S&P 500 Index How to Weight the S&P Using Call and Put Options

Date: 9/11/2011

S&P 500 Index How to Weight the S&P Using Call and Put Options Part 1

S&P 500 Index How to Weight the S&P Using Call and Put Options Part 2

S&P 500 Index How to Weight the S&P Using Call and Put Options. Learn how to trade index options on the (SPX). Stocks closed down going into the 10th anniversary of 9/11. We'll cover the recent index trends on the S&P 500 and how to trade them.

On a weekly level, the S&P 500 index closed down 19.74 points to close at 1,154.23 down 1.68% on the week. Stocks slumped to a 2.7% loss on Friday. Tenuous fiscal and financial conditions in Europe continue to be blamed.

Skittishness among investors stoked volatility, such that the Volatility Index, often euphemistically labeled the Fear Gauge, climbed more than 16% back toward 40 but still below it's recent highs. The VIX hasn't been that high since concerns about Europe's stability had last escalated in mid-August.

Friday's drop left the S&P 500 as closed lower 5 out of it's last 6 sessions.

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