Short-Straddles Webinar and a New Video from OptionsHouse

Dear OptionsHouse Customer,

Here is your weekly guide to upcoming education at OptionsHouse, designed to further inform you about trading strategies and market trends. 

Video:

This Week on OH TV: George Ruhana Looks at the VIX¹ :

Tune in as OptionsHouse CEO George Ruhana analyzes today's market environment as it relates to the CBOE Market SPX Index (VIX), currently sitting at multi-month lows.  The VIX has been a headline number for traders to watch in recent months as it hit historical highs last fall and has been sliding lower since the broad-market rally began in early March. You can watch George's video here. OH TV can be accessed from the lower-right-hand corner of OptionsHouse.com.

Learn from Our Webinars:

Two Traders, One Strategy: Short Straddles

Chief Investment Strategist Steve Claussen joins Jared Levy, Senior Derivatives Specialist for PEAK6 Investments, L.P. - parent company of OptionsHouse - to showcase short straddles from concept through execution using the OptionsHouse trading platform. The pair of trading veterans will guide you step-by-step through this strategy traders might use when little (or no) volatility is expected in the underlying security.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 3:30 - 4:00 PM CDT.

Navigating OptionsHouse.com

Built by traders with more than a decade of experience trading options for proprietary trading firm PEAK6 Investments, L.P., the OptionsHouse platform is streamlined for ease of use and speed. In this interactive 15-minute webinar, attendees will learn the basics of navigating the site and get hints for making the most out of the platform's professional-grade tools.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 4:00 - 4:30PM CDT.

And over at ONN.tv: Put Strategies

Our sister company, www.ONN.tv, will present a webinar on put strategies². Join former futures and currency trader Kevin Cook along with Jared Levy as they explore different strategies for put buying and put spreads.³ 

Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 3:30 - 4:15PM CDT.  Visit www.ONN.tv for more information.

Thank You,

OptionsHouse

¹ OH TV and webinars are provided by OptionsHouse, LLC ("OptionsHouse") for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended as trading or investment advice or a recommendation that any particular security, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable for any specific person. You are solely responsible for your investment decisions. Commentary and opinions expressed are those of the author/speaker and not necessarily of OptionsHouse. Neither OptionsHouse nor any of its employees, officers, shareholders or affiliated companies guarantee the accuracy of or endorse the views or opinions of guest speakers or commentators. Projections or other information regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical in nature and are not guarantees of future results. Any examples used that discuss trading profits or losses may not take into account trading commissions or fees.

² www.ONN.tv is affiliated with OptionsHouse, LLC through their parent company, PEAK6 Investments, L.P.

³ Information provided and views expressed by the Options News Network are not endorsed by OptionsHouse, LLC and are not intended as trading or investment advice or a recommendation that any particular security, transaction or investment strategy is suitable for any specific person. You are solely responsible for your investment decisions. Commentary and opinions expressed are those of the author/speaker and not necessarily of OptionsHouse or the Options News Network.

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