Sam Kirtley has been involved in investment and trading in the financial markets for a number of years and has experience in stock investment and analysis as well as options trading.
In 2009 SK Options Trading was formed to cater to clients ... more
Sam Kirtley has been involved in investment and trading in the financial markets for a number of years and has experience in stock investment and analysis as well as options trading.
In 2009 SK Options Trading was formed to cater to clients looking to utilize options to maximize the performance of their trading/investing.
Sam & SK Options Trading can be followed on Twitter @skoptions
Particularly geared to options trading is SK OptionTrader which is a premium service offering real time options trading signals via email.
The service has been performing well with the model portfolio is up 994.38% since inception, working out as an annualized return of 56.90%. The average return of 31.4% per recommended trade includes losses and the average trade is open for 54.27 days. It total SK OptionTrader has closed 158 trades with 143 closed at a profit.
He was a founder of gold-prices.biz among other investment websites and continues to contribute regularly on these sites.
Sam has studied finance and economics and uses his knowledge along with his trading experience in his writing.
lessABX | Barrick Gold Corporation (Old) |
CCJ | Cameco Corporation |
DGP | PowerShares DB Gold Double Long ETN |
DGZ | DB Gold Short ETN |
DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average |
EXC | Exelon Corporation |
FEZ | SPDR DJ Euro Stoxx 50 |
GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF |
GDXJ | MARKET VECTORS ETF TRJR GOLD MINES |
GLD | SPDR Gold Trust ETF |
GOLD | Barrick Gold Corporation |
IAU | iShares COMEX Gold Trust |
IYF | iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector Index Fund |
KGC | Kinross Gold Corporation |
PAAS | Pan American Silver Corp. |
PHYS | Sprott Physical Gold Trust |
PSLV | Sprott Physical Silver Trust ET |
PST | ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury ETF |
SGOL | ETFS Physical Swiss Gold |
SKF | ProShares UltraShort Financials |
SLV | iShares Silver Trust |
SPY | SPDR S&P 500 |
SSRI (see SSRM) | Silver Standard Resources, Inc |
TIP | iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund |
UUP | PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund |
VIX | Volatility Index CBOE |
VIXY | PROSHARES VIX SHORT-TERM FUT |
XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR |
XLK | Technology Select Sector SPDR |
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