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Rick Pendergraft

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Options Trading
Volatility Isn’t Always An Option Trader’s Friend
You will often hear phrases like “option traders love volatility.” This isn’t necessarily the case.
June 18, 2012
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Rick Pendergraft
Options Trading
Managing Options Trading Risk
Proper money management is crucial when using an options buying strategy.
May 21, 2012
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
Three Factors Determine if You Make Money in the Market
These three factors are: your average win, your average loss and your winning percentage.
April 23, 2012
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Rick Pendergraft
Options Trading
You Have To Treat Options Differently
Investing in options is different than putting your money in growth stocks.
March 19, 2012
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Rick Pendergraft
Options Trading
How to Pick Your Options Trades
Check the sentiment toward the stock and measure your risk/reward ratio before making an option trade ahead of earnings.
January 23, 2012
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Rick Pendergraft
Options Trading
Is Main Street Catching on to Options?
Data shows that investors are finally realizing the advantages of investing in options.
December 26, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
The Toughest Market to Analyze
The current market is not being driven by fundamental, technical or sentiment factors.
November 28, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
Another U.S. Debt Downgrade?
How to profit if the United States’ debt is downgraded again.
October 31, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
Weighing the Evidence
I use three different types of analysis to arrive at a long-term or intermediate-term stance on the market.
September 26, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Options Trading
One Advantage of Options: Less Exposure
Options let you participate in the market movements with less money exposed to overall market risk.
August 29, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
Why Europe May Outperform the U.S.
The resolved Greek debt crisis and the continuing U.S. debt crisis could cause European markets to outperform the U.S.
July 28, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
My Outlook for the Second Half of 2011
I see the market in the second half of the year going into an upward move.
July 6, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
Analysis Paralysis
How to avoid being overwhelmed by the many technical analysis tools available.
June 6, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
The Phrase “It’s Different This Time” Can Be Costly
Recent readings on two sentiment indicators indicate that investors are playing with fire in the market right now.
May 2, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
Sentiment Analysis: The Third Leg of the Table
Sentiment analysis is the least-used analysis method, but it may be the most useful.
March 28, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
Use Options to Synthetically Trade a Stock
How to use options as investment vehicles rather than trading vehicles.
February 28, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
Dispelling a Popular Myth About Options
Some of the 75% of options that expire worthless are actually designed that way.
January 24, 2011
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Rick Pendergraft
Stock Market
Understanding and Using Options
There are many ways to use options and some are less risky than stocks.
December 27, 2010
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Rick Pendergraft