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Dan Sheridan's Art of Adjustments: The Holy Grail of Trading - Calendar Spreads


In part three of the Art of Adjustments: The Holy Grail of Trading, Dan will review the art of adjusting calendar and debit spreads.

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First Quarter VIX® Trading Review


Join Russell Rhoads, CFA, as he discusses activity in the volatility trading arena over the last three months. He will discuss what worked, didn't work and what was new this past quarter in VIX and VIX related trading.

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VIX Trading in a Low Volatility Environment


The CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) recently has reached multi-year lows and may continue to do so. Join Russell Rhoads, CFA, as he discusses strategies that VIX traders implement in low volatility market conditions.

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SPX Options vs. SPY Options: Trading Advantages and Strategies


Join Peter Lusk of The Options InstituteSM at CBOE, Tuesday, February 26, to discover how you can Execute SuccessSM by trading SPX versus SPY. And, learn how to use CBOE?s family of S&P 500 products for your risk management, diversification and income strategies.

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CBOE Mini Options Are On the Way!


Mini Options (1/10th the size) are being listed at the CBOE in less than a month (Monday March 18th). Do you know what they are and how they work? Join us for a one-hour webinar on the Mini?s. Marty Kearney from The Options Institute at CBOE, will explain what to expect with Mini Options and how to identify them on your broker's web site. This has been one of the most talked about and asked about new products we?ve added in years!

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Dan Sheridan's Art of Adjustments: The Holy Grail of Trading - Long Stock


In the first part of the Art of Adjustments: The Holy Grail of Trading, Dan will lay the framework for how to adjust or fix long stock or options trades.

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Volatility Trading in 2012


Last year saw many new methods of taking a position on an outlook for volatility and Russell will review these new methods along with what strategies worked and what did not work too well in 2012.

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What's New in Trading Volatility


2012 has been an incredible year for those who look for methods of trading volatility. Market participants continue to see the benefits of gaining long or short exposure to market volatility. Join Russell Rhoads of The Options InstituteSM as he reviews new product introductions that all investors may implement to trade and hedge using volatility as an asset class.

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Spread Trading Volatility: Execute Success with VIX Options and Futures.


Gain insight you cannot afford to miss about CBOE?s revolutionary product line of options and futures. Discover potentially favorable risk/reward characteristics of spread trades using VIX options that have the same expiration date, Spread trades with futures contracts ? the relationship between VIX futures that have different expiration dates and taking the pricing difference between futures to another level and discussing spread trades with VIX options that can be used in place of futures.

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Why are Weeklys Options the Latest Rage


Weeklys options have traders looking to get paid each week instead of other longer term strategies. Join Peter Lusk, Senior Instructor at The Options Institute here at CBOE, as he discusses option contracts that have just over a week of contract life. Peter will cover trading strategies like the Time Spread and Covered Call in hopes of taking advantage of short term time decay.

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Monthly Income Strategies: How to trade Butterflies and Calendars


Join Dan Sheridan for part 4 of his 5 part series on How to manage a $20,000 or $100,000 Options Portfolio. In this fourth webcast, Dan will discuss pitfalls people run into trying to be consistent with Butterflies and Calendars as well as share a simple approach to trading both of these strategies.

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The Thanksgiving Christmas Super Bowl Strategy


Join Marty Kearney, Senior Instructor with the Options Institute at the CBOE, as he explains his Thanksgiving Christmas Super Bowl Strategy, which may allow you to take a tax loss on a stock but still control it with listed options.

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Volatility Strategies: Execute Success with VIX® Options and Futures


This interactive and informative event will cover; VIX® Futures and the Spot Index, VIX® Options and Futures Strategies, and Examples of Bullish, Bearish and Neutral Trades.

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Monthly Income Strategies: Iron Condors


Join Dan Sheridan for part 3 of his 5 part series on How to manage a $20,000 or $100,000 Options Portfolio. In this third webcast, Dan will explain this very effective monthly income strategy and share a couple low maintenance approaches he teaches in his daily mentoring, including guidelines and adjustments.

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Third Quarter Volatility Trading Review


Join Russell Rhoads, CFA, of The Options InstituteSM as he reviews the first nine months of 2012 in the volatility trading arena. Russell will take a look at the volatility of the market, what would have worked and not worked, along with some new ways to help capitalize on trading volatility that have been introduced this year.

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Trading Volatility: Execute SuccessSM with VIX®


Join CBOE for this special online seminar - a $200 value - at no cost. Options expert Russell Rhoads of The Options InstituteSM at CBOE will lead a comprehensive exploration of VIX as a trading tool for today's successful investor. The webinar will cover: A brief history of the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) , How the VIX is calculated, and Measuring implied volatility.

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Discover Options with Steve Lentz: RSI Credit Spread System


Learn to use technical analysis to help obtain an options trading edge. Join Steve Lentz, DiscoverOptions Director of Education and Research, as he explains the Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicator and how to use divergence signals to trade credit spreads. Don't miss this highly informative webcast series sponsored by DiscoverOptions.com!

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Strategies for a National Election


The election is Tuesday November 6th. That?s six weeks from today. If you believe strongly in the outcome, could options protect your holdings or allow you to benefit if correct? Is Implied Volatility important when initiating multi-part option strategies? Tune in and get the results. We will not project any winners or losers, we?ll just give you the candidates and look at their positions.

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WeeklysSM Strategies for Income Generation


Join Dan Sheridan for part 2 of his 5 part series on How to manage a $20,000 or $100,000 Options Portfolio. In this second webcast, Dan will show how to generate income using WeeklysSM options. He will run through some of his favorite vehicles and strategies, with specific risk management plans for each strategy.

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VIX Related Exchange Traded Products


VIX Futures and Options are not the only way to take a position based on market volatility. A wide variety of Exchange Traded Notes and Funds (VXX, VXZ, TVIX, etc) have been created over the past few years. Join Russell Rhoads, CFA, of The Options InstituteSM as he introduces and compares these unique products. In addition Russell will cover option strategies that may be implemented on these ETNs.

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Setting up an Options Business with Dan Sheridan


Join Dan Sheridan for part 1 of his 5 part series on How to manage a $20,000 or $100,000 Options Portfolio. In this first webcast Dan will lay the framework for constructing your own options portfolio as a business . The final half of this presentation will be a very practical presentation of the Greeks role in your options business.

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Time Spreads With and Without WeeklysSM Options


Have Weeklys options changed everything? Dan Sheridan, President of Sheridan Options Mentoring, and Jim Bittman, Senior Instructor at The Options InstituteSM, will discuss ?traditional time spreads? (2-month versus 1-month) and a variation with Weeklys options. Should you jump in with both feet or just dip in your toe? Come hear what Dan and Jim have to say.

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Popular Strategies for Today's Markets


Join The Options Institute at CBOE for a FREE 2-hour online seminar designed to enhance your knowledge of options. A veteran trader will review the option basics along with popular strategies that may offer you advantages for specific forecasts.

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WeeklysSM: Which Week?


Years ago, this was the punch line to an old options joke. But that was back when Weeklys only existed in one expiration week at a time. Now, there are anywhere from TWO to FIVE simultaneous expiration weeks in Weeklys options, and that doesn?t include the occasional QuarterlysSM series! This webcast is dedicated to helping you to understand Weeklys options.

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Strategies for Weeklys Options


If you have been asking questions like these then join Jim Bittman Senior Instructor for the Options Intitute at CBOE as he explains his perspective on the potential profits and risks of Weeklys what strategies might be appropriate and how to manage risk.

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Switching from ETF to Index Options


Join Russell Rhoads, CFA of the Options Institute and Mark Sebastian of Option Pit Mentoring as they discuss switching from ETF to Index Options.

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Monthly Income Trades in 30 minutes per month!


Join Dan Sheridan, 22 year veteran CBOE market maker and mentor extraordinaire as he commences his six part income generation series by discussing how to trade income trades for the busy trader.

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Ready to Make that First Option Trade


Placing that 1st trade can be as scary as jumping into the deep end of a pool for the very 1st time. There are many moving parts to options, and pricing is one of them.

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Its all Greek to Me Vega


In part 5 of this 5-part webcast series you will be walked through the process of how option pricing models work and receive an explanation of Vega.

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How to trade a complete options portfolio in a volatile market


Join Dan Sheridan, 22 year veteran CBOE market maker and mentor extraordinaire as he commences his six part income generation series by discussing how to trade a complete portfolio. Dan will focus on how to construct and allocate dollars in a complete option portfolio.

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It is all Greek to Me Theta


In part 4 of this 5 part webcast series, you will be walked through the process of how option pricing models work and receive an explanation of Theta.

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The Playbook Series: Short Put Spread Setup, Uses, Risks


Join Brian Overby, Senior Options Analyst for TRADEKING and author of The Options Playbook, as he gets into the meat of the Playbook Series and discusses the short put spread strategy. Brian will analyze potential situations where credit put spreads make the most sense, why this strategy is so popular with option traders, how to use a short put spread as an alternative to selling cash secured puts and the risks of trading this strategy. Visit Options Playbook to view an online version of his playbook.

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