tag:,2010:/2 2010-03-09T20:28:18Z The Latest News and Views from optionsXpress Movable Type 3.34 tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1221 2010-03-09T20:24:53Z 2010-03-09T20:28:18Z

If successful investing means finding and taking advantage of high-value opportunities, then folks in the Dallas area have a chance to make a great investment in their financial futures this weekend. optionsXpress Senior Vice President of Education Joe Cusick is...

Marketing Joe Cusick is heading to Texas on Saturday, March 13 for a FREE full-day workshop covering his “Five-Step Method for Trading More Intelligently to Meet Your Financial Goals.” Come out to meet and mingle with Joe and a community of like-minded investors, and learn how to trade with more confidence using the power of optionsXpress. Saturday, March 13 – Dallas Workshop ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1210 2010-03-04T20:23:28Z 2010-03-04T20:26:58Z

Our upcoming webinar schedule has as much variety as the grab-bag of seasonal weather this time of year, with one appealing constant – every session is FREE. Give your portfolio a little spring cleaning or just stock up on some...

Marketing FREE. Give your portfolio a little spring cleaning or just stock up on some good information during one of these great presentations next week: March 8: Trading the News with Bob Lang Learn how to sift through the noise and find the information you can really use. March 9: Understanding Options Skew Find out if your options strategy is susceptible to this volatility vortex. March 10: Volatility Trades – Strategies that Potentially Benefit from an Increase in Volatility Speaking of volatility – we do that quite a bit around here. ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1191 2010-02-24T17:16:29Z 2010-02-24T17:19:19Z

Have your stocks been coasting? Getting by on their reputations? Just taking up space? Sure you could show them the door and bring in some fresh faces, but sometimes a simple redecorating isn’t the answer. Maybe it’s time to re-energize...

Marketing FREE three-part matinee webinar series on Maximizing the Value of Stock Ownership will help show you how to give your long stock positions the helping hand they need to reach their true investment potential. TODAY! – Part I: Covered Calls March 3 – Part II: Protective Puts March 18 – Part III: Collars ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1188 2010-02-23T20:33:35Z 2010-02-23T20:36:58Z

While the most obvious outward change to the latest version of our proprietary Streaming Charts (now wrapping up in beta) is a cleaner, more straightforward look and feel, the new version should also prove even easier to use than its...

Marketing Streaming Charts (now wrapping up in beta) is a cleaner, more straightforward look and feel, the new version should also prove even easier to use than its predecessor. The Configuration Center, for instance, has been upgraded with several exciting new features designed to give users even more control over their charting experience. Here are a few highlights: - Use the Smart Symbol Lookup Search now available in the search box - Set symbols to display quotes on the bottom toolbar - Choose from either horizontal and vertical trade tickets - Select and sort items displayed in the Quick Settings module, upper/lower studies modules, and dropdowns - Save, delete, or rename saved settings or desktop settings, and view them graphically - Configure the Y-axis with your preferred percentage buffer - Display vertical gridlines at fixed-width intervals on the X-axis ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1172 2010-02-17T17:20:03Z 2010-02-17T17:24:05Z

optionsXpress hits the Sunshine State this week with a pair of great FREE educational opportunities. On Thursday, February 18, Senior Vice President of Education Joe Cusick heads to Tampa for a three-hour guided tour through the tools and trade screens...

Marketing FREE educational opportunities. On Thursday, February 18, Senior Vice President of Education Joe Cusick heads to Tampa for a three-hour guided tour through the tools and trade screens of the optionsXpress site. Then it’s south to beautiful Palm Beach Gardens on Saturday, February 20 for a full-day workshop covering the “Five-Step Method for Trading More Intelligently to Meet Your Financial Goals.” Come out to meet and mingle with Joe and a community of like-minded investors, and learn how to trade with more confidence using the power of optionsXpress. Click on the links below to reserve your spot for one of these great sessions! Thursday, February 18 – Tampa Site Nite Saturday, February 20 – West Palm Workshop ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1166 2010-02-11T16:29:35Z 2010-02-11T16:34:44Z

Tomorrow’s the big day. Be sure to bid a fond farewell to the retiring symbols (shouldn’t there be a cake or something?) and then check out Symbol Simplicity to get answers to all of your last-minute symbology questions....

Marketing big day. Be sure to bid a fond farewell to the retiring symbols (shouldn’t there be a cake or something?) and then check out Symbol Simplicity to get answers to all of your last-minute symbology questions. ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1163 2010-02-10T15:21:39Z 2010-02-10T15:25:52Z

Of course, it’s not just our trade pages and account screens that have gotten the symbology makeover. You’ll find the easy-to-use, easy-to-understand new symbol format embedded into all of our powerful trading tools as well, including: The Dragon Screener Virtual...

Marketing The Dragon Screener Virtual Trade Want to see everything else we’ve been up to? Check out Symbol Simplicity. ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1159 2010-02-09T15:33:33Z 2010-02-09T15:36:02Z

Where’s Casey Kasem when you need him? We’re counting down to the symbology switchover on Friday, February 12 with some helpful tips and reminders. Today, we want to encourage you to get up to speed with everything we’ve been working...

Marketing Friday, February 12 with some helpful tips and reminders. Today, we want to encourage you to get up to speed with everything we’ve been working on for the symbol transition with a visit to our Symbol Simplicity page. From a detailed look at the coming changes to an animated demonstration of how to enter the new symbols to updates on our progress throughout the site, this is the place to get your symbology questions answered. ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1156 2010-02-08T20:01:36Z 2010-02-08T20:07:54Z

On Friday, February 12, traders will wake up to a brand new way of looking at options symbols, as the longstanding system of cryptic letter combinations fades into history and the industry-wide crossover to new, more descriptive symbols goes live....

Marketing Friday, February 12, traders will wake up to a brand new way of looking at options symbols, as the longstanding system of cryptic letter combinations fades into history and the industry-wide crossover to new, more descriptive symbols goes live. The big day won’t come as a complete surprise to optionsXpress traders, of course, who have been getting regular updates and seeing the new symbol format slowly roll out on pages and tools throughout our site over the past several months. But it’s still probably going to take a little getting used to for anyone bred on the old system. So in honor of the “official” switch being thrown, we’re counting down to Friday with a daily dose of symbology tips and reminders. Today, it’s a look at some of our recently upgraded Account Pages, including: Positions, with the new symbol format showing up throughout the My View (below), Daily P&L, Alerts, Cost Basis, Greeks, and Analyzer tabs. The new symbology is also now featured on the Overview, Activity, and Analysis (below) pages. Finally, all of the modules in myOX now display the new symbol format, including the Watch List (below). ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1150 2010-02-05T13:49:20Z 2010-02-05T13:52:14Z

Traders looking to get their feet wet before taking the plunge have long been drawn to our Virtual Trade tool, which allows them to utilize real-feel optionsXpress trade screens and data resources to gain trading experience and test strategies without...

Marketing Virtual Trade tool, which allows them to utilize real-feel optionsXpress trade screens and data resources to gain trading experience and test strategies without putting any real money on the line. Now a vibrant new Virtual Trade is here, with dozens of additional features and functions designed to deliver an even more robust and realistic simulated trading experience, including: New look and feel that more closely mirrors the optionsXpress style New straightforward, easy-to-use options symbology New trading strategies – butterflies, collars, condors, and more New advanced orders for equities and futures New futures functionality, including around-the-clock trading and futures spreads capability It’s paper trading without the paper, and now it’s better than ever. ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1144 2010-02-03T17:22:29Z 2010-02-03T17:26:09Z

Trying to get your bearings as the new options symbol format continues to show up on pages throughout the optionsXpress site? We’re here to help. Here’s a tip for working with our recently upgraded options chains – the quote book...

Marketing Detail link available on most of the chains, including: Call/Put Covered Calls Calendar Call/Put Spreads Diagonal Call/Put Spreads Delta & Implied Volatility Straddles Strangles Call/Put Spreads Collars Butterfly Call/Put Spread Iron Condor Spreads Combos The Detail hover-over as seen on the Call/Put option chain. Be sure to stay up to date on all of the latest symbology information here. ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1134 2010-01-29T15:06:13Z 2010-01-29T15:09:56Z

From the capital to the coastline, optionsXpress is kicking off February with FREE education for the great state of California. It all starts in Sacramento on Thursday, February 4, as Senior Vice President of Education Joe Cusick leads a three-hour...

Marketing FREE education for the great state of California. It all starts in Sacramento on Thursday, February 4, as Senior Vice President of Education Joe Cusick leads a three-hour guided tour through the tools and trade screens of the optionsXpress site. Then the California Caravan continues as Joe heads south to beautiful Marina del Rey for his “Five-Step Method for Trading More Intelligently to Meet Your Financial Goals” full-day workshop on Saturday, February 6. Come out to meet and mingle with Joe and a community of like-minded investors, and learn how to trade with more confidence using the power of optionsXpress. Click on the links below to reserve your spot for one of these great sessions! Thursday, February 4 – Sacramento Site Nite Saturday, February 6 – Marina del Rey Workshop ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1118 2010-01-22T18:07:22Z 2010-01-22T18:10:28Z

Got plans for the weekend? optionsXpress Senior Vice President of Education Joe Cusick does. He’s hitting the road with his “Five-Step Method for Trading More Intelligently to Meet Your Financial Goals” workshop – a FREE day of education designed to...

Marketing Joe Cusick does. He’s hitting the road with his “Five-Step Method for Trading More Intelligently to Meet Your Financial Goals” workshop – a FREE day of education designed to help you find and evaluate potential investment opportunities using the power of the optionsXpress platform. Come out to meet and mingle with Joe and a community of like-minded investors, and learn how to trade with more confidence. Click on the link below to reserve your spot in Arizona. Hope to see you there! Saturday, January 23 – Phoenix Workshop ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1114 2010-01-21T15:09:32Z 2010-01-21T15:12:45Z

Every trade page on the optionsXpress site now includes a quote of both the underlying and the option or option spread for the type of order being entered. The following quote pages have received the symbol upgrade in our latest...

Marketing Option Quote Box Historical Quotes Time and Sales Learn more about our symbology initiatives. ]]> tag:blog.optionsxpress.com,2010://2.1110 2010-01-20T17:42:13Z 2010-01-20T17:45:12Z

…is brought to you by optionsXpress. In a town where almost everything has a price, we’re bucking the trend with a FREE Site Nite presentation on Thursday, January 21. This three-hour guided tour of the optionsXpress site will show you...

Marketing FREE Site Nite presentation on Thursday, January 21. This three-hour guided tour of the optionsXpress site will show you how to use our powerful online trading tools to develop your trading plan, screen the markets for potential investing opportunities, and keep tabs on all of your strategies. Finally – a guaranteed winner in Las Vegas. Reserve your spot today. ]]>