There are several bullish strategies that you can use to profit with stocks & options.
Index options were created as a trading tool to follow and trade the many of the Stock Market benchmarks, such as the: S&P 500 ($SPX), NASDAQ ($NDX), Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJX), and Russell 2000 ($RUT). Index options are mainly used by professional trader and money managers to decrease risk and hedge portfolios.
There are several bearish strategies you can use to profit on stocks & options.
ETF’s or Exchange Traded Funds, are a very beneficial way of investing and trading in the Stock Market. ETF’s offer better diversification and are offered in a multitude of industries, sectors, and global economies. With ETF’s, you have the ability to trade options on certain sectors of the market such as: utilities, retail, energy, social media, home builders, financials, and so forth.
When you learn how to trade options the window of opportunity opens up for trading in a neutral or range-bound market environment. Some of the most common options trading strategies used to trade a sideways market includes: selling a covered call, selling a straddle, selling an iron condor, and using “close-to-the-money” calendar spreads.
