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Phil McDonnell

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Phil is a professional options trader and contributes regular commentary to the Daily Speculations web site. Prior to trading professionally, Phil was a software developer for Dollar/Soft, a financial software company specializing in options software for equities, indexes and futures. He also wrote the book, Optimal Portfolio Modeling, which was published by Wiley Trading in February 2008.

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Make Time Work for You

By Phil McDonnell

When we trade the market there are very few guarantees. However when we trade options time is guaranteed.

10:46AM 05/15/13

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Phil McDonnell Analysis: The Kelly Criterion -- Good or Bad?

By Phil McDonnell

In the markets there are many possible amounts you can win or lose with varying probabilities.

10:19AM 04/15/13

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Money Management for Options Traders

By Phil McDonnell

My simple plan for option traders is to figure out how many trades you can monitor at one time.

11:40AM 03/22/13

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How to Manage Your Options Portfolio

By Phil McDonnell

At this juncture it is more important than ever to pay attention to managing your portfolio. Phil McDonnell of Options Profits says the key is to properly manage risk for trading consistency.

08:11AM 02/05/13

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Manage Your Trades

By Phil McDonnell

Phil McDonnell talks about Managing Your trades for Maximum Profit andlower Risk.

04:36PM 01/17/13

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Directional Versus Not Down

By Phil McDonnell

The importance of this difference is reflected in the probability of making money.

02:13PM 01/10/13

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Trading a Butterfly

By Phil McDonnell

Phil McDonnell explains why the butterfly strategy is one of the best ways to trade an expected sideways or neutral market outlook.

03:32PM 01/04/13

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Do Stops Work?

By Phil McDonnell

Although many traders utilize stop losses, there are many pitfalls to the technique.

12:14PM 12/12/12

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Managing Portfolio Risk

By Phil McDonnell

Everyone loses sometimes. The key is to not lose too much on any one trade.

04:14PM 11/19/12

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Sticking to the Plan

By Phil McDonnell

Phil McDonnell talks about the importance of having a trading plan and sticking to it.

07:55AM 11/16/12

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