Stock Option Trading News

Value Investing – Palm Inc (PALM) – Covered Calls

The 2nd annual Value Investing Congress will meet in the Time Warner Center in New York City on November 9th and 10th ( valueinvestingcongress.com ). The congress promises to bring you “sessions packed with investment wisdom and profitable ideas.” This conference was the impetus for us to look for stocks that value investors think are a good buy right now.

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Implied Volatility & Here Comes the Long Straddle

A few months ago, we looked at possible stock option trades that could have been made on KCI – Kinetic Concepts ( Learn the Risk Factors and Profit , July 21, 2006). A verdict was expected to be released on July 21st, options expiration day. An option trader speculating on an increase in KCI may have purchased Long Calls or they may have been selling Naked Puts.

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Trucking – Fuel Costs – Stock Option Investing

With the recent decreases in the cost of fuel, the trucking industry is looking bullish. Like the airline industry, one of the largest operating expenses incurred in the trucking industry is for fuel, second after expenses for labor.When the cost for fuel decreases, the trucking industry’s costs are decreased, so the savings helps the industry’s bottom line.