Category Archives for Options
Why It’s a Great Tape for Calendar Spreads
Expensive near term contracts into a seasonally quiet time of year? Calendar spreads could be entering a sweet spot thanks to higher than normal recent volatility.
Continue Reading -->Options in Play: The Stitchfix Strangle
SFIX is going to need a surgeon after this quarter. The stock had a solid set up for a trade into earnings and it followed through on it nicely today.
Continue Reading -->Options in Play: BIG’s Big Breakdown
BIG was a bright spot in a week of sloppy earnings set ups. Earnings combo trades are some of my favorite and BIG is a textbook example of the strategy.
Continue Reading -->Options in Play: Catching Up on Research
The markets are closed today so it is a great time to catch up on research. I’m going to talk about a couple sites I use for building my game plan for upcoming trades.
Continue Reading -->Options in Play: The G20 Crunch
Expectations matter when you are trading options and today is a great lesson highlighting that. SPY option prices were sky high for Monday expiration which made it tough to capitalize on the large move.
Continue Reading -->Options in Play: Earnings on the Radar This Week
Today’s video is going to focus on the big reports this week. The holiday is over and this week will be a busy one for this late in the quarter. After you watch the video, click here for our 90% Off Cyber Monday specials. Deal ends at midnight, so don’t miss out.
Continue Reading -->90% Options Win on NVDA: Why I Went Long and Short at the Same Time
Most options traders have a limited mindset. They simply use options as substitutes for stock. But if you understand some basic options concepts, you can speculate on the single most important element in options – volatility. You’re about to see how we did it for a 90% overnight gain in NVDA: This is obviously not […]
Continue Reading -->Options in Play: Going on the Correlation Hunt
Today’s video is going to talk about correlations. Similar stocks within certain sectors can offer great opportunities for sympathy trades on earnings.
Continue Reading -->Options in Play: Implied Volatility and AMRN
Today’s video is going to talk about implied volatility. IV had a major impact on AMRN options and it is a great lesson for event trading.
Continue Reading -->Breaking Down an ETSY Earnings Combo Trade
Today’s video is going to highlight a recent trade in ETSY. This was a great example of an earnings combo trade which is one of my favorite event-driven setups.
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