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Trading A Stock Versus Trading Stock Options - Part One
Interested in learning more about these derivatives? We go over some basic terminology and the source of profits.
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Trading A Stock Versus Trading Stock Options - Part Two
Interested in learning more about these derivatives? We go over the factors affecting their price.
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The Four Advantages Of Options
Flexible and cost efficient, these securities are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Find out why.
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Options Trading Volume And Open Interest
Learn how these two statistics can give you an edge in trading options.
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Mapping Out The Stock Options Landscape
Find out how to navigate this evolving area of the financial markets.
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Options trading research

Options FlashQuotes
The options flash quotes page gives the options investor a very rapid way of seeing the price trends accross a number of contracts with difference strike prices and expiration dates.

Options InfoQuotes
The InfoQuotes Options page gives the options investor a way of seeing the price trends accross a number of contracts with difference strike prices and expiration dates.

Options Chain/Options Display
The options display provides a display in a single place of all option contracts that are currently outstanding, both puts and calls, their call date, option symbol, last sale price, net change in price from the previous closing price, the current bid and ask prices for the contract, the volume of contracts trading during the trading day so far, and the total volume of contracts outstanding.

World Currency Options - View U.S. Dollar settled currency options for the Australian Dollar (XDA), British Pound (XDB), Canadian Dollar (XDC), Euro (XDE), Japanese Yen (XDN) and Swiss Franc (XDS).