We provide some outside-the-box classes at OptionsANIMAL for members who have come to learn about options behavior, so that they can make a nice profit in their accounts. These classes are in the educational level 8 (top of the curricula) and are labeled “Vegas Trades.” Although we spend some time […]

We are having our annual equity plan in January here at OptionsANIMAL. When I take a look at the tracking of the equities that were named by OA staff this time last year, I found that they were ranked according to how bullishly they performed during the 2014 year. Other […]

I was reviewing a list of potential topics for a BLOG when I was touched by one in particular: Financial Crisis Collar Strategy. That topic reminds me of a collar strategy that I managed in order to generate a capital gain with a stock when I sold it more than […]

Do you know Jordan Belfort? He is the author of the book that was the basis of the movie with this title. Friends who recently saw the movie, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, expressed different opinions of it. Some said that the movie was repulsive, and others said that it […]

A fact of life is that emotions can wreck the boat in trading! Could they also help keep the boat afloat? There are a variety of four-letter-words involved: FEAR, HOPE, RISK, RICH, POOR, EDGE, SELF, EXIT, PLAN, SIZE, TOOL, GOAL, TASK, GAME, LOSS, WINS, NEWS. Which ones are the critical […]

It was my turn to post a trade for members of OptionsANIMAL a few weeks ago. I examined several equities on my watch list with that in mind. We had been in an Uptrend from August 14th to September 15th. However, there was a heavy selling day on Monday, September […]

When I think back in time, I realize that I only recognize the city, Cupertino, due to Apple, Inc. Looking on a map of California, I see that it is a suburb that is less than an hour outside of San Francisco. Not that I live anywhere close to San […]

How many of you have heard of the new IPO with the ticker symbol GPRO? Do you know anything about the entrepreneur who founded this company? Any idea of how he thought about the product? How long did it take him to develop the wearable HD action camera? How much […]

A few years ago I read a book written and published by Gil Morales and Dr. Chris Kacher with the title Trade Like An O’Neil Disciple. I’ve been a fan of William J. O’Neil’s for several decades, so this one grabbed my attention. As I read through the text, I […]