It’s our 200th episode. We share our favorite moments, some milestones, and discuss options (a bit). Come join the fun!
Is It Really That Simple?
During a live trading exercise in class, a student exclaimed, ?Can it really be this easy to make money in the markets? It is so simple!?
There?s a Time for Everything: Thoughts on AAPL Option Strategies
Do you know how many different types of options strategies there are? A lot: That?s how many!
Volatility Trading Digest – Scoreboard
We offer a tally of our closed November positions, then a new add-on idea using previously assigned stock followed by a conditional hedge suggestion.
Volatility Trading Digest – Oversold Bounce
By most measuring techniques, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) is oversold and due for a bounce.
Option Block 199: Apple Selloff and Yoga Pants
With a 50% guarantee of entertainment, you’d be missing out if you skipped this Option Block. Options? VIX? AAPL? We have it all!
Options for Newbies ? Open Interest
In last week?s article called Market Makers and the Option Chain, which you can review here, I talked about option volume, and began discussing open interest.
Buy and Hold is Not Your Future!
Most people have had a very cursory introduction to the financial markets. Their exposure to equities usually involves a 401k that they received from their job. The majority believes that the best way to invest in the markets is to put money into stocks or mutual funds and hold it there until they retire.
Are You Trading Not to Lose?
The opening bell just sounded and you are putting on a trade. You?ve got your plan established?
Reversing Roles
In Online Trading Academy courses, we are taught to buy in demand zones and sell in supply zones as the most effective way to trade. This is the simple part of trading, following rules.
The Banks Are Toast for Now
There is a pattern beginning to shape since the election and for the most part it is not good for equities.
Option Block 198: Sex Scandals and Star Wars
Option Block 198: Sex Scandals and Star Wars







