. >> reporter: take steve burnet, a 57-year-old pastor from colombia, south carolina who traded stocks for many years and decided to kick it up a notch with options. >> studying candle stick formations. >> reporter: he settled on a strategy of selling puts which allows investors to sell at an underlying stock for a fraction of the cost of the share price. it can be scary like the time he meant to buy five apple contracts and accidently bought 105. >> which represents $4.5 million. scared the heck out of me before i could sell it and get it off my books. i don't know how e trade let it go through. >> reporter: they made him the most money. >> nobody gets into it for that. >> reporter: looks like they are in a game with greater risks and rewards. jane wells, los angeles. >>> and coming up on the program, the one-year anniversary of yahoo's new ceo marissia mayer. this past year is anything but dull and we'll look how the company changed and the challenges ahead. >>> first how commodities, currencies and treasuries performed today. >>> marissia myer is experiencing with invasions at yahoo