Monthly Archives: September 2022

To Boldly Go, You Need a Log

Posted on September 10, 2022 by Bill Newmiller

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[responsivevoice_button rate=”0.9″ pitch=”0.5″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Play”] Stardate CE09.09.2022 Logs are tedius things, and I’ve done a lot of thinking on how to ease the pain of having to record each trade and various details about it. Eventually, I … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Technical

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Bill Newmiller

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[responsivevoice_button rate=”0.9″ pitch=”0.5″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Play”] The market has had a couple good days. Weekly options are expiring today. Major economic events are happening next week. How will investors be thinking today? We can try to divine their … Continue reading →

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You’re the Judge at Beauty Contest

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Bill Newmiller

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[responsivevoice_button rate=”0.9″ pitch=”0.5″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Play”] It’s a contest where stock and ETF compete for your approval. What criteria will you apply to select the real beauties? Today we’ll summarize qualities that the limited trading experience reported in … Continue reading →

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The Way the Wind Blows

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Bill Newmiller

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[responsivevoice_button rate=”0.9″ pitch=”0.5″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Play”] Knowing the velocity of the wind is only part of what Orville and Wilber Wright needed when they first took off at Kitty Hawk. The also needed needed to know the wind’s … Continue reading →

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Lions on the Beach

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Bill Newmiller

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[responsivevoice_button rate=”0.9″ pitch=”0.5″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Play”] In Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea the aging Santiago dreams about lions on the beach, a metaphor that captures an old man’s nostalgia for his youth. An old man myself, … Continue reading →

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It’s Greek

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Bill Newmiller

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[responsivevoice_button rate=”0.9″ pitch=”0.5″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Play”] If you’ve read anything beyond this blog about options, you’ve seen a lot of references to “The Greeks.” These are names for five metrics that describe how options respond to various factors. … Continue reading →

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Fish or Cut Bait

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Bill Newmiller

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[responsivevoice_button rate=”0.9″ pitch=”0.5″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Play”] Previous posts covered single options and vertical spreads. We initiated a few trades and followed them on their paths to profit or loss. If you are reading this because you want to … Continue reading →

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Living in the Past

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Bill Newmiller

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[responsivevoice_button rate=”0.9″ pitch=”0.5″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Play”] I want to examine yesterday’s trade (PSTG bull put spread with strikes at 25 and 28). I was drawn to it because PSTG’s earnings report was published after the market closed on … Continue reading →

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Putting on a Different Kind of Option Contract

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Bill Newmiller

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[responsivevoice_button rate=”0.9″ pitch=”0.5″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Play”] So far, our focus and example trades have involved call contracts. I’ve displayed my preference for vertical spreads over naked options, and the spreads we’ve looked at have been credit spreads, which … Continue reading →

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