Dan Keegan

• What can a trader do in an exceptionally low-volatility environment?

  By Dan Keegan  |  March 1, 2013

  Sell a VIX put spread and buy an SPY put.

• Using straddles and strangles to trade a “too close to call” election

  By Dan Keegan  |  October 1, 2012

  Execute a volatility play with the use of straddles and strangles.

• Establishing an option put ratio back spread

  By Dan Keegan  |  February 21, 2012

  Profiting from a volatile stock positively skewed to the downside while keeping your risk defined

• Using options to protect positions

  By Dan Keegan  |  December 1, 2011

  Using options instead of stop orders to protect your downside while maintaining opportunity

• Trading a quiet forex market likely to breakout

  By Dan Keegan  |  April 1, 2011

  Before the World War I, most national currencies featured convertibility to gold. At times, this could act as a drag on the economy

• Trading options on inverse and ultra ETFs

  By Dan Keegan  |  February 1, 2011

  Inverse and ultra exchange traded funds (ETFs) can be handy arrows to be found in a trader’s quiver

• Take advantage of expected volatility in gold

  By Dan Keegan  |  November 1, 2010

  Purchase a bull or bear spread or butterflies to profit from big moves with defined risk

• Options strategy: Buying downside puts to collar exposure

  By Dan Keegan  |  June 1, 2010

  What to do when your long position is far above the historical mean but appears to have room to the upside.

• How to use options as risk control in volatile conditions

  By Dan Keegan  |  April 1, 2010

  Options can give you opportunity to profit while controlling risk.

• Buying a vertical bull call spread

  By Dan Keegan  |  December 1, 2009

  Here's a way to profit from gold and limit downside.