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2008
Summer Option Exercise and Assignment (PDF)
Spring Developing a Trading Strategy (PDF)
Winter It's All Greek to Me (PDF)
2007
Fall Trading on Options Volatility (PDF)
Summer Options Myths (PDF)
Winter Time Erosion (PDF)
2006
Fall Using LEAPS in Long-Term Investment Planning (PDF)
Spring/Summer Volatility and the Long Straddle (PDF | 1.6M)
Winter Options Synthetics and the Principle of Put-Call Parity (PDF | 1.8M)
2005
Fall Buy a Spread? Sell a Spread? Take your pick. (PDF | 1.8M)
Summer Insuring Your Portfolio with Cross-Hedging (PDF | 1.6M)
2004
Fall Using the Covered Combination to Ensure Investor Discipline (PDF | 1.5M)
Summer Options Pricing Models and Their Role in Setting Investor Expectations (PDF | 1.4M)
Spring Using Options to Speculate On or Hedge Against Interest Rates (PDF | 1.2M)
2003
Winter Worried About Early Assignment? Don't Panic! (PDF | 1.4M)
Fall LEAPS End-of-Year Tax Strategy (PDF | 1.4M)
Summer Options as an Alternative to Fixed Income and Cash (PDF | 1.2M)
Spring Prepackaged Protection (PDF | 1.2M)
2002
Winter An Opportunistic Options Combo for QQQ, the Nasdaq 100 Index ETF (PDF | 1.2M)
Fall Options for the Deflated Stock Portfolio (PDF | 1.7M)
Summer Selling Puts: Risky or Conservative? (PDF | 223k)
Spring Options and Risk Management: Combining Options with Underlying Positions (PDF | 154k)
2001
Fall Forget the Cheese: Applying the Call Ratio Spread for Potential Recovery (PDF | 148k)

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