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12/22/2006 - The Market Volatility Index: Using The VIX To Straddle And Strangle Stock Options
In Issue #381, Mark Whistler gives an indepth explanation of the Market Volatility Index (VIX), a useful tool in determining a bullish or bearish market.

12/21/2006 - Stock Market Index Trading Strategy: A 2-Step Approach To A Successful Trading System
In Issue #380, D.R. Barton, Jr. gives tips on evaluating any new stock market index trading strategy that you may be considering.

12/18/2006 - The Dogs Of The Dow: Forget the January Effect & Kick Off 2007 With Some Rebound Profits
In Issue #379, Jim Stanton clarifies the Dogs of the Dow and the Puppies of the Dow investment strategies, showing how both have outperformed the DJIA.

12/13/2006 - Sentiment Analysis: Incorporating Contrarian Investing in Your Trading & Financial Endeavors
In Issue #378, D.R. Barton, Jr., explores contrarian investing and sentiment analysis when it comes to the rising dollar.

12/08/2006 - Investing In Options: 3 Powerful Option Strategies That Make More Sense Than Stocks
In Issue #377, Lee Lowell gives a quick and easy breakdown of 3 different options strategies seeking to answer the ultimate investment question.

12/07/2006 - 2006 Stock Index Comparison: Here's How To Play Both Correction or Breakout Scenarios
In Issue #376, D.R. Barton Jr. juxtaposes the major 2006 stock indexes, gaining insight into their direction and where best to invest.

12/01/2006 - Option Strategies: The Solution To The Most Dangerous Investment Paradigm Today
In Issue #375, Karim Rahemtulla offers a detailed options strategy for protecting your portfolio against a new investment paradigm that could pose a threat to your wealth.

11/29/2006 - Stock Market Investing: 3 Things Investors Must Master To Improve Their Trading
In Issue #374, D.R. Barton Jr. relates stock market investing to the winning logic of poker champion Puggy Pearson.

11/22/2006 - Merger Mania: 4 Ways To Profit From $60 Billion In 48 Hours
In Issue #373, D.R. Barton, Jr. comments on merger mania and how to profit from mergers and acquisitions within today's market.

11/17/2006 - Gasoline Prices: How To Win Big In The "Ethanol Decade"
In Issue #372, Karim Rahemtulla combats high gasoline prices with ethanol investing on a three- to five-year time horizon.

11/15/2006 - Asset Protection Plan: How To Avoid 3 Mistakes That Could Cripple Your Investment Account
In Issue #371, D.R. Barton Jr. guides investors towards a solid asset protection plan including how to avoid 3 common investment mistakes.

11/10/2006 - The Breakdown Of A Covered Call Trade: How You Can Get Paid For Holding Shares
In Issue #370, Lee Lowell turns the spotlight on selling covered call options and clarifies how this strategy is an easy way to make your stocks work for you, instead of you working for your stocks.

11/08/2006 - Get The Entry Price You Want: The 3-Step System To Magnify Your Profits
In Issue #369, D.R. Barton Jr. reveals the 3-step process his E.S.P. subscribers use to obtain their preferred entry price on trades while boosting their reward-to-risk ratio.

11/03/2006 - The Strongest Six Months of The Year for Stocks: Will The Market Spring A Cyclical Surprise?
In Issue #368, Jim Stanton ponders Wall Street's self-perpetuating "Cycle Inversion" and how to deal with both bullish and bearish scenarios within the markets.

11/01/2006 - Technical Analysis Indicators: Harness The Power Of Leading Indicators And Bollinger Bands
In Issue #367, D.R. Barton Jr. emphasizes the predictive powers of using bollinger bands within your technical analysis charting to help you catch short- and long-term gains with regularity.

10/27/2006 - The Continued Erosion Of The Housing Market: Three Reasons Why Real Estate Will Crumble In 2007
In Issue #366, Karim Rahemtulla reports on the continuing deterioration of the real estate market and ignores anyone trying to make it seem that the worst is over because we may have another two years to go.

10/25/2006 - Dow Jones Industrial Average: Don't Be Fooled By The Dow's New Highs & Beware The Pullback Signs
In Issue #365, D.R. Barton, Jr. uses technical analysis to show that while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is pushing higher there are ominous signs that may point to a pullback sooner than later.

10/20/2006 - Credit Spread Trading: How To Be Wrong... And Still Win On Your Trades
In Issue #364, Lee Lowell goes over the finer points of option credit spread trading showing that gains can be squeezed from just about any market using this options strategy.

10/18/2006 - Trade Small... Save Big: The Single Best Piece of Trading Advice Ever
In Issue #363, D.R. Barton, Jr. offers new traders a remarkably simple, yet powerful message for investing within today's fast-moving and volatile markets.

10/13/2006 - Dow Theory: The Most Powerful And Important Concept In Technical Analysis
In Issue #362, Jim Stanton emphasizes the importance of Dow Theory within chart pattern recognition and how this type of analysis can show what the market may have in store for investors. 

10/11/2006 - The US Dollar's Next Move: Ignore The Dollar Doom Merchants... The Greenback's Got Room To Run
In Issue #361, D.R. Barton, Jr. ignores the popular pastime of dollar bashing and turns to technical charting for some clues towards a definitive uptrend in the dollar's performance.

10/09/2006 - Trading LEAPS Options: The Most Profitable Five-Letter Word In Options
In Issue #360, Karim Rahemtulla goes in-depth about trading LEAPS options, one of the most cost-effective ways to buy stocks and an integral part of any low-cost diversification investment strategy.

10/04/2006 - Price Shock: How To Respond To Three Types Of Price Shock During Earnings Season
In Issue #359, D.R. Barton, Jr. examines one of the toughest and least understood parts of trading, an unpredictable move that is too fast to trade called a price shock, and how to combat these through position sizing.

10/02/2006 - Options Trading Online: Power Up Your Options Trading With A Trio Of Top Options Web Resources
In Issue #358, Lee Lowell references the options websites that he uses when seeking trade recommendations as well as giving you the web addresses for these sites to better your own trade research.

09/27/2006 - Mutual Funds: How To Interpret The Actions of Mutual Fund Managers
In Issue #357, D.R. Barton, Jr. looks into why some of the biggest buyers of mutual funds are low on cash by watching for and interpreting key acting predictors of the market's long-term direction.

09/22/2006 - Commodities Trading: Looking For Profits Amid the Commodities Collapse
In Issue #356, Karim Rahemtulla watches the commodities trading sector fall short and provides a breakdown of companies in excellent positions despite the commodities collapse.

09/20/2006 - Risk Management and Position Sizing: Three Ways To Give Your Trades A Tune-Up
In Issue #355, D.R. Barton, Jr. gives great examples of how, through position sizing and risk management, you can improve your trades and your market gains.

09/15/2006 - Natural Gas Usage: What's In Store For Natural Gas Prices This Year?
In Issue #354, Jim Stanton gives a bit of  technical insight into natural gas usage versus the natural gas prices that will be affected by the upcoming winter months on the horizon.

09/13/2006 - Volatility Trading: Combat & Survive the Market's Volatility Swings
In Issue #353, D.R. Barton, Jr. interprets the rise and fall of volatility within the markets and exposes the best ways for volatility traders to combat these wild volatility swings within their investment strategies.

09/08/2006 - How Derivatives Work: Use the Options Boom to Beef Up Your Leverage
In Issue #352, Karim Rahemtulla delves into what derivatives are, how they work, and how you can use them as leverage towards massive gains within the markets.

09/07/2006 - Crude Oil Trading: A Red Flag for Oil Bears as Technicals Point to a Rebound
In Issue #351, D.R. Barton, Jr. notices that if you are bullish on crude oil trading, now is a great time to buy into the market on the long side.

09/01/2006 - Forecasting The Market's Behavior: The "One-Stop" Website For Identifying Sector Trends
In Issue #350, Jim Stanton demonstrates that there are no absolutes when forecasting the market's behavior, but the falling trend during mid-term election cycles has been accurate for decades.

08/30/2006 - Trading Lessons: Catching The Market Waves for Stress-Free Trades
In Issue #349, D.R. Barton, Jr. wades into the reasoning behind why easy trades happen and the trading lessons that you can glean from them.

08/28/2006 - Credit Spreads With Options: How Option Credit Spreads Give You a Better Chance to Win
In Issue #348, Lee Lowell expands on credit spreads with options, one of the best options strategies that relies more on picking where the market won't go, rather than where it will go.

08/23/2006 - Surfing the Markets: Two Ways To Combat Choppy Waters In The Markets
In Issue #347, D.R. Barton, Jr. focuses on respecting the power of the markets when surfing for stocks to keep your portfolio from being swept under by the proverbial market undertow.

08/22/2006 - Large-Caps Stocks: How Point Spread Shows Large-Caps Re-establishing Dominance
In Issue #346, Jim Stanton examines the point spread between the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500 and realizes that large-cap stock investing is making a come-back.

08/18/2006 - Stock Portfolio Profits: Cashing In on Summertime Market Blues with Straddles and Put Options
In Issue #345, Steve McDonald explores factors that can affect your stock portfolio profits this summer and how to fight back using straddles and put options for steady returns.

08/16/2006 - Ethanol's Government Intervention: Why the "High-Growth" Ethanol Business Matters to Investors
In Issue #344, D.R. Barton gives further details about the hottest topic since solar energy, ethanol, and how the fervor over this hot commodity will continue to be a high-growth business for future profits.

08/15/2006 - Warren Buffett's Investing Strategy: The Master of the "Buy and Hold"
In Issue #343, Karim Rahemtulla talks about Warren Buffett's investment strategy and what investors can learn from his intentions towards USG Corp.

08/14/2006 - Ethanol Investing, Part 2: The Smart Profits Report Ethanol Forum
In Part 2 of Issue #342, Jim Stanton & Lee Lowell discuss ethanol investing in the futures options markets and how to profit from this hot commodity.

08/11/2006 - Ethanol Investing: Part 1 of The Smart Profits Report Ethanol Forum
In Part 1 of Issue #342, Steve McDonald & Karim Rahemtulla give their take on what the rising costs of crude oil will unfold for ethanol production and how you can profit from it.

08/10/2006 - The FOMC Speaks: Will the Fed Pause? Does It Really Matter?
In Issue #341, D.R. Barton gives his perspective of the uncertainty in the air caused by the Federal Open Market Committee's decision on August 8, 2006 and what this could mean for your positions.

08/08/2006 - Investing In The Water Market: Turn Water Investments Into Profits From This Looming Global Crisis
In Issue #340, Jim Stanton dives head first into a discussion about the ominous water crisis that will make investing in the water market as profitable as investing in oil or ethanol.

08/04/2006 - Covered Calls & Buy-Write Strategies: How to Get Filled at the Prices You Want
In Issue #339, Karim Rahemtulla discusses covered calls and the buy-write strategy and how these two option strategies can get your prices filled everytime as well as double your money.

08/02/2006 - Impending Market Downside for August: Volatile Markets Poised for a Pullback
In Issue #338, D.R. Barton interprets technical charting analysis of the S&P 500 and recognizes what you need to know for investing in the markets for August 2006.

08/01/2006 - Selling Stock Options: Know This Key Selling Method To Profit With Options
In Issue #337, Lee Lowell expounds on the art of selling stock options and how, if done correctly, short positions can have a much higher probability of gains for your portfolio.

07/28/2006 - Natural Gas Prices: The Natural Gas Market is Set to LEAP in the Months Ahead
In Issue #336, Karim Rahemtulla exposes the imminent explosion set to begin within the natural gas market's prices and gives two LEAPS options recommendations that will help you profit.

07/26/2006 - The Stock Market's Reaction to Good News: Why It's Best to Sell at the Sound of the Trumpets
In Issue #335, D.R. Barton reveals why good news within the stock market usually results in a short lived spike in prices rather than the sky-rocketing explosion that most investors are looking for.

07/25/2006 - The Dow Jones: Technical Charting Shows Trouble On the Horizon
In Issue #334, Jim Stanton takes a hard look at the technical charts for the Dow Jones, keeping a close eye on the Industrials vs. the Transports and explains why adding put options to your portfolio may be on the horizon.

07/21/2006 - Options Strategies: The Perfect Options Strategies For A Seesaw Market
In Issue # 333, Steve McDonald spells out two options strategies to employ for protecting your portfolio and to make profits in times of uncertainty.

07/20/2006 - Stop Loss: Three Reasons to Get Out of a Trade Before it Hits Your Trailing Stop
In Issue # 332, D.R. Barton gives three reasons for investors to get out of a trade before it hits the stop loss, plus a three-step early exit system to help decide when to sell.

07/18/2006 - Online Broker Commissions: How to Get the Best Deal on Your Options Commissions
In Issue #331, Lee Lowell advises the best ways to reduce your traditional and online broker commissions and names a few online sites with the lowest fees.

07/13/2006 - Option Spread Trading: How a Bear Spread Can Make You More Than One Put Options Trade
In Issue #330, Karim Rahemtulla defines the art of option spread trading by using a bear spread or a bull spread instead of put options to net you higher profits with less downside risk.

07/11/2006 - The Future of Crude Oil Prices: How a New Saudi Development is Bearish for Oil Prices
In Issue #329, D.R. Barton exposes through charting and technical analysis the future developments of crude oil and what we should expect in the intermediate and long-term for oil prices.

07/10/2006 - D-Day for the U.S. Dollar: As the Fed Gets Back to "Normal," Why August 8 is Key
In Issue #328, Jim Stanton ponders August 8th, the day that Bernanke will raise rates once more, hopefully upping the value of the U.S. dollar from it's overall weak performance.

07/06/2006 - Nasdaq on Verge of a Breakdown: Key Points That Could Spell Danger
In Issue #327, Jim Stanton favors put options if a change in the long-term trend within the Nasdaq occurs, signaling a definite breakdown in this market.

07/05/2006 - Stock Market Volatility: Three Ways to Combat Volatility's "Radical" Shift
In Issue #326, D.R. Barton talks about the stock market's shift in volatility lately and what you can do to protect your portfolio and update your trading strategies.

07/03/2006 - Buying Put Options & Covered Calls: Two Ways To Play A Downside Trend
In Issue #325, Lee Lowell mentions five different ways to play a downside trending market but outlines two that will give steady profits and protect your portfolio every time.

06/29/2006 - Two Simple Ways To Increase Your Options Win Rate
In Issue #324, Karim Rahemtulla expands on D.R. Barton's article about trading with confidence by showing two ways that can help you make even better investing decisions.

06/27/2006 - Trading With Confidence: How You Can Develop More Confidence In Your Trades
In Issue #323, D.R. Barton puts into plain words what all top investors and traders have and lists three key elements that can help develop your trading confidence.

06/26/2006 - Option Prices: How to Get the Best Price on Your Options
In Issue #322, Steve McDonald discusses three ways to get the best option prices around when talking to your option broker.

06/22/2006 - Fast and Furious Volatility is Back in a Big Way: How To Profit Using Leg Spreads & The VIX
In Issue #321, Karim Rahemtulla reveals how to make massive profits in a volatile market by using leg spreads against your original option positions and by watching the volatility index to maximize your trades.

06/20/2006 - What's Happening in the Global Markets: The Global "Ripple's" Headed Our Way
In Issue #320, D.R. Barton analyzes the current mood of the global markets and informs all types of traders what they can do to prepare for the markets in the upcoming summer months.

06/19/2006 - Looking for Sector and Company Trends: Profiting From the "Templeton Tactic"
In Issue #319, Dean Albrecht gives readers pointers on what to look for when buying stock options, like sector and company trends, as well as figuring out what kind of investor you are.

06/16/2006 - The Best Commodities Website on the Internet
In Issue #318, Lee Lowell illuminates commodities options traders to FutureSource, one of the best websites on the internet, to use for their trades.

06/13/2006 - Continuation Patterns: Cashing In On Technical Analysis
In Issue #317, Jim Stanton differentiates between a bullish and bearish continuation pattern within technical analysis and how to cash in on these indecisive movements of the markets.

06/09/2006 - The Best Emerging Market of the 21st Century
In Issue #316, Karim Rahemtulla discusses which emerging market of the world between India, China and Turkey might be the best bet.

06/07/2006 - Hedging Your Long Positions: "Putting" More Money Into Your Portfolio
In Issue #315, Steve McDonald studies the Dow and introduces a hedging technique using put options that will add continuous gains to your portfolio.

06/01/2006 - Breakout Trading: The "Stanton Gap Rule" For Next-Day Profits
In Issue #314, Jim Stanton reveals a technical strategy that will help keep you out of bad trades, lower your risk and confirm a true stock breakout.

05/30/2006 - Fibonacci Retracement Levels: Let "Leo" Calculate Your Support and Resistance
In Issue #313, Jim Stanton
explains a facet of technical analysis, using Fibonacci retracements to find support and resistance levels, that can assist the timing of your trades.

05/26/06 - Ethanol Investments: Two Ways To Profit From the Shift Towards Ethanol
In Issue #312, Chairman Karim Rahemtulla comments on the shift towards ethanol and gives 2 ethanol investments for options players to think about.

05/23/2006 - Investor Sentiment & Market Behavior: Seven Tips For A Profitable Downside Bias
In Issue #311, Steve McDonald wonders why investors continually dump positions when the market drops a few hundred points rather than taking gains from both the upside and the downside.

05/19/2006 - The Price of Oil: Smart Profits Report Oil Forum
In Issue #310, Mt. Vernon Research experts each give a summary of where they feel oil is headed in the coming months along with a few recommendations of how you can profit.

05/16/2006 - Smart Trades For the Computer Age: Maintaining Profit Targets
In Issue #309, Dean Albrecht explores the trading revolution brought about by home computers and how you can avoid pitfalls by sticking to a sound strategy.

05/11/2006 - The Anatomy Of A Market Maker: Pushing, Shoving, Bumping And Making Money
In Issue #308, Lee Lowell explains the steps, challenges and choices he made to become one of the top market makers within the NYMEX and how this can help you make money.

05/09/2006 - A Lesson On Time Decay And How To Go In the Money For Top Buys
In Issue #307, Lee Lowell introduces how to get around time decay by using in-the-money options since these options already have intrinsic value, not extrinsic value, built into them.

05/05/2006 - Reliable Option Strangles For a 70% Win Rate
In Issue #306, Steve McDonald continues to enlighten us about using option strangles and how these can be helpful in your quest to make money with options.

05/02/2006 - Married Put Strategy: Your Go-To Options Insurance When Times Are Good
In Issue #305, Jim Stanton debriefs readers on the ins and outs of using married put options, a strategy that alleviates the fear of a volatile market.

04/29/2006 - Market Maker Insight: Three Reasons They're Not Enemies
In Issue #304, Lee Lowell gives some insight into the minds of the market makers by showing us three major challenges that they face every day in the option pits.

04/26/2006 - ISE Options: Two Strategies For Getting Runaway Stocks On the Cheap
In Issue #303, Karim Rahemtulla gives some great examples of two option strategies that can be used to make stellar gains on the International Securities Exhange.

04/20/2006 - The Search For A Good Broker: Five Tip-Offs Your Broker's A Fraud
In Issue #302, Steve McDonald spells out exactly what to look for when searching for a good broker and why you may want to take a closer look through the smoke and mirrors.

04/18/2006 - Buying In-the-Money Options: A Profitable Exit Strategy for Expiration Week
In Issue #301, Jim Stanton gets creative with in-the-money options as they head into expiration week claiming all your profits, no matter how wide the spread.

04/13/2006 - Time Stops Strategy: Your 10-Day Profit Test
In Issue #300, Steve McDonald introduces a new strategy called time stops, useful in heading off unprofitable option plays or collecting quick gains.

04/11/2006 - Covered Call Options: Turning A Stagnant Stock Into An ATM
In Issue #299, Lee Lowell demonstrates all the right moves when selling covered call options as an added benefit for making extra money on underperforming stocks.

04/07/2006 - LEAP Spread Trading: Gold's Hot And It's Time To "Spread" Out Your Fortune
In Issue #298, Karim Rahemtulla limits both upside and downside risk using LEAP spread trades and trailing stops within the gold and metals market all the while diversifying your dollar risk.

04/04/2006 - Option Contracts: An Options Myth Unraveled - 90% Of Contracts Don't Expire
In Issue #297, Jim Stanton explores the oft noted claim that 90% of option contracts expire worthless debunking this myth while reiterating two factors that can lead to success in option trading.

03/30/2006 - Portfolio Diversification: Falling In Love With Investments Can Cost You Millions
In Issue #296, Steve McDonald explains the importance of portfolio diversification and the idea that falling in love with your investments could be more of a detriment than you think.

03/28/2006 - Option Profit-Taking: Making It Easy To Take the Money and Run
In Issue #295, Steve McDonald faces the music when it comes to vanishing profits within option trades, wondering why traders don't take their option profits instead of watching them evaporate.

03/24/2006 - Option Investing: The Hottest Ticket On Wall Street
In Issue #294, Karim Rahemtulla questions how mainstream option investing really is and where this investment vehicle is going in the future.

03/21/2006 - Defensive Covered Call Strategy: What's Better Than Making Money? Keeping It
In Issue #293, Jim Stanton discusses a defensive covered call strategy, a great safety net in a falling market for any investor.

03/16/2006 - Buying Options: Like Owning a House Without Monthly Payments
In Issue #292, Lee Lowell illuminates readers to the similarities between buying options and paying for a mortgage, making it easy to understand.

03/14/2006 - Head and Shoulders Pattern: A Proven Sell Signal Called Breaking the "Neckline"
In Issue #291, Jim Stanton introduces the head and shoulders pattern and how to use this chart analysis to your advantage.

03/09/2006 - Correlation Strategy: Identify the Tide And Ride It To Profitability
In Issue #290, Dean Albrecht demonstrates how to use the correlation strategy to determine the direction of the markets when searching for entry and exit points.

03/07/2006 - In the Money Options: Make Mondays Your Discount Stock-Buying Day
In Issue #289, Lee Lowell explores how to use "in the money" options... the best way to lower your cost under the trading price when buying stocks.

03/03/2006 - Sell to Close Options: How “Patient” Trading Turned $8,000 into $192,000
In Issue #288, Steve McDonald discusses when to sell your options and walk away with a profit instead of struggling to hold onto a losing trade.

03/01/2006 - Emerging Markets: Two Plays In India... With Caution
In Issue #287, Karim Rahemtulla underlines his skepticism over the emerging "market" in India and the reasons that brought him to this conclusion.

02/24/2006 - Understanding Option Trading: Cut Your Losses... And Watch Your Gains Run
Jim Stanton lets readers in on understanding option trading by learning how to apply money management to their benefit.

02/22/2006 - Limit Order Discipline & Two Other Simple Rules For Making Money In Options
In Issue #285, Karim Rahemtulla redefines the use of limit orders within options and the discipline it takes to get the right price.

02/17/2006 - IBM and Google Covered Calls: Tracking These 2 Giants For An Income Jolt
In Issue #284, Advisory Panelist Jim Stanton reviews potential covered call situations on IBM and Google trades that produced income many income investors are seeking.

02/14/2006 - Option Chains: How To Pick Your Ideal Option if You're Bullish on a Stock
In Issue #283, Lee Lowell reviews how to use option chains in order to assess risk and make educated decisions in options trading.

02/09/2006 - Option Trading Strategies: Option Plays That "Earn" Their Keep
In Issue #282, Steve McDonald reveals the perfect time to use the option trading strategy known as the strangle when watching earnings within the markets.

02/07/2006 - How to Avoid Panic When the Train Leaves Without You
In Issue #281, Dean Albrecht relates a tale of woe about good planning and patience, and what to do when this happens in both options investing and the real world.

02/02/2006 - Spread Trades: Bull vs. Bear - How To Turn A $50 Bill Into $2,450
In Issue #280, Karim Rahemtulla illustrates the option spread trade for readers and gives examples of how to make these work for decisive profits.

02/01/2006 - The Options Bid: "The Bid, the Bid, Always the Bid"
In Issue #279, Steve McDonald gives readers the low down on watching the options bid prices and strategic disciplines, like using limit orders, that can increase your returns.

01/26/2006 - Selling Naked Puts: Get Paid Now To Bargain Buy Your Favorite Stocks Later
In Issue #278, Lee Lowell explains how selling naked put options works and how this defensive strategy, if done right, can be as easy as selling covered calls.

01/24/2006 - Short Selling: Beating the Government By Going Short
In Issue #277, Jim Stanton wants to know how many readers truly understand short selling, specifically what to look for when choosing your put options.

01/19/2006 - Strike Prices: Increase Your Odds by 99%
In Issue #276, Steve McDonald lets readers in on the secret to picking option strike prices that have greater chances of making you money and turning your trading statements from deep red to shiny black.

01/17/2006 - Using LEAPS: These Options Are Set to Run Full Tilt
In Issue #275, Karim Rahemtulla takes a look at how readers can profit using LEAPS in volatile markets and how these long-term options can give you positive results.

01/12/2006 - The Backspread Options Strategy: A Trade With Unlimited Profit Potential
In Issue #274, Lee Lowell underlines the backspread option strategy and shows the earnings capability for this approach.

01/10/2006 - Common Options Mistakes: Four Options Resolutions to Make Today
In Issue #273, Steve McDonald inspires investors to watch out for common option mistakes that can drag down your options account and what you can do to protect yourself.

01/05/2006 - Inverted Yield Curve: Now’s the Perfect Time For LEAPS Options
In Issue #272, Karim Rahemtulla notices an inverting yield curve and what investors can do when facing so much uncertainty in the U.S. and global markets.

01/03/2006 - Uncovered Options: A Win-Win Trade that "Puts" You In the "Bookie's" Seat
In Issue #271, Jim Stanton enlightens us on how to sell uncovered options instead within a bullish market, defining a win-win situation that will keep your profits rolling in.

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