Author: Mark Wolfinger

Mark, Most of my friends who write covered calls are choosing out of the money calls so they will not have to deal with losing their underlying stock.Maybe they all need to read your book. Also, please comment on how you feel in...

When I discuss option strategies on this blog, the emphasis will be on making money and managing risk. The following are the methods I recommend for investors who already understand how options work.For rookies, I recommend the...

Q & A. Why Does VIX Follow Market Direction? Hi Mark, Hi have a question about the VIX. Why is it that VIX increases and decreases more or less with the market rather than with the market’s volatility? For example,...

When trading iron condors, one of my tactics is to cover (buy back) any short call or put spread when it becomes available at a sufficiently low price.To me, that price is approximately one penny per trading day before the...

Profiting From Market Neutral Strategies. Part II It’s a historic day in our nation’s history, but the markets are open and our trading lives go on. When an individual investor adopts a market-neutral strategy, most...

Bob recently inquired about how investors make money when they take a position that is neither bullish nor bearish.The traditional method for investing in the stock market is be bullish and buy something, and hold it, as its...

Hi Mark, Hope the trading is going well. I’ve visited your blog from time to time and always enjoy the way you explain the world of options, especially when it comes to iron condors. It is this topic I am writing to you...

Hi Mark, I have noticed that sometimes during an expiration week, markets (or some individual issues) are not very volatile. Some other times they are extremely volatile. I have heard people talking about volatility decreasing...

Who Do You Trust, starring Johnny Carson, was an old TV show (1957-1963). The question is appropriate today.Numerous people write/talk about options and my observation is that too many of them simply get things wrong.Not...

I love trading options. My goal is to interest you in using options to make your investing more enjoyable, more profitable, and less risky. I’m not trying to sell newsletter subscriptions or encourage you to buy costly...