intrinsic value

Traders often see options as having two kinds of premium -- intrinsic value and time value. But this is not accurate. A third type of premium is where all of the uncertainty lies. Intrinsic value is easy to calculate. It is equal to the number of points the option is in the money. For example,...

This article is the fifth of six on the topic of using options to swing trade. The topic in this article is weighting on one side or the other of the swing, using options. Using options to focus more on either uptrend or downtrend is an effective method for augmenting the swing itself. The...

At the end of last week, President Obama signed a memo aimed at forcing GSA entities to reign in over $8 billion in building costs collectively by the end of 2012.  We all know the Washington D.C. office market is subject to, and at the mercy of, the whims of the government, but...