Boston Investor's Group Speakers Meeting: Randy Frederick

Title: Option Strategies

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Randy Frederick is Director of Trading and Derivatives at the Schwab Center for Financial Research. He is one of the chief architects of Schwab’s option trading platforms and analytics tools. He focuses primarily on public relations, client education and product development. He has served on various corporate and industry committees including the FISD Executive Committee, the ISE allocation Committee and the ISE Board of Directors.
Frederick, a respected industry veteran with more than 20 years experience, writes blogs and educational articles for Schwab’s website and client newsletters. He was the host of the weekly radio show “The OPTIONal Hour” on TFNN from 2005 – 2007 and he has been published in trade magazines such as Active Trader, Futures & Options Trader, SFO and Futures. He is a frequent guest on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, he is a member of the Forbes Intelligent Investing team, and his comments appear regularly in the financial news media including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Reuters, USA Today, Forbes.com and TheStreet.com.

Agenda/Outline

•Option Basics
o Sentiment
o Rights vs. obligations
o Max gain, Max loss and Breakeven calculations
•Covered calls
o Use
o Comparisons
o Advantages & disadvantages
•Greeks
o Delta, Vega & Theta
•Cash Secured Equity Puts
o Use
o Comparisons
o Advantages & disadvantages
•Bullish spreads

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