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Options Education Day in Vancouver & Calgary – Oct. 15-16, 2016
October 19, 2016
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Options Education Day in Vancouver & Calgary – Oct. 15-16, 2016

Montréal Exchange

On behalf of the Montréal Exchange, we would like to thank all participants for your attendance at our recent Options Education Day in Vancouver and Calgary. We sincerely hope that the knowledge you gained over the course of the sessions will help you achieve your objectives as an investor.     Discussing the Put...

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An Electrifying Yield on a Utility Stock
October 12, 2016
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An Electrifying Yield on a Utility Stock

Christopher Thom

Utility stocks are often loved by yield investors. They provide steady dividends, are regulated businesses, and are less cyclical. Generally they can be called “boring,” but for the investors who own utility stocks that is what they love about them. We’ve seen this sector do well over the last few decades as interest...

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For its 10-Year anniversary, The Montréal Exchange Blog gets a New Look!
October 04, 2016
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For its 10-Year anniversary, The Montréal Exchange Blog gets a New Look!

Montréal Exchange

The Montréal Exchange is proud to reveal the new look of its options blog for its 10-year anniversary. The forum now features a brand new look, new contributors and new tips to profit from the use of options! You can now more easily navigate the blog on your computer, tablet or smart phone and find articles by authors or...

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Is Volatility Gone… or Just Forgotten?
September 26, 2016
Volatility

Is Volatility Gone… or Just Forgotten?

Richard Croft

In an environment where we see sluggish growth among industrialized countries, global deflation, weak oil prices, political indecision in the US and negative interest rates, one could argue we are living in the worst of times. Add to that mix company specific events like missed earnings and questionable government regulation...

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Covered Call Horror Stories
September 13, 2016
Trading Idea

Covered Call Horror Stories

Richard Croft

In the late 1990s I sold a covered call on, let’s call the security, XYZ. A “nom de plume” to protect the guilty… or innocent, depending on your point of view. In any event, XYZ was a particularly volatile technology company trading at $21.75 per share in January 1998. I bought the shares for myself and clients and...

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Of Mice and Men and Rolling Options
September 06, 2016
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Of Mice and Men and Rolling Options

Alan Grigoletto

As anyone who has every traded knows, the best laid plans often go awry. Before making any adjustments, the investor needs to dissect what went wrong. Does he or she still hold fast to their original forecast but has simply run out of time, or was the strategy selection itself incorrect? Remember that closing the position in...

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The Doubling Strategy
August 29, 2016
Stock Options

The Doubling Strategy

Richard Croft

This week, rather than looking at short term trading opportunities, we will examine a longer term strategy that is not dependent on a directional bet for the underlying stock. What it comes down to is positioning. Is this a stock you would be willing to hold longer term, what role will it play in your portfolio (i.e. risk...

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Understanding Put-Call Parity
August 29, 2016
Concepts

Understanding Put-Call Parity

Alan Grigoletto

Investors will often hear the term put-call parity without fully comprehending its meaning or how it keeps options prices in line. Put-Call Parity states that for a given underlying price with the same strike prices and the same expiry for both puts and calls, the value of a call at a given price implies a value for the put,...

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