re: Visa getting roughed up today?

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Is there an "Options Trading for Dummies" available?

Something that doesn't assume you already speak the lingo.

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investopedia.com has a few basic articles - they eventually start to talk in circles, but it got me from 0 to about 1, relatively speaking. My brokerage has a profit/loss analyzer for every kind of option imaginable.

My problem is valuing stock in the future - I'm not really confident in my ability to do that yet. TBF is correct that, if you're willing to buy the stock at the strike price, you might as well write put contracts and pocket the commission - that's a "can't lose" move if you're both bullish on the stock and want to be long in it.

However, if you're not quite as liquid, you're going to reduce your profit by getting in and out of stocks, and you'll probably have to start chaining options to limit your ultimate risk (which can start to amp up with a volatile stock or sudden shift in the market.)