Option premiums are at levels not seen in a year, and as a result, selling options in today’s market is an excellent strategy.

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Options expert walks you through placing a call butterfly spread using the TradeStation platform.

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Gain an understanding of the option Greeks delta and gamma, and their relationship to each other.

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If you're particularly bearish on the market, put options may be the way to go right now. But for those who are somewhat neutral to bearish, there's a better strategy.

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Learn how to choose the right vertical spread strategy for a given market environment and how to construct a bull put spread.

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Learn about this vertical debit spread strategy and when traders should use it.

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Vertical Option Spreads - Learn how this bearish strategy works and when traders should use bear call spreads.

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An introduction to vertical option spreads and a breakdown of this strategy's four components.

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You can protect your long stock positions with options. Find out how a married put strategy functions like insurance for your portfolio.

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Increase your chances of success and limit your losses by determining multiple exit strategies prior to entering a trade.

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Think there's a big difference between debit and credit spreads? Think again.

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Leverage is a two way street, and what seems like a small loss could, in fact, be much bigger if you are not mindful of your position size. Learn from one trader's mistake.

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Options expert explains the main differences between the iron condor and condor spreads.

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Options expert looks at the risk associated with trading different option strategies -- covered calls, long calls/puts, spread trading and naked shorting -- against the four levels of brokers' approval.

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It's vital to know what level of option approval your account has and what strategies you're allowed to employ at each option approval level.

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This options strategy for sideways trading markets can bring premium when everything else is going nowhere fast.

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