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Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading options, please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD) which can be obtained from your broker; by emailing investorservices@theocc.com; or from The Options Clearing Corporation, 125 S. Franklin St., Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60606. The content on this site is intended to be educational and/or informative in nature.

I was teaching MTM’s daily group coaching class on a recent Monday morning, when I saw something weird. In fact, at first I thought I was seeing things. There were options expirations on Apple Inc. (AAPL) for Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the following week and beyond. When I explored a little further, I found AAPL wasn’t the only. Turns out the Options Clearing Corp.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading options, please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD) which can be obtained from your broker; by emailing investorservices@theocc.com; or from The Options Clearing Corporation, 125 S. Franklin St., Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60606. The content on this site is intended to be educational and/or informative in nature.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading options, please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD) which can be obtained from your broker; by emailing investorservices@theocc.com; or from The Options Clearing Corporation, 125 S. Franklin St., Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60606. The content on this site is intended to be educational and/or informative in nature.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading options, please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD) which can be obtained from your broker; by emailing investorservices@theocc.com; or from The Options Clearing Corporation, 125 S. Franklin St., Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60606. The content on this site is intended to be educational and/or informative in nature.

Economic uncertainty, trade tensions, geopolitical events, inflation and other issues add considerable volatility to markets. Interest rates frequently influence equity indexes, currencies, precious metals and numerous commodities. In addition, automated trading systems can exacerbate rapid price changes during volatile periods. Ambiguity increases volatility. Thus, traders become apprehensive and lack confidence when taking positions.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading options, please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD) which can be obtained from your broker; by emailing investorservices@theocc.com; or from The Options Clearing Corporation, 125 S. Franklin St., Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60606. The content on this site is intended to be educational and/or informative in nature.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading options, please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD) which can be obtained from your broker; by emailing investorservices@theocc.com; or from The Options Clearing Corporation, 125 S. Franklin St., Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60606. The content on this site is intended to be educational and/or informative in nature.

The market has been setting new record highs over the past several weeks. In MTM’s group coaching class, I frequently find myself talking about how a stock or the market will close. As of late, it has usually been a potential bullish close. To me, waiting on the close is vitally important as a technical trader to get an edge. Of course, there is never a guarantee the market will open higher or lower the next session, no matter what it does on the previous day’s close.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading options, please read Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD) which can be obtained from your broker; by emailing investorservices@theocc.com; or from The Options Clearing Corporation, 125 S. Franklin St., Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60606. The content on this site is intended to be educational and/or informative in nature.