October 15, 2018
Iron Condors are hearty and can survive most environments. But mix in low volatility at trade entry with a deathly 12% nosedive and, well, prep the coffin because your bird’s going into the ground.
August 29, 2018
If you missed last night’s meeting where Coach Tyler Craig talked about Calendar Spreads or would like to watch it again, check it out here.
August 23, 2018
I received an email the other day from a trader that bought a few stocks and has been selling covered calls against them. He had questions. I have answers. Here we go.
July 26, 2018
I think I could write about covered calls and naked puts every single week and still have plenty to say at the end of the year.
July 12, 2018
Misguided lemmings who tout options as riskier than stock don’t realize that they’re painting with too broad a brush. The reality is options can be safer than stock if used properly.
March 25, 2018
Years ago the CBOE rolled out a slate of strategy benchmark indexes. One of them is the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index ($BXM)
December 24, 2017
Today we turn to a popular cash flow strategy: the Naked Put. Come learn the basics.
December 10, 2017
The long call is a seductive chap. Today kicks off the first in a multi-part series on options strategies.
October 23, 2017
Ali asked a great question in the clubhouse that I want to respond to for today’s post. It’s a situation every single option seller has been in so I suspect many will find the answer enlightening.
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.
October 26, 2016
Listen up you covered call lovers. Today I’m tackling some common questions on how to get the most out of your beloved buy-writes.
March 16, 2016
With the advent of weeklys options the choices facing option traders has multiplied ten-fold. But it shouldn’t be overwhelming.
March 13, 2016
How to build a better Covered Call? Come learn with me.
March 7, 2016
Just when I think I’ve exhausted my inventory of covered call insights I stumble upon yet another blog worthy concept. Today I’ll shine a light on how to identify the remaining profit in your trade, an essential skill for covered call management.
January 18, 2016
Stock investors in search of superior risk-adjusted returns should embrace the covered call with vigor.
January 11, 2016
I seem to have struck a nerve with my call for a reverse split in USO. And that’s a good thing.
December 23, 2015
I’m the anti-handyman. Just ask my wife. Fixing stuff in the house intimidates me. Could I figure it out? Sure I could, but when you don’t know what you’re doing things take forever.
January 4, 2015
In this video tutorial, Coach Matt takes a look at how to adjust the Risk Graph for Theta (measuring Time Decay) using in Thinkorswim (TOS) trading platform.
