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26

Aug

Tasty Trade Performance

Tasty Trade Performance After performing an online search we could not find any statistics on the performance of Tasty Trade’s trade picks.  We’d like to hear from Tasty Trade followers. How did you do over the global market turmoil during August of 2015?  Did the TT philosophy of closing your winners and letting your losers […]

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24

Aug

Market Plummets Volatility Soars

MARKET PLUMMETS, VOLATILITY SOARS Popular options strategies are crushed. Weekly credits lose 68%, calendars lose 52%. SPX BEGINS TO FREE-FALL (8/17/15 – 8/21/15) Popular Strategies Sustain Huge Losses During Global Blood Bath We’ve seen it happen over and over again for decades, but more often than not, option traders choose high probability trades without considering […]

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12

Aug

A Full Time Options Trader

FROM MIKE, A FULL TIME OPTIONS TRADER To the visitors of SJ Options, My name is Mike, and I am a full time trader. I day trade the markets, and play options for passive income. It was a long journey to become successful in trading, and needless to say, I have spent a lot of […]

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09

Jul

Trading Options Over Volatile Markets

Trading Options Over Volatile Markets When markets are calm, option traders typically have time to react and make adjustments to their portfolios. However, when markets become volatile and gap, most option traders are exposed to great losses. The difference between your average option trader and your advanced is their knowledge of higher order Greeks. Recent […]

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05

Apr

Credit Spreads The Mirage Explained

DON’T BE FOOLED BY THIS NEWBIE TO OPTIONS WHO PUSHES CREDIT SPREADS This is just a response to someone who pushes credit spreads, a trade that has caused many trader to lose their entire life savings. The bottom line is, the OTM credit spread is a poorly designed trade. It’s trading without a safety net. […]

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28

Mar

Karen The Supertrader

Karen The Supertrader Youtube has created a lot of buzz around the options trading community about Karen the Supertrader. People wonder if the said profits are true or not, but today we’re not here to post our opinions on the returns, but rather we’re going to look at the risk involved in the strategy that was presented […]

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28

Mar

IV Rank

IV Rank What’s it all about? Why is it important? IV Rank is a term that has been around the options industry since the beginning of options trading. It’s nothing new and it’s nothing revolutionary, but it has been the topic of discussion a lot recently. It is important to understand what it represents and […]

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23

Feb

Options Trading Checklist

Options Trading Checklist In order for it to be even remotely possible to make an income through trading options, you have to address the “Options Trading Checklist.” Here is one we have created for you.  Please feel free to build from this list of options trading tips to meet your personal goals. 1. Do the […]

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19

Jan

SJ Options Mentoring Course Download

SJ Options Mentoring Course Download The SJ Options Mentoring Course is not available for download.  Any offerings of our course outside of www.sjoptions.com and www.sanjoseoptions.com is strictly prohibited by law and is not authorized by San Jose Options, Inc. We take our Terms of Use and NDA very seriously.  Illegal download of our mentoring course […]

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23

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 […]

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