Tales of a Technician: The PERFECT Strategy for Buying Dips and Selling Rips
October 16, 2017
What’s the The PERFECT Strategy for Buying Dips and Selling Rips? The Iron Condor. Read on.
My name is Tyler Craig. I’m a trader, mentor, writer and professional wisdom dispenser. I am a member of the CMT Association and carry the CMT designation. I have a Ph.D. from the school of hard knocks and am a cancer survivor.
I am the technician and these are my tales.
October 16, 2017
What’s the The PERFECT Strategy for Buying Dips and Selling Rips? The Iron Condor. Read on.
October 12, 2017
Ever wonder how a billionaire hedge fund manager defines progress? I have. All the time.
October 9, 2017
Today’s post continues a long line of retrospectives. But unlike its predecessors, this one is bound to bring pain instead of pleasure. And that, friends, is because September was my first losing month of the year. Was it because I was a dum-dum? Or was it simply because market conditions soured for my systems and a loss was inevitable? Read-on and you’ll find out!
October 3, 2017
One of the aspects of selling longer-term Iron Condors re-iterated to me this month was how the pain of holding a losing position is prolonged.
October 2, 2017
Obituary: Aug 18th, 2017 – Sep 27th, 2017. Salt Lake City, Utah – Mr. October “Heartbreaker” Iron Condor was born on Aug 18th, 2017 amid great fanfare…
September 25, 2017
The tragedy of my story is that auto lending is a legitimate business that produces consistent profits for investors if executed properly. That is the key!
September 18, 2017
Today’s tale is a cautionary one. It’s also personal and true. It will be laced with lessons, painful ones.
September 11, 2017
The close of each month provides a time for reflection. I scour my trade journal in search of clues, lessons left by winning and losing trades. I’m convinced that there are only so many mistakes you can make.
September 4, 2017
In a perfect world, price gaps would be eradicated and liquidity would reign supreme. Sadly, such an idealistic realm only exists in theory.
August 28, 2017
The workers of the idea factory in my head have gone on strike this morning. Little buggers probably can’t read a calendar and think it’s already Labor Day.
August 23, 2017
VXX is one of the most complicated products on the planet. I’m all for trading it! Trade it every day if you want.
August 16, 2017
Well someone hasn’t been minding the store. Here we are in mid-August and I’ve yet to do my monthly rumination. Just think what lessons I might have lost from July’s trading!
August 9, 2017
If you’ve been lulled to sleep by the summer doldrums then WAKE UP!
August 2, 2017
Keren had a great question on hedging iron condors in the clubhouse so I’m dedicating today’s commentary to that. I’ll post it here in its entirety, then respond with a one-two combo of education and enlightenment.
July 26, 2017
Why do you take partial profits on a credit spread? The short answers are because 1) it increases my profit per day and 2) it increases my probability of profit.
July 19, 2017
With the Cash Flow Condors launch now settling down it’s time to return my monthly retrospectives. It’s already the middle of July and I’ve yet to give June its due. If you’re a newcomer to my home then welcome, friend! I’m the Technician and these are my Tales.
July 12, 2017
In celebration of Monday’s launch of Condors for Cash Flow (if you missed it, be sure to check out the replay HERE), I wanted to focus on the mighty Condor strategy for today’s musings. Let me first mention I’m extremely excited about the monthly Mastermind Group meetings we have planned for those that have purchasedREAD MORE
July 6, 2017
Oh silver, why must you misbehave so? The only upside to your downside is the inspiration provided for today’s musings. In honor of silver pathetic behavior, I think it’s a good time to flesh out how I feel about cash flow strategies on SLV.
June 28, 2017
I elected to do a video for today’s post. Within I identify the market trends that interest me right now (retail, oil, small-caps). I also went through some practice examples of managing open option positions and reviewed my thought process for managing and making adjustments. Enjoy! Your browser does not support the video tag. BULLREAD MORE
June 22, 2017
Do the bears have a cash flow producing equivalent to the covered call? YES! The Covered Put.
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