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The Most Successful Trade of 2017. Will It Continue?
You will learn about the nature of volatility trading, what to trade when shorting volatility, and the pitfalls and risk of trading volatility.
An option is a contract to buy or sell a specific financial product at a certain price on a certain date. It is possible to lose all of your investment if the underlying market moves against your position. Options trading is not suitable for all investors.
Your account to trade options will be considered and approved or disapproved based on all relevant factors, including your trading experience. Each leg of a multi-leg spread incurs a commission and bid/ask cost that can be significant. A monthly account service fee of $99.95 may apply. A $14.95 fee applies for options exercise or assignments at expiration. For early options exercises or assignments, a $1.50 per contract fee will apply, with a $5.95 minimum. There is an Options Regulatory Fee of $0.0431 per contract ($0.05 minimum) applicable to all options transactions. These costs will affect the profitability of all stock and options trades and should be considered prior to making any trade. Please visit TradeStation.com
Lawrence McMillan speaks on option strategies at many seminars and colloquia in the US, Canada, and Europe. Prior to founding his own firm, he was a proprietary trader at two major brokerage firms—primarily Thomson McKinnon Securities, where he ran the equity arbitrage department for nine years. Mr. McMillan is perhaps best known as the author of Options as a Strategic Investment, the bestselling work on stock and index options strategies, which has sold over 200,000 copies.