Options Trading Strategy: The Vertical Leap
Monday, May 18th, 2009Most traders view options as strictly a short term tool. The idea of a highly leveraged instrument with the potential to make big bucks quickly appeals to the risk taker inside all of us. Just like a card counting black-jack player, options strategies can be used to make consistent short term gains, provided the user is careful, and knows what they’re doing. But while options are usually employed solely by that group of high-octane traders, they actually have enormous benefits that tend to go unnoticed by many a long term investor.