In Trading Education, noted, avid investor Bernie Schaeffer, founder of Schaeffer's Investment Research, provides readers with a basic "primer" on options that describes what puts and calls are (with charts), along with a discussion on why investors / traders should consider options in their portfolios.

Larry Jacobs' regular feature, Your Trading Office, takes us into the mind of the successful trader by looking at how mind conditioning can influence a trader's decision-making for better or worse. He also explores strategies for using mind conditioning to best advantage.

Tips and Tools of the Trade explains how strategic use of alerts is a powerful means to the end of making money in the markets.

The last feature, Investor's Library, ties in well with Bernie Schaeffer's article by featuring a review on Options as a Strategic Investment by a recognized expert on options, Lawrence G. McMillan.