Dec

Trading With Options

Trading With Options Trading with options has its benefits over stocks, but at first options are more difficult to understand. Let’s discuss some of the pros and cons of trading with options. You Can Make Money From Time Decay An option trader can take advantage of the option Greek known as theta. Stock traders cannot take […]

Dec

Options Strategies

Options Strategies Where do I start? I could pull out an old book from the shelf, wipe off the dust and then turn to page 127 and copy down a list of options strategies to plagiarize about, but instead of that, I’ll give you some personal tips on designing options strategies. First Step to Designing Options […]

Dec

Options Trading Training

Options Trading Training Let’s talk about your options to get options trading training. There are so many approaches one can take to learn how to trade options, so how do you know what the best choice is? The obvious options are to either try to learn from books and free online options trading training videos, […]

Dec

Credit Spread Strategy Review

Credit Spread Strategy Review I make money every month with credit spreads. I love credit spreads. Credit spreads are as good as easy money. Credit spreads have a high probability. I’ll show you how to double your money every year with credit spreads. I am sure you’ve heard a lot of that online, on Youtube, […]

Dec

Iron Condor Strategy Review

Iron Condor Strategy Review The iron condor strategy is one of the most popular options spreads of all time. There are many courses, books and people teaching this strategy online or at live seminars. There’s even Meetup groups about this option strategy. Why is the iron condor strategy so famous? I have my theories… The […]

Apr

Options Greeks Vomma

Options Greeks Vomma I don’t know about you, but I am wondering when the next big market crash is going to happen. I’m always wondering about this. Why? Because there are ways to make huge profits from them if you know how to use higher order Greeks. While most option traders are running for cover (literally, […]

Apr

Iron Condor v Butterfly Spread

Iron Condor v Butterfly Spread A High Probability Iron Condor v. a Low Probability Butterfly In our last conversation we started to talk about the reality of option trading and the probability of various option spreads. Today, we’ll look further into this topic by comparing a high-prob Condor trade with a low-prob Butterfly. Theoretical Probability […]

Apr

R-POP vs Theoretical Probability

Realistic and Theoretical Probability A New Approach To Option Trading Hi, in our last conversation we talked about back-testing and how important that can be. Today, we are going to compare Realistic and Theoretical Probability. Theoretical Probability of Profit (POP) When we say Theoretical Probability, we are referring to the mathematical probability that is implemented into […]

Mar

Credit Spreads – The Pros and Cons

Today’s lesson will be about the pros and cons of the credit spreads. First, let’s talk about the positive attributes of the credit spread. The reason most credit spread traders fall in love with this option strategy is because the trade can be designed to have a high probability of profit. By selling a credit […]

Feb

Why Most Option Traders Fail

Today’s topic will be a common one. The question is “Why do most option traders fail?” In my humble opinion the reason why most option traders never find long-term success is because they don’t spend time or have the tools to back test their strategies to create specific rules based on their back tested results. […]

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