Jul 22 2008

How to trade a Potential Potash Union Strike

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Last week I felt the wrath of being tagged as a “Pattern Day Trader.”  Last Tuesday I had a few good trades selling some Potash for some small, but [...]

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Jul 12 2008

POT - Don’t Abandon Ship

Some of you may have followed my June 30 trade and advice to get back into POT. And some of you may have gone through some frustration at my advice. I purchased my Calls when POT was at the $227 level. Since June 30, POT has dipped to as low as $197.17. [...]

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Jul 1 2008

Why I buy In The Money (ITM) options

During times of high volatility, ITM options are a good way for directional trading. This is because high implied volatility will eventually normalize. When this occurs the at-the-money (ATM) and out-of-the-money (OTM) options are going to lose value.

Deep in-the-money (ITM) options will for the most part be unaffected. This is because deep [...]

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