Berkshire Hathaway is led by Warren Buffett, who is one of the most famous and successful investors. Warren is known for his value investing and long-term outlook on the stock market. Such a long-term outlook may seem contrary to the typical options trader's mentality, but options can be used strategically around a long-term stocks to enter positions at a discount or increase yield on existing positions.

This ticker group is made up of the 505 common stocks issued by the 500 large-cap companies in the S&P 500 Index. The index covers around 80% of the American equity market by capitalization and many of the stocks have options. The 30 companies in the DOW are also included in this index. The actual number of tickers used in the ranker will be less than the 505 stocks listed as only the intersection with OptionAutomator's master ticker list will be included.

This ticker group represents the intersection of top 100 capitalization-weighted companies in the NASDAQ index with the OptionAutomator's master ticker list. Companies found in the NASDAQ index (around 3000 companies) differs from other indices in that the NASDAQ includes 8 companies incorporated outside the United States and has almost a complete lack of financial companies. The index also tends to be heavily weighted in high-tech stocks and considered more risky than the DOW and S&P 500 indices.

This ticker group is the intersection of the OptionAutomator's master ticker list with the S&P 100. The S&P 100 is a subset of leading stocks in the S&P 500 index with exchange-listed options. Constituents of the S&P 100 are selected for sector balance and represent about two-thirds of the market capitalization of the S&P 500 and over half of the market capitalization of the U.S. equity markets.

A collection of financial service and bank stocks that tend to perform well in rising interest rate environments. This ticker group is reviewed daily and limited to 30 of best candidates. The intersection with the OptionAutomator master ticker list may give less than 30 tickers on any given day.

Top 100 lowest PE Ratio Stocks with PE Ratio greater than 0 and meeting OptionAutomator's proprietary liquidity criteria.

This dynamic market group lists all companies which are rumored or confirmed takeover targets. Generally, this Market Group will not have many tickers associated but can be used to identify interesting trading targets.

This market group contains stocks and ETFs which pay dividends monthly

Group of underlying financial stocks with great liquidity, medium volatility, and focused on the financial sector including some generic ETFs (e.g., emerging markets).

This market group includes freemium financial tickers for a total 32 underlyings.

Group of underlying stocks focused on the consumer goods & industrial goods sectors. Tend to demonstrate low volatility.

This market group includes premium tickers across the sector for a total of 58 total underlyings upon which options alternatives will be made.