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Anyone playing AAPL weekly options? As it falls, I raise my stop to protect my gains. Watching the small caps.

They are at all time highs now, if they continue breaking out I'll put more into TNA. Pulled the trigger on RY and F the last couple of months, pretty happy with both trades right now. Grabbed ORCL before earnings which has gone well. Got nailed buying ATVI after that shooting in the US, but I'm sitting tight.

And a gap up like today will kill him. Especially if we get more news from Tim in China other than ipad LTE coming to China mobile. Yes this is true, but that is why I only bet a small percentage of my portfolio value on weeklies. I don't mind holding them over night in AAPL because I don't carry large positions, and AAPL makes big overnight moves that can make you good money if you call it right. I somehow managed to buy a few calls before this run started.

They are looking nice right now. Wonder if the run will continue tomorrow? Could you give a quick overview of options explaining how this works?

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I really want to start trading options but I can't comprehend how to work with them. Before you start trading, I'd high recommend reading "Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders" by Jack D.

I've been trading for 4 years, options for about a year and a half, and I wish I read this book 5 years ago. No matter what kind of trading you want to do, you will benefit from reading this book. An option is a contract which gives the holder the right to buy or sell a stock at a certain price the "strike" price. A holder of a "call option" gives the owner the right to buy at the strike price, and a "put option" gives the owner the right to sell a stock at the strike price.

One contract is for shares. As I'm typing this, I'm realizing that it's hard to give a quick overview of options. As there is plenty of information already written about them which is available on the internet, I'll leave you to it. So if you can time the market, you can make a substantial amount of money trading options.

Simply put, options are purchasing the right to buy or sell stocks at a specified price at a specified time. What you make or lose on those options is not only dependent on the stock price but the timing of the stock price.

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Don't start trading options until you have been trading equities actively for at least two years. Then paper trade options for about six months and make sure you understand the greeks. Pick a good book and then sit down and work through the examples until you get them. If you don't have the patience for that, you don't have the patient to trade options. I actually used to do this when I first started trading options. Making a quick buck with volatile weeklies can seem appealing, but it's so risky.

Just remember to protect your profits if you're going to do this.

Don't hold overnight, that's the greed talking. Also you can get burned if AAPL moves in premarket. Let's say you hold that CALL until tomorrow and AAPL drops to in premarket you're about to take a large loss. Don't get greedy and close your position. Trade to your targets not through them. Also closed my CALL bought for 5. Held for 2 hours and closed.

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