John W. Roney III

Internet Marketing Your Home-Based Business

If you don't think the internet is a viable medium for promoting a home-based business then you might have had your head under a rock for the last 5 years. There is so much money to be made using the internet a person could literally devote the rest of t... Read >

Obtaining Financing for Your Home Based Business

Home based businesses are often inexpensive to begin, some starting at just a couple hundred dollars. Some businesses, however, that can pay more substantial commissions of $1000 and more per sale can cost several thousand dollars to get started.The majo... Read >

The "Up" Scenario for Options Trading

In the "up" scenario, the maximum gain that can be attained is the stock finishing at $10.00 or even higher. At $10.00, you would profit from the full value of the extrinsic value of the option which is $.50 and you would also have $.50 of capital appr... Read >

The "Stagnant" and "Down" Scenarios for Options

Options Trading: The "Stagnant" Scenario When we apply the covered call strategy to the stagnant stock scenario, we take a negative return scenario and turn it into a positive scenario. Remember, when we sell an option, we receive a premium for doing s... Read >

Strategies for Options Trading

The dictionary defines the term strategy as " 1 a) the science of planning and directing larger scale military operations, specifically (as distinguished from TACTICS which are specific actions) of maneuvering forces into the most advantageous position pr... Read >

Put Option

A put option is a contract between two parties (a buyer and a seller) whereby the buyer acquires the right but not the obligation to sell a specified stock or other underlying instrument at a specified price by a specified date. The seller of a put opt... Read >

The Importance Of Volatility

Volatility is defined as the degree to which the price of a stock or other underlying instrument tends to move or fluctuate over a period of time. Implied Volatility is a value derived from the option's price. It indicated what the market's perception ... Read >

Premium and Parity

Premium Premium is the total amount of money (price) you pay for an option. So, if the Microsoft (MSFT) May 65 calls cost you $1.50 then the $1.50 is the amount of the premium of the option. The total price of an option (premium) consists of two com... Read >

Difference between In-the-money (ITM), out-of-the-money (OTM), or at-the-money (ATM).

An option can be described by its strike price's proximity to the stock's price. An option can either be in-the-money (ITM), out-of-the-money (OTM), or at-the-money (ATM). An at-the-money option is described as an option whose exercise or strike price ... Read >

Two kinds of Options are Calls and Puts

A call option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation to buy a specific security at a specific price by a specific date. It's a way of "locking in" the purchase price of the stock for a period of time. A put option gives the buyer the right bu... Read >

Importance of Education to the Investor

How many of you out there think that the market is performing well? How many think the market is performing poorly? And how many feel the markets performance is neutral? Actually none of these answers is correct. You see, the market does not perf... Read >

The Life And Ministry Of The Apostle Paul

Paul had received a lot of bad press over the last 2000 years. But he is quite possibly one of the most authentic Christian leaders the world has ever seen. The Apostle Paul: 1) Paul was born a Roman Citizen (from Tarsus, present day Turkey). 2)... Read >