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All of the instructors here at the Options Institute at the CBOE travel the country (and even the globe) to instruct all those who are interested in the merits of using options in their portfolios. In...
View Article2014 Equity and ETF LEAPS Listing Schedule
The following schedule will be used to list the 2014 Equity & ETF LEAPS: Monday, September 12, 2011: 2014 LEAPS begin trading for January cycle option classes. Monday, October 17, 2011: 2014 LEAPS...
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BBBY — May Have A Long Term Run to the Low 80s
I’m working off a Fibonacci price cluster buy setup that was identified on a weekly chart at the 5416-54.55 area. If this setup is going to play out, we are only at the beginning of the move as the...
View ArticleLEAPS as a Stock Substitute
Today I was fortunate enough to attend the GAME III Forum which is hosted by Quinnipiac University and held annually in New York City. GAME stands for Global Asset Management Education and the intent...
View ArticleIndex LEAPS June 2015 Schedule Announced
On September 9th, 2013, trading will begin for June 2015 LEAPS in the below Index and exchange-traded fund (ETF) options: DJX (Dow Jones Industrial Average) MNX (Mini-NASDAQ 100 Index) NDX (NASDAQ 100...
View ArticleLEAPS for 2016 Arrive – Partially
We’ve had a few questions this week about the listing of LEAPS options for 2016. LEAPS for 2016 were added for equities (stocks) and ETF’s in the January Cycle this past Monday, September 16th. When...
View ArticleLEAPS Listing for 2016 Completed
Happy day after Veterans Day, and welcome back bond traders who got yesterday off. We added “Cycle 3″ LEAPS ® options for 2016 yesterday, Monday November 11th. “Cycle 3″ LEAPS options are those with...
View ArticleSPX Super LEAPS® – For a Long-Term Market View
Shawn Howell from Pro Market Advisors talks about SPX Super LEAPS, and how investors and traders use Super LEAPS with a market opinion going out as far as five years. It also highlights some of the...
View Article2016 Index & ETF LEAPS To Be Added
On June 25, 2014, trading will begin for June 2016 LEAPS in the following Index and exchange traded fund (ETF) option products: DJX (Dow Jones Industrial Average) MNX (Mini-NASDAQ 100 Index) NDX...
View ArticleLEAPS® for Stocks and ETF’s to be Added for 2017
We received two questions last week from investors regarding the listing of 2017 LEAPS® options for stocks and ETF’s. The listing of LEAPS used to happen in the early summer for dates going out ~30...
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Part #3 of 4 – Using SPX Options in a Diagonal Spread
Back in May and June we posted two videos on using Index options and SPX Super LEAPS®, this is the third in a four part series on using SPX Index options. You can watch the previous videos by visiting...
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Part 4 of 4: Managing SPX Diagonal Spreads
For the fourth and final segment of this series on SPX SUPER LEAPS®, LEAPS and Weekly’s, we’ll take a look at managing the Diagonal Spread that we put on last week. As a quick refresher, we have a long...
View ArticleExpiration Friday – At Last
Expiration Friday. Since the beginning of time (OK, the last 40 years we’ve had listed options), options expired on the Saturday following the 3rd Friday of the month. Why Saturday? Let’s take a walk...
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