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Option Strategies

Options are a popular vehicle traders/investors use with regards to pulling money from the market. There are three main uses of options: portfolio protection, generation of income on a portfolio, and for pure speculation.

Here we discuss numerous option trading strategies that are typically used by successful option traders.

Bullish Strategies
Long Calls
Covered Calls
Bull Call Spread
Bull Put Spread
Call Back Spread
Naked Put
Neutral Strategies
The Collar
Long Straddle
Short Straddle
Long Strangle
Short Strangle
Long Butterfly
Long Condor
Bearish Strategies
Long Puts
Naked Calls
Put Back Spread
Bear Call Spread
Bear Put Spread
Covered Put

Recommended Reading


McMillan on Options
by Lawrence G. McMillan

Options as a Strategic Investment
by Lawrence McMillan

The Options Advisor
by Bernie Schaeffer

DeMark On Day Trading Options
by Thomas DeMark and Thomas DeMark, Jr.