6 Options Trades You Can Be Thankful For
OptionsZone Experts, November 19, 2009
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There are plenty of things to give thanks for -- the current market rally for one. Whether the market can keep pushing higher in 2010 despite our shaky economy is anyone's guess, but we hope that this rally has helped you to recoup from some of the devastating losses most people experienced in 2008.
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we'd like to give you even more reasons to be thankful this year -- six of them, in fact. We've put together a list of three stocks to buy call options on to make you some gravy, and three turkeys to short with put options.
Happy Thanksgiving, and we hope these plays lead you to some very tasty profits in the near future.
Keep reading to get six options trades to be thankful for this season.
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