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| June 11, 2010 |
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MY Home page was modified to show recent market data using pods. Pods are available for new highs, new lows, earnings announced, stock splits, most up, most down and more can be added based on request. Click on the "?" next to the "Add a new Pod" to learn more about it. Give us some feedback. |
| March 1, 2010 |
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Our new "Iron Condor" book just arrived. It is selling like hot cakes and no wonder, Iron Condors describes the strategy we have been using over the last year that has yielded 6% per month. Our Optium, Iron Condor service is up over 70% in the last year. Click HERE or PowerStore tab to get your copy of the book. |
| January 27, 2010 |
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The whole industry is updating and changing for the Options Symbology Initiative (OSI). We have gotten some questions regarding what will be shown on PowerOptions and how our subscribers will be able to interact with their brokers. As a result, we have sent out an email to explain the changes and also posted a blog article. As more information becomes available, we will continue to post comments here and to the blog article. |
| November 22, 2009 |
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The charts on Position Analysis, Profit/Loss, Options Research and Allocation have been updated with new features:- 3 line capability shows present and expiration values.
- Show/Hide each line by clicking the legend.
- Data pop-up to see the numerical data when mouse is over any data point.
- Right mouse click chart to print or expand to full page.
We also added a previous and next link next to portfolio selection in the Profit/Loss portfolio. Investors that have several portfolios can now easily click through multiple portfolios.
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| November 13, 2009 |
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The Portfolio Tools have been updated to include a "Portfolio Alerts Summary" page. This allows you to view all of the alerts you have set, and have triggered, for any position in any portfolio all at once.
This page will be especially useful for investment advisors, financial planners, and large scale retail investors who follow many positions and/or many different portfolios since it allows a quick snapshot of all positions whose alerts have been triggered without having to load each portfolio separately.
To use the new tool: From the 'MY PORTFOLIO' Tab, just click the 'ALERT SUMMARY' sub-tab. |
| November 3, 2009 |
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The Search tools have been expanded to include "# Days Short Interest". This parameter is often used by investors to anticipate a short squeeze. Also both "# Days Short Interest" and "% Short Interest" have been added as possible column display values.
For more information: Blog Article on the "Short Squeeze" |
| October 22, 2009 |
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The following changes have been made to the PowerOptions Portfolio tools:- Cash on Hand is now displayed on the QuickAdd list. A cash on hand of $100,000 is shown by default for new portfolios.
- Portfolio Name and Cash on Hand are now displayed on the new position entry form.
- Two new sets of alerts have been added for option positions:
- Time Value ($)
- Time Value (%)
- Lower and Upper limits are available for each alert.
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| August 10, 2009 |
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The Position Analysis tool and Position Simulator tool have been updated for Collars and Long Stocks. Long stocks that have a profit of more than 20% could be insured with put protection or hedged by writing a call against the position or both. The before and after scenario can be graphically viewed with the position simulator. |
| July 10, 2009 |
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Our webinar archive has been upgraded to include webinars in multiple file formats in case your computer has trouble loading or showing them. Recorded webinars that teach some option trading strategies, option search tools, option trade management are now available in the following formats: Flash, Silverlight, WMV, YouTube. |
| June 17, 2009 |
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The following enhancements have been made to the PowerOptions search tools...
Collar search tools upgraded to find collars where expiration dates for both options are equal or separated, i.e. some investors like collars where put and call expire at the same time, others like collars where the put expires further out in time from the call, and still others like puts to expire before the call.
Upgraded Position Portfolio now allows you to enter a dividend event for a position you are tracking, as a result, the EFFECTIVE COST PER SHARE column is then updated to reflect the dividend.
Position Analysis Tools have been upgraded for the LONG CALLS strategy to now show some roll-out opportunities/ideas. |
| May 25, 2009 |
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Updates have been made to the PowerOptions tools...
Short Collars strategy added to the site so subscribers can search for, track, and get help managing short collar trades.
Enhanced the Married Put and Collar Position Analysis Tools to show roll-out opportunities. |
| April 6, 2009 |
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Upgraded Position Analysis & Management: With one-click ease, the PowerOptions Portfolio tools show you POSITION ANALYSIS on all of your positions. Most of these analyses show ROLL OUT OPPORTUNITIES - that is, trades you might consider if your position has made or lost a significant amount of money. NOW, most of the ROLL OUT OPPORTUNITIES have been upgraded to show you a SIMULATE TRADE comparison. That is - you can see your current trade on the same screen as the new trade that would be created if you did perform the roll-out idea - for easy comparison. |
| February 13, 2009 |
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PowerOptions in Conjunction with RadioActiveTrading is offering a one-day live seminar presentation on the Married Put strategy and the use of PowerOptions to implement this unique methodology.- Learn how to control and limit risk.
- Learn Optimal Position Sizing.
- Learn to Earn Income while your capital is protected.
- Learn to limit your total losses to less than 10%.
These are proven techniques that allow you to better control your investment success over the long term - even when the markets are down 30% to 40%. |
| October 16, 2008 |
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We have just purchased the rights to publish and distribute a new course for "Bulletproofing" your trades. More details are available in this free white paper called: The Sketch. We are planning a live webinars to show it off. Anyone trading covered calls owes it to their financial well-being to check this out. To be alerted of any new developments as we update this course, please join The Sketch mailing list. We have also updated our Simulated Trading Tool and the manual and instructional video to accompany the tool. |
| August 20, 2008 |
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Our advisory newsletter service, PowerOptionsApplied.com, has introduced the Chromium TradeFolio. This service provides recommendations using neutral credit spreads (Iron Condors) with a targeted goal of 4%/mo. return. Generally 9 out of 10 positions are profitable. |
| July 18, 2008 |
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Since the addition of the MARRIED PUT strategy tools, we have received plenty of feedback and suggestions for improvement. As a result, we have upgraded the MARRIED PUT POSITION ANALYSIS tool to show possible follow-up management trade ideas for your existing married put trades.
The nature of the trade is that it won't be profitable unless the stock rises significantly or you do some management trading to help pay for the cost of the put insurance you purchased.
Now, when you analyze your married put trades in the position analysis tool, and your stock has moved up or down by 5% or more, the tool will show you some trading ideas that may help generate income and make you more profitable faster. |
| June 9, 2008 |
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Got a stock that is profitable right now and you want to lock-in that profit to guarantee it will stay no matter where the stock goes? You can do exactly that by purchasing a long put option and making your long stock a married put strategy.
We have just added a new tool to the site that will illustrate each married put that might be created from your exact stock position - the tool will show you what puts you might purchase and what profit you can lock in and for how long.
In fact, you might even consider selling some call options to help finance the put purchase, and the tool will show you those details as well - helping you turn a long stock or married put position into a collar play.
Two ways to access the POSITION INSURANCE tool...
1. From the MORE INFO button next to a long stock position in the portfolio.
2. From the MARRIED PUT or COLLARS strategy tabs. |
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