waiting game, and possibly a lengthy one because the stock will not be purchased until it trades at or below your limit price. Instead of simply waiting for that to happen you could take an approach that is a little more pro-active and sell (write) a cash-secured put.
Fully Informed: From the site owner: I have sold covered calls and naked puts to slowly reduce my cost basis in the stock to the point of zeroI believe in following strong, large cap companies and working with options and stocks on those companies. I also take my capital and divide it into 3 segments. 30% in cash or like instruments, 30% in laddered bonds and 40% in stocks. I have sold covered calls and naked puts to slowly reduce my cost basis in the stock to the point of zero.
The Money Tree: The purpose of The Money Tree is to communicate to other investors the results of one man’s efforts to consistently generate profits by selling covered calls and naked puts on publicly traded stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The Options Industry Council (OIC) : Created to educate investors and their financial advisors about the benefits and risks of exchange-traded equity options. Options are a versatile but complex product, and that is why OIC conducts hundreds of seminars and webcasts throughout the year, distributes thousands of interactive DVDs and brochures, and maintains a Web site and Help Desk focused on options education.