What's Your Favorite Underlying Stocks To Trade Options On?

Discussion in 'Options' started by birdman, Mar 3, 2003.

  1. birdman

    birdman

    If your strategy allows you to have a core group of companies you trade options on ...

    What are your top 10? Top 20 if you care? (some find it hard to narrow to 10)

    Mine would have to be:

    IBM
    MSFT
    EBAY
    BBH
    GS
    LEH
    FNM
    FRE
    WMT
    IP
    WY
    LOW
    HD
    BBY
    KO
    CDWC
    AZO
    TGT
    COST
    XLNX
     
  2. sp futures.
     
  3. DIA .more strikes and it moves good.
     
  4. white17

    white17

    QQQ
    CSCO
    QCOM
    RMBS
    MSFT
    INTC
    AMAT
    OEX
     
  5. rgowka1

    rgowka1

    QQQ
     
  6. How come the DIA over the DJX? Just wondering.
     
  7. birdman

    birdman

    Also anyone trading one thing exclusively ...

    Maybe just QQQ alone?

    Many Thanks:)
     
  8. svsv

    svsv

    MSFT
    QQQ
    LOW
    AMZN
    YHOO
    IBM
    CSCO
     
  9. depends what you want to do?

    i trade the short side (short spreads) on stocks like GE, ED, IBM, UPS, and MRK. they are fairly stable from month to month when looking to sell away from the market so one can pick up 4% - 7% per month on initial margin if done right.

    Pete
     
  10. Iron butterfly:

    An option strategy with limited risk and limited profit potential that involves both a long (or short) straddle, and a short (or long) combination. An iron butterfly contains four options as is an equivalent strategy to a regular butterfly spread which contains only three options. For example, a short iron butterfly might be: buying 1 XYZ May 60 call and 1 May 60 put, and writing 1 XYZ May 65 call and writing 1 XYZ May 55 put.
     
    #10     Mar 6, 2003