http://www.Options-Trading-Education.com - Year end options trading can be a time to cash in on predictable swings in stock prices. For example, portfolio managers may need to free up cash and may sell stocks before the end of the year. A sufficiently large sale or purchase of any given stock may well move the stock price. In year end options trading the trader seeks to anticipate such stock price movement and buy calls, buy puts, sell calls or sell puts accordingly. When to buy calls, when to buy puts, etc. will depend up both fundamental and technical analysis of the underlying stocks. Pertinent end of the month of December dates on the options calendar for year end options trading for 2011 are December 30 which is the quarterly options expiration date and December 26 which is the VIX expiration date. December 17 is the equity index, cash-settled currency and treasury/interest rate options expiration date. Traders are advised to double check the options calendar for time sensitive trading.

2. YEAR END OPTIONS TRADING CAN BE A
TIME TO CASH IN ON PREDICTABLE
SWINGS IN STOCK PRICES.
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3. FOR EXAMPLE, PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
MAY NEED TO FREE UP CASH AND MAY
SELL STOCKS BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR.
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4. A SUFFICIENTLY LARGE SALE OR
PURCHASE OF ANY GIVEN STOCK MAY
WELL MOVE THE STOCK PRICE.
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5. IN YEAR END OPTIONS TRADING THE
TRADER SEEKS TO ANTICIPATE SUCH
STOCK PRICE MOVEMENT AND BUY CALLS,
BUY PUTS, SELL CALLS OR SELL PUTS
ACCORDINGLY.
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6. WHEN TO BUY CALLS, WHEN TO BUY
PUTS, ETC. WILL DEPEND UP BOTH
FUNDAMENTAL AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
OF THE UNDERLYING STOCKS.
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7. PERTINENT END OF THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER DATES ON THE OPTIONS
CALENDAR FOR YEAR END OPTIONS
TRADING FOR 2011 ARE DECEMBER 30
WHICH IS THE QUARTERLY OPTIONS
EXPIRATION DATE AND DECEMBER 26
WHICH IS THE VIX EXPIRATION DATE.
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8. DECEMBER 17 IS THE EQUITY INDEX, CASH-
SETTLED CURRENCY AND
TREASURY/INTEREST RATE OPTIONS
EXPIRATION DATE. TRADERS ARE ADVISED
TO DOUBLE CHECK THE OPTIONS
CALENDAR FOR TIME SENSITIVE TRADING.
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9. NORMALLY OPTIONS TRADERS LOOK AT
THE PUT TO CALL RATIO, STOCK
FUNDAMENTALS, OR TECHNICAL PRICE
PATTERNS OF THE STOCKS WHOSE
OPTIONS THEY TRADE. HOWEVER, YEAR
END OPTIONS TRADING ALSO NEEDS TO
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE TAX
CALENDAR AS WELL.
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10. WHEN TAX LAWS CHANGE INVESTORS MAY
BUY OR SELL STOCK IN LARGE QUANTITIES
IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
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11. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS (WE MENTIONED
THOSE GUYS) LIKE TO SHOW NICE YEAR
END PROFITS AND MAY SELL WINNING
STOCKS AND HOLD CASH AT YEAR END IN
ORDER TO AVOID UNEXPECTED MARKET
VARIATIONS THAT COULD TARNISH THEIR
PERFORMANCE.
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12. IN AN UNCERTAIN YEAR END MARKET
TRADERS MAY USE STRATEGIES SUCH AS A
LONG STRADDLE IN ORDER TO LOCK IN
PROFITS NO MATTER WHICH WAY THE
MARKET MOVES.
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13. NOTHING IN LIFE IS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
EXCEPT DEATH AND TAXES BUT THE ODDS
ARE USUALLY PRETTY GOOD THAT THERE
WILL BE PROFITABLE YEAR END OPTIONS
TRADING FOR THOSE WHO DO THEIR
HOMEWORK AND WATCH THE MARKETS
CLOSELY.
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14. WE ARE COMING OFF OF A VERY VOLATILE
YEAR. SOME HAVE LOST MONEY AND
SOME HAVE GAINED.
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15. THOSE WHO HAVE LOST MAY CHOOSE TO
SELL STOCK AND USE THEIR LOSSES FOR
TAX PURPOSES.
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16. AS WITH THE MONEY MANAGER SCENARIO
WE MENTIONED ABOVE THE SALE OF
SUFFICIENTLY LARGE BLOCKS OF STOCK
CAN DRIVE PRICES, IN THIS CASE DOWN.
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17. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAVE
WRITTEN ABOUT NETFLIX OPTIONS,
BUYING CALLS ON CATERPILLAR, PUTS ON
LINKEDIN AND MORE.
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18. ANYONE WHO HAS TRADED OPTIONS ON
THESE STOCKS, OR SIMPLY DONE A BIT OF
RESEARCH AND FOLLOWED UP, WILL BE
AWARE OF WHICH STOCKS AND WHICH
OPTIONS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE.
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19. HAVING DONE A BIT OR PRIOR RESEARCH
WILL HELP THE OPTIONS TRADER PICK
THE RIGHT STOCKS FOR YEAR END
OPTIONS TRADING.
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20. THEN THE JOB OF THE OPTIONS TRADER IS
TO UPDATE HIS RESEARCH AND BE READY
TO BUY OR SELL CALLS OR PUTS
DEPENDING UPON THE RESULTS.
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21. AS ALWAYS WE ARE NOT SUGGESTING
THAT ONE TRADE THE STOCKS OR OPTIONS
ON THE STOCKS LISTED BUT RATHER THAT
THEY USE THE THOUGHTS AND
INFORMATION HERE TO DEVELOP A
PROFITABLE STRATEGY FOR YEAR END
OPTIONS TRADING OR TRADING
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
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22. FOR MORE INSIGHTS AND USEFUL
INFORMATION REGARDING OPTIONS AND
OPTIONS TRADING, VISIT WWW.OPTIONS-
TRADING-EDUCATION.COM.
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