by Houghton and Atkeson 11/13/08
Big Money Options' Andrew Houghton and Nick Atkeson use their on-the-ground intelligence network of market-makers and floor traders to help you follow the big-money traders into powerful, under-the-radar options trades.
They expose you to a side of Wall Street that most investors never get a glimpse of, where the cash-flush traders roam and the biggest profits are generated. It's where deals are made, information is exchanged and obscene wealth is created.
If you've traded options before, you know that it's possible to double or triple your money in a short amount of time. But how do you know which options to pick, in which stocks, and at what time?
The big-money traders know and, even better for us, they act on it. They're not even all that covert about it, either. Nick and Andrew spend their days glued to their trading screens, watching not just unusual options trading activity.
Extraordinary trading volume is only part of the story. What really piques their curiosity is when the options contracts are flying off the shelves in stocks that are basically running in place.
That means some very smart traders are placing their bets that the stock is going to make a mad dash in either direction, up or down -- blazing a scorching-hot path to profits that, let's face it, the general public won't hear about until after the fact ... if at all!
There's a whole lot more that goes into their research and recommendations, but that's the beauty of it -- Nick and Andrew are doing all the heavy lifting and finding out which actions are better left on the sidelines ... and which are worth watching and, more importantly, worth playing right alongside those savvy option-market players.
You don't have to take big risks to make big money in the options game. All you have to do is spend a little on the right trades, and you're on your way! Start your journey toward making BIG money with Big Money Options today!
Bryan Perry
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