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Welcome to The Informer Newsletter

A steady supply of help and advice on getting the most out of OptionVue 6 is available in our Informer newsletter.

The Informer answers frequently asked questions and contains valuable information on a wide range of topics:

  • Option Trading - including insights into volatility trading with regular articles by OptionVue President Len Yates
  • Strategies
  • BackTesting
  • Market Commentary
  • New Releases
  • Software tips - including how to best use the program to succeed in the options market.
  • Customer Support - answering product and technical support questions from our clients.

With content from OptionVue's Steve Lentz and Jim Graham, you have access to in-depth, quality editorial every issue. Plus, guest experts give you their take on what's important to succeed in today's options markets!

 
 
 
 

Informer Issues

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Informer Newsletter - Current Issue (2010/08)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Further Thoughts on the VIX Premium Indicators - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: MACD Convergence Spreads - Steve Lentz

Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2010/07)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
OpScan's Awesome Parameter Combos - Steve Lentz

Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2010/05-2010/06)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: DMI Vertical Credit Spreads - Steve Lentz

Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2010/04)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
TradeFinder - Expected Returns and Targets - Steve Lentz
Three Mandatory Trading Skills - Hal Brent

Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Isue (2010/03)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader:Double Diagonal Spreads on the S&P 500, Pt. 2 - Steve Lentz
VIX Premium Indicators: A Continuation - Len Yates

Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Isue (2010/01)
Letter To Our Clients/VIX Premium - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Long Calls on a Reversal Pattern - Steve Lentz
Option Symbology Initiative - Jim Graham

Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Isue (2009/11-12)
Letter To Our Clients/VIX Premium - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Stochastic Butterflies - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2009/10)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Swing Highs and Lows - Steve Lentz
Adventures in BackTrader: Double Butterflies - Steve Lentz
Generating Income with the Credit Spread - Jim Graham
Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2009/08)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Trend Pullbacks - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2009/07)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Swing Point Campaigning - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham

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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2009/06)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Naked Calls - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2009/05)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Long Calls with 'Nerves of Steel' System - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2009/04)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Principles of Trading Directional Spreads - Steve Lentz
The CBOE S&P 500 Buy Write Index - Victor Greco
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2009/03)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Constructing an OpScan Formula from Scratch - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2009/02)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Modulating Covered Calls - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2009/01)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Credit Spreads - Steve Lentz
Important OptionVue 6 Information - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2008/11)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
High Probability Trading - Frank Fahey
Adventures in BackTrader: RSI Credit Spread Approach - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2008/10)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Market Commentary - Len Yates
How Long to Wait? - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2008/09)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Market Commentary - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: CCI Credit Spread Trading System - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2008/08)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Economic News and Playing the Bottom - Jim Graham
Adventures in BackTrader: May-October Effect Credit Spreads, Part 2 - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (Double Issue - 2008/06 & 2008/07)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Bottom's Bell - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: ATM Credit Spreads on Triple Top and Bottom Breakouts Using Point and Figure Charts - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2008/05)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Using OptionVue 5 in BackTrader Mode - Len Yates
Including Previously Realized Gains/Losses - Jim Graham
Adventures in Backtrader: Hedging with Protective Puts and Collars - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2008/04)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Should the Economy Drive Your Investment Strategy? - Jim Graham
Using VIX Options to Hedge Market Risk - Steve Papale
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (Double Issue - 2008/02 & 2008/03)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures In BackTrader: Stock vs. LEAPs - Steve Lentz
A Call for the Futures Industry to Join Us in the 21st Century - Len Yates
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (Double Issue - 2007/12 & 2008/01)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures In BackTrader: Rolling Covered Calls - Steve Lentz
The Covered Combo in Volatile Markets - Len Yates
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2007/11)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures In BackTrader: Technical Analysis - Steve Lentz
Married Puts - Chris Figy
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2007/10)
Letter To Our Clients - Len Yates
Adventures In BackTrader: The Yield Grab - Steve Lentz
Risky Covered Calls - Chris Figy
Announcements & Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2007/09)
Earnings Plays, Revisited - Len Yates
Targets and Expected Returns - Steve Lentz
Excerpts from Trading and Falling in Love - Dr. Janice Dorn
Announcements & Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2007/08)
A Trader's Market - Len Yates
Gems in the Rough - Steve Lentz
Reading the Bid Ask Spread - Dr. Janice Dorn(Special guest writer)
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2007/06)
Icons on the Main Toolbar in OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
Three Opscan Ideas - Steve Lentz
Another Way to Analyze Trades - The Profit Zone - Jim Graham
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2007/04)
Portfolio Management Tools in OptionVue 5 - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: The Employment Report Part 3 - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2007/02)
Adventures in BackTrader: Double Diagonal Spreads in the S&P 500
- Steve Lentz
Using "Hot Keys" in OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2007/01)
Earnings per Share and Price Ratios - Jim Graham
Understanding Auto-Strike Settings - Jim Graham
The Browsing Feature in OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2006/11)
Risk-based Margining - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Short Butterfly Campaign in the SPX - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
The OptionVue 5 Tax Report - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2006/10)
Happy Days are Here Again - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Directional Butterflies - Steve Lentz
Setting Future Volatility in Matrix & its Effect on Analysis - Jim Graham
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2006/09)
Hedging an Existing Long Stock Position - Jim Graham
BackTrader: Iron Butterflies on the S&P 500 - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2006/08)
Short-Term Earnings Plays - Len Yates
Theoretical Price, Current Value, and the Graham Dot - Jim Graham
BackTrader: Campaign Calendar Spreads in the SPX - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2006/06)
Isolating Bad Trading Behavior + Current Market Comments - Len Yates
Credit Spreads and the May-October Effect - Steve Lentz
Customer Support with Jim Graham
The Quotes Display - Price and Time Off Extreme - Jim Graham
Daily Volatility Readings Added to OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2006/04)
Butterfly Spreads - Len Yates
BackTrader: Stock Straddles with Bollinger Bands - Steve Lentz
Customer Support with Jim Graham
Securities Margins in OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2006/02)
Volatility-based Trading - Len Yates
Timing Split Strike Collars - Steve Lentz & Jim Graham
Customer Support with Jim Graham
Buying Deep In-The-Money Options as a Strategy - Jim Graham
Why OV5 Doesn’t Calculate IV for Deep ITM Options - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2005/12)
Poker, Trading & Deviations - Len Yates
BackTrader: Long Options with Bollinger Band Breakouts - Steve Lentz
Selling Put Generates 766% ROI with Stock Going Sideways - Dan Gibby
Customer Support with Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2005/10)
OptionVue 5’ Volatility Model - Len Yates
BackTrader: Seasonal Short Strangles in Natural Gas - Steve Lentz
Using Long Synthetic Straddles with Stocks - Jim Graham
Customer Support with Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2005/08)
Getting the Most Out of TradeFinder - Len Yates
BackTrader: Seasonal Short Strangles in Coffee - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2005/06)
Some Thoughts on Vertical Skew - Len Yates
Constructing an OpScan Formula from Scratch - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
SPAN Margin Requirements - Len Yates
Dan Sheridan Mentoring: A Graduate’s Perspective - Rob Kidwell
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2005/04)
New Features to Help You Quickly Hedge a Portfolio - Len Yates
BackTrader: Vertical Credit Spreads & Technical Analysis [P2] - Steve Lentz
Should You Be Long the Equity Market Now? Using Long-Term Options and LEAPs to Invest - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2005/02)
SPY vs. SPX - The New Options - Len Yates
A New Way to Look at Trades - The Profit Zone - Jim Graham
BackTrader: Vertical Credit Spreads & Technical Analysis - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2004/12)
Cheap Options Abound - Len Yates
BackTrader: The Unemployment Report: Part Two - Steve Lentz
Archiving Your Account Records - Jim Graham
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2004/10)
New Portfolio Manager Features in OptionVue 5 v1.68 - Len Yates
BackTrader: The Unemployment Report - Steve Lentz
Price Relationships and Arbitrage Strategies - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2004/08)
Strategies for Playing Company Announcements - Len Yates
Customer Support - Jim Graham
Recognizing When the Dividend Policy Has Changed - Jim Graham
OpScan Formula Giveaway - Steve Lentz
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2004/06)
New Feature: Enhanced Margin Requirements - Len Yates
The Accuracy of OptionVue 5’s Variable Volatility Model - Tony Ciccone
The Options Expiration Cycles for Stocks - Jim Graham
When to Rebuild an Asset File - Tony Ciccone
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2004/02)
Current Opportunities Abound - Len Yates
Understanding TradeFinder’s Expected Return - Steve Lentz
Customer Service including Changes in DataVue Data - Jim Graham
Managing (Nearly) Worthless Options in OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
Plus Len Yates’ Commentary
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2003/12)
Using Multiple Calendar Spreads on the Same Underlying - Len Yates
Managing Composite Inter-Market Positions - Charles Brown
Calendar Volatility Setups - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2003/10)
New Version Announcement - Len Yates
New Features in Price Charts and TradeFinder - Steve Lentz
Accessing Asset-Specifc Functions, Browsing
Customer Support
Using Indian Assets in OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2003/08)
Setting Up the Matrix for Trading Calendar Spreads - Steve Lentz
The Keyboard and Hot Keys in OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2003/06)
Hallelujiah, It’s Raining Buying Opportunities - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader - Steve Lentz
Computing IV for an Option - Jim Graham
Setting Targets in TradeFinder - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2003/04)
Put/Call Skews: Adjusting the Variable Model - Jim Graham
Product Development News - Len Yates
%O/U Explained - Steve Lentz
The Vega Factor: Volatility’s Effect on Your Position - Charles Brown
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2002/11)
Use Deep Discounts to Expand Your Strategy Arsenal - Len Yates
Product & Data Services Survey
Single Stock Futures - Len Yates
The Importance of CEV - Steve Lentz
Using Historical Options Volume in OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2002/09)
Using VIX Reversals to Time the Market - Len Yates
Positive Returns in a Neutral Scenario? - Len Yates
Adventures in BackTrader: Naked Strangles - Steve Lentz
Customer Support - Jim Graham
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2002/07)
The Bottom Should be Near - Len Yates
Futures Trading Corner: Straddling for Dollars
Adventures in BackTrader: Long Options - Steve Lentz
Customer Support
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2002/05)
Breakdown Trades - Len Yates
Increase Your Trading Success with Fundamental Analysis - Jim Graham
Using the Survey Feature - Steve Lentz
Customer Support
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2002/03)
Where Did Volatility Go - Len Yates
Time Spreads Using Graphic Analysis - Jim Graham
Bull Put Spread Trading the S&P 500 - John Summa
Managing your Files in OptionVue 5 * Customer Support
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Informer Newsletter - Back Issue (2002/01)
Covered Writing with Convertible Securities - Len Yates
Understanding the AutoStrike Settings in OptionVue 5 - Jim Graham
Profit-limiting is Not a Bad Idea - Charles Brown
Computer-based Options Trading - David Nassar
Customer Support
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