Stock Market Options Trading

As the market continues to defy gravity and hit new highs every week it seems, you may be thinking about how you can protect any stocks you may be holding.

In this episode, we'll discuss a put spread…

If you trade the S&P500, then this series is for you. In the S&P500 Navigator series, we'll discuss current market conditions including options positions, major economic events, and AlphaCrunching.co…

Caitlin Clark is the NVDA of the WNBA and Cathie Wood is Team USA.

In today's episode, we'll go over some similarities between these two powerhouses who both have strong momentum and putting up stagge…

When researching a new trading strategy, its important to not only look at things like total profit and win rate, but its just as important to look at the P/L curve of the strategy to determine if it…

Erik Smolinski is back on the show to talk about applying the concept of First Principles to options trading. Erik is behind the esInvests YouTube channel where he puts out regular content around tra…

The full trade details and options trading research discussed in this episode can be found in this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/RxWg5HdeiEY

When it comes to researching and trading strategies and t…

Trading options in a small account is possible and in this episode, we'll cover several considerations for doing so. These include: realistic expectations, which strategies are best, and what to focu…

In this episode, we reveal a SPX weekly options strategy selling put credit spreads that expire the following day. This strategy uses bullish TTR readings from Alpha Crunching to determine whether or…

In this episode, I'll briefly explain what options net flow is. In short, many of the options flow providers now offer some version of options net flow which is a graphical way to gauge the options s…

In this episode, I got to speak to Mat Cashman, Principal of Investor Education at OCC. Mat takes us through the life cycle of an options trade by explaining the inner workings of the market and some…

In this new segment, we'll discuss current micro trends and patterns in the stock market using insights from Alpha Crunching. Alpha Crunching provides time series analysis and forecasts for the S&P50…

In this episode, we'll try to answer the question of whether or not holding to expiration is better than taking profits early when being a net options seller. We'll explore this question by comparing…

In this episode, I detail a recent Iron Condor trade I ended up rolling up and out due to bullish stock market conditions.

I'll explain how I was able to recenter the Iron Condor around the current pr…

In this episode, I got to speak with John from GexBot.com to talk about how the stock market startup came to be as well as the information it provides short term traders using GEX (gamma exposure) an…

In this episode, I discuss how I'm building a position with Tesla stock and two things that spooked me after entering.

Depending on when you are listening to this episode, my position may have change…

In this episode, we'll cover some tips an tricks when putting Buy Sell Indicators on your charts so that you don't get chopped up and frustrated. Finding the usefulness of the indicator should be the…

I made my first trading mistake of 2024 on the very first trading day of the year. So in this episode, I walk you through that day and the mistake I made with my trade.

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In this last episode for 2023, I'll share a trade taken in our Alpha Traders Club group last week on FOMC day. This trade was a way to make money if the market moved a lot after the FOMC minutes were…

Low VIX got you think about changing your options trades? Here's my thoughts on the adjustments I'm making in some of my options trades because of the low volatility in late 2023.

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In this episode, I'll talk about how when it comes to options trading, you need more than the options probabilities to have an edge and to make money over time.

We'll go through an example of using a…