Research Links

Options: Research & Information


  • Bedford & Associates Research Group Provides daily market commentary with support and resistance levels for the DOW, OEX, SPX, and OTC. Offers a free two week trial to the OEX Advantage and Bedford Option review newsletters.

  • The Chicago Board Options Exchange The CBOE offers a broad range of services, resources and tools for quick and direct access to information and assistance.

  • Duke University's FORCE Futures & Options Research.

  • INO Global Markets Futures and Options. Quotes and charts.

  • Investment Enhancing Systems, Inc. Enhancing portfolio value with covered call options. Put covered call options to work in your portfolio.

  • Investors Alley Daily commentary on the options market. Updated twice a day.

  • IVolatility.com Provides stock options analysis, online trading tools and access to a daily updated historical and implied volatility database on more than 7700 stocks and 2300 options of US market.

  • Jag Notes A daily national fax transmission service. Up-to-the-minute information about the stock market, major Wall Street firms insights, technical perceptions, computer trading trends and option moves.

  • LEAPTrades.com Providing investors a portal to connect them with everything necessary to successfully trade LEAPS.

  • Monthly Profits How to write covered calls.

  • Office for Futures and Options Research. Research for futures, options and derivative markets.

  • The Option Club Provides research on equity, index and futures options and many strategies. Rankings, strategy analysis and worksheets. Over 500,000 pages linked for quick and easy access.

  • OPTIONFIND.COM Free equity options data search and covered call engine. Search end of day covered calls and equity options data based upon your custom criteria. Export your results to Microsoft Excel.

  • The Options Industry Council Comprised of the four participant exchanges (The American Stock Exchange, The Chicago Board Options Exchange, The Pacific Stock Exchange, The Philadelphia Stock Exchange) and The Options Clearing Corporation. It was formed in 1992 to enhance the acceptance of equity options by brokers and individual investors and to promote the use of options products.

  • OCC Option Quotes/Stock Charts The largest clearing organization in the world for financial derivative instruments. OCC issues and clears options on underlying financial assets including common stocks, foreign exchange, stock indexes, U.S. Treasury securities and interest rate composites.

  • OIO Trade Center Learn Options strategies, see trades in action, sign up for an options coach, or just start trading!

  • Options Investment Newsletter Includes a summary of all current recommendations as well as new opportunities, by email every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday nights and "special alerts " as they occur.

  • The Options Clearing Corp. The largest clearing organization in the world for financial derivative instruments.

  • OptionSites.Com An almost unbiased reference for stock options investors. Directory of sites, services and products geared toward stock options investors.

  • OptionSmart.com Provides options analysis, comprehensive daily/ weekly reports. Detailed back tests for candlestick watchers and sector sthrength analysis.

  • SchaeffersResearch.com A comprehensive site for stock and option investors, includes free daily market observations and commentaries, options quotes, educational investment material, and options trading information along with many online recommendation services.

  • Stricknet.com Writing covered calls is an investment strategy where investors can double their money every few months. Yet, it has proven to be very safe compared to other types of investing. Thousands of investors earn from 10% to 30% per month--each and every month!