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Options deposit insurance: Expert interview with Herbert Thomas | CapTrader

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Options expert Herbert Thomas experienced the world's largest stock exchanges firsthand and worked at many different financial institutions himself. In the CapTrader interview, the stock market professional discusses the difference between options and warrants, high-risk trading with options, the stock culture in Germany, several examples of options trading, receiving option premiums in writer's positions, the right underlyings, selling puts, the risks of naked short puts, options as portfolio insurance, enhancing a portfolio with options, options trading at large institutions, probabilities, writer's positions, the "cash cow" index strategy, stock trading in conjunction with options trading, order types, stops, floor trading, and market makers.

Click here for the webinar with Herbert Thomas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73iDmukNCac&t=322s

Click here for the first interview with Herbert Thomas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HafBbfxYj-U&t=38s

Click here to go to Herbert Thomas' website:
https://www.advanced-finance.ch/

00:00:00 Welcome
00:00:26 Options are not the same as warrants: The differences explained
Not only put and call options are suitable for "gambling"
00:04:53 Options are still unpopular in Germany: comparison with the USA
00:07:37 Options also attractive for small investors
00:08:57 Simple example of options trading
00:11:37 Example of the option premium
00:13:48 Small tip on the minimum value of the underlying
00:14:25 Example of selling a put
00:15:57 Why naked short puts are dangerous...
...unless you buy another put below it
00:17:53 Options as insurance in the portfolio
00:19:55 Enhance your portfolio with options
00:21:00 Options as insurance for the securities account, for which you still collect a premium
00:24:12 Options trading at large institutions
Probabilities in Options Trading - A Book Recommendation
00:26:46 The option terminology in English is much easier
00:28:09 Options writer transactions
00:30:17 "Cash Cow" Indication Strategy"
00:35:28 A share is less secure than a share combined with an option
00:36:45 Buy an option with a market order?
00:38:05 Setting stops in options
00:39:16 Use options for stops
00:39:51 Herbert Thomas Expertise & Experience in Options Trading
00:41:15 Floor trading with options
00:42:49 Is every market maker from the trading floor also a good trader?
00:45:27 Farewell & Risk Disclaimer

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