New Interactive Value Line Daily Options Survey - Introduced January 27, 2003

Introducing Our New Interactive Value Line Daily Options Survey

• Bid/Ask Prices and Evaluations on 80,000 options on nearly 2,000 stocks New Feature!
• New Evaluation Template for graphing expected future option performance New Version!
• Option Portfolio Template to track your option portfolio Mark-to-market Temp New Version!
• Online Portfolio Tracking New Data!
• Daily downloadable spreadsheet files on all 80,000 options New Format!
• Model Portfolios of Recommended Options Marked-to-Market!
• Detailed individual option information online Evaluating Writers' and Buyers' Price!
• Ability to select options by ticker and to sort them by your own criteria New Format!

All for a new one-year subscription rate of $149

From February 3, 2003, onwards, we will be analyzing and ranking both the bid (writing) and ask (buying) prices on every regular listed option that has an underlying stock covered by The Value Line Investment Survey (nearly 2,000 stocks in all). These new bid/ask rankings give you as accurate a picture as possible whether the option is overpriced and suitable for premium selling strategies (such as covered call writing) or underpriced and suitable of premium buying strategies (such as call buying).

Now you can go to our Interactive Options page and get our evaluations and rankings both the bid and the ask price of all the options on a stock simply by entering its ticker code.

Options by Ticker Code with Bid/Ask Prices

In addition, you can get our 200 best scoring selections for the following option strategies

Call Buying - Buying the best-priced calls on stocks expected to rise (ask prices)
Put Buying - Buying the best-priced puts on stocks expected to decline (ask prices)
Covered Call Writing - Collecting premium on stocks that you hold (bid prices)
Uncovered Call Writing - Collecting premium on the weaker stocks (bid prices)
Uncovered Put Writing - Collecting premium on the stronger stocks (bid prices)
"Married Put" Buying - Insuring you stocks you hold with puts (ask prices)

Here are some of the exciting features of The Value Line Daily Options Survey

• Detailed Profiles on each option
• Evaluations of options on Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
• Online Newsletter, The Value Line Weekly Option Strategist, offering options trading advice and instructions on how to use our service to your full advantage
• Online archives of our prior weekly reports
• Two online guides, How to Invest Using Options, covering option trading from A to Z, and A Quick Study Guide, walking you through The Value Line Daily Options Survey
• Online updates to options in your portfolio
• Analysis of all our options in easy-to-use spreadsheet format

For more information on how to subscribe Click here

Some Questions and Answers on the new Daily Options Survey

Does the Value Line Daily Options Survey Track its Performance?
Yes, we have tracked the performance of our recommended options for over 22 years. While some strategies have done better than others in different periods, most have shown strongly positive results over the long haul. Moreover, our numbers show that a diversified portfolio of different option strategies can produce truly outstanding results. For instance, a combined portfolio of recommended covered calls and recommended call and puts purchases beat the S&P 500 by 2-to-1 with no more risk than the index. More aggressive investors can achieve returns in excess of 50% per annum, using a combined portfolio of long and short option positions. (For a report on our long-term performance Click here.)

Can The Value Line Daily Options Survey help me reduce risk as well as increase returns?
Our track record strongly indicates that even a small investment in options can greatly reduce the volatility of your portfolio

How will these enhancements affect current subscribers to the Value Line Daily Options Survey?
Now you can get our evaluations and rankings on virtually every option every day. Moreover, you can use our new online portfolio tracking to follow and analyze a user-designated list of options.

Will I still be able to download the Daily Option Files as before?
Yes, you can still download a file containing 25,000 of the most liquid options. Alternatively, you can download files containing all the calls and all the puts that we evaluate (40,000 + options in each file).

If you have any questions on our exciting new service email us at vloptions@valueline.com