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Stocks Versus Options
In this feature article from the September issue of Stock Futures and Options magazine, Price Headley discusses the unique opportunities and risks involved with adding options trading to your portfolio

Master the Four Fears of Investing
In this feature article from the November issue of Stock Futures and Options magazine, Price highlights the keys to overcoming obstacles to trading successfully.

Price Headley's Commentary Featured in Barron's
This week's issue of Barron's features Price Headley's commentary on the increasingly popular CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). Click here to read why Price suggests that traders use discretion in using this indicator.

Option Strategies to Generate Income Feature
Read Price's feature article from this month's Stock Futures and Options magazine on the BEST options strategies for generating income, and how these straightforward strategies can work with your portfolio. More...

From the Clay Court to the Trading Floor:
Thoughts on Trading Fitness
How "fit" are you to trade every day? While many consider most sports to be physical games won by the best athlete, I consider the mind game more important once you master the primary requirements of any game. More...

Portfolio Performance: What Counts
Many traders think that having a high Percentage Profitable is the main thing they're looking for. But that's not the only factor that affects total profitability. The other primary factor is the Ratio of Average Win / Average Loss.
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Will the Real Trend Please Stand Up: Using Sentiment
and Technical Data to Spot Trends
While many traders are trend followers, one of the distinguishing characteristics of trends is that they tend to end in dramatic bursts of buying or selling climaxes....how can we quantify this crowd behavior more specifically to determine when investor sentiment has grown too feverishly positioned on one side or the other?
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