OptionVue Research offers a wealth of educational articles to help businesses and investors understand how to use market-traded derivatives like futures and options on futures effectively to manage risk and enhance returns.

Options Essentials

• Buying Calls in Lieu of Stock (published 12/1/04)
• Tips for Beginners (published 11/1/04)
• Using the Put/Call Ratio (published 10/1/04)
• Understanding the Greeks (published 9/1/04)
• Option Trading Basics: Open Interest (published 8/1/04)
• Playing a Takeover (published 7/1/04)
• Negotiating the High Seas - Bear Markets (published 4/1/04)

Options Trading

• Simulating the Underlying with Options (published 12/10/04)
• Horizontal Debit Spreads (published 11/10/04)
• Vertical Debit Spreads (published 10/10/04)
• Calendar Volatility Setups (published 9/10/04)
• Trading Implied Volatility Spikes with Iron Condors (published 8/10/04)
• The Perfect Spread for Beginners (published 7/10/04)
• Covered Writing - A Way to Reduce Risk? (published 5/10/04)
• Naked Writing - A Risky Way to Get Income (published 4/10/04)
• Vertical Credit Spreads (published 3/10/04)
• The Long Option Strategy (published 2/10/04)
• The Backspread (published 11/10/03)
• Understanding Volatility (published 9/10/03)
• Ever Considered Selling Naked Puts? (published 7/10/03)
• The Covered Combo in Volatile Markets (published 5/10/03)

Fundamentals

• The Importance of Securities Analysts (published 12/15/04)
• How to Value a Biotech Company (published 11/15/04)
• Let Company Insiders Tell You to Buy (published 10/15/04)
• The P/E Ratio, Value, and the S&P 500 (published 9/15/04)
• Growth Investing (published 8/15/04)
• P/E Ratios and Accounting for Goodwill (published 7/15/04)
• Figuring Out a Company's Free Cash Flow (published 6/15/04)
• Volume, Insider Trading and Short Selling (published 4/15/04)
• Seasonal Tendencies in Commodities (published 3/15/04)