2012 has not been a good year for stock market bears. Our short positions have been stopped in their tracks and we are currently standing aside dusting ourselves off.
Of course, it would be easy to blame our miscalculations on the fact that successive rounds of Quantitative Easing on both sides of the Atlantic have resulted in a very large increase in liquidity with nowhere for the mountains of cash to go except the stock market. But, that would just be sour grapes, wouldn't it?
This evening, Richard Sutcliffe of the Traders & Investors Club will be demonstrating how his low-risk options strategy has enabled him to leverage his equity portfolio in order to generate a substantial extra return on his existing holdings.
The options market is perceived to be highly risky and dangerous in which you can lose your shirt before you know it. In fact, the opposite is true. When used properly, options can provide you with high returns with limited risk.