Basic Training: Expiration Mythbusting What is expiration? Why do options expire? What does Triple Witching mean? Quadruple Witching? How does expiration impact the Greeks? How has expiration changed with the advent of the weeklys? Myth: Is it true that options...
Basic Training: A Review of How to Protect Your Profits Easiest method: Buy a 2-3 month put ATM or slightly an OTM put. Protect just those gains. What do you do if you have a broad portfolio? Hedging Rule of Thumb. Expect to spend about 2% of your portfolio for...
Today’s episode was inspired by a listener question.
What are options trading ideas that active stock traders can use in their portfolio?
Mail Call: Fall in while your drill instructors answer your questions. Comment from Andrew McNichol - Big fan of your podcast. I appreciate how you start at square one and then walk listeners through every element of options and options trading. Thanks. Question from...
Sometimes it’s a good idea to get back to basics.
Earnings Calendar? Calendar Spreads? Combine the two!
So many excellent questions in this episode of Options Bootcamp.
It might not be sexy, but you need to understand Settlement Myths and Misconceptions
In which the drill instructors discuss the proper way to trade covered calls.
With so much information out there these days about selling puts, it’s time to revisit the topic.
Mark and Dan take on listener questions, including earnings, election volatility, day trading, and more…