- Curious about condors, butterflies, or even a triple calendar spreads?
- Wondering which strategy benefits from a rising, falling, or neutral market?
The information shared here will serve you well on your path to becoming a successful and experienced trader. I must admit, however, that much of the information is influenced by Sheldon Natenberg’s book, Options as a Strategic Investment. Check out my review via the link if you’re interested. The work is easily the most comprehensive and credible source of strategy knowledge currently available.
To trade options successfully many things must align. At its core, however, trading is simply an opinion of the current market. To profit from that opinion, you’ll need to know which strategy fits the bill and in this blog series you’ll find just that!
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With so many possible vertical spread combinations singling out the best one is mind numbing, to say the least. Using these steps can help simplify the process and create confidence that major factors haven’t been ignored.
Read moreVertical Spread Checklist – A Guide to Profitability
As the title suggests, options strategies are infinitely easier with volatility reaching these extreme levels. That doesn’t mean we should throw caution to the wind and trade every strategy known to man. It does however offer an opportunity to make some quick cash and in this market that could be much needed.
So, generally speaking I don’t love any short term trading strategy.. mostly due to the fact I lose more money than I make but given the simplicity and potential power of this new strategy it seems reasonable to share.
Read moreAn ultra short term trading strategy for quick profits!
In my last post I mentioned placing a pin in the discussion about finding trades after Fib levels were identified. In today’s post were going to pull the pin and continue our conversation about high probability trades.
Read morePlacing High Probability Trades using Fibonacci Levels
Lets review a strategy that is far too often overlooked in this newest post… how to trade a poor mans covered call.
The poor man’s covered call is an easy, low management, and relatively low risk strategy, traded the same as a classic covered call, only considerably cheaper. Let’s start by identifying a trade candidate.