Archive for December, 2009

Married Put Critics: Aren’t Long Calls Better & More Profitable?

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Critics Question: On March 21st, Google was at $397. I bought 1000 of the JAN 2010 350 Calls for $73. Today it’s worth over $240,000…The same $73,000 would have bought me 200 shares of Google and the 420 strike put option was a ton of money. But today the put is worthless and would it not just take away alot of profits??

RadioActiveTrading Staff Answer: Although Married Puts and Long Calls seem to have the same risk/reward profile, Long Call positions can be over traded and take on too much risk. Yes, the GOOG position worked out, but we never know the future. Here is a different example of how the Married Put would have been a better trade compared to a Long Call position: (more…)

Is It Worth My Time To Trade RadioActively?

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

You have to decide for yourself if putting the time and effort into a married put trading strategy is “worth your time”. But you’re not alone! Investors have contacted us with similar concerns and questions. They want to know if trading any strategy themselves is going to be better than just buying into an index ETF and/or better return than their “advisor” can do for them. (more…)