I started trading options in the late 90’s. After selling my first option and collecting an immediate credit I and became an option seller for life. I became a student of option selling strategies and started selling covered calls on stocks I brought and owned. I was doing OK collecting premiums month after month until [...]
Stock Options are wonderful! This clever derivative of the equities market has to be one of the most ingenious inventions of modern times. For the trader who can learn how to win at trading options, there are many luxuries in life that can be experienced.
Success in options trading requires a consistent approach for long-term [...]
Most trading literature on option strategies tend to lean towards mathematical formulas to define the construction of a spread. Guy Cohen has chosen to use pictorial logic, even with the Greeks unique to a particular strategy, to piece together the legs of a spread with diagrams.Diagrams that connect with each other are a much more [...]
Calendar spread strategy & Option Spread TradingSpread trading is a technique that can be used to profit in bullish, neutral or bearish conditions. It basically functions to limit risk at the cost of limiting profit as well.Spread trading is defined as opening a position by buying and selling the same type of option (ie. Call [...]
One secret of many traders’ success in whatever type of financial trading market is their use of proven methods and strategies. In forex options trading, it is not different. Currency options trading allows for the use of a variety of option strategies, which are employed to engineer a risk profile to the underlying security’s movement. [...]
What is the difference? Some may shout.
There is indeed a very BIG difference. I used to search for options strategies all the time as I thought it will make me a better trader. But does it really help a trader to trade better?
My answer is Yes (30%) and No (70%). Most “options strategies” [...]
What is a credit spread?
Investopedia says… “An options strategy where a high premium option is sold and a low premium option is bought on the same underlying security.”
OK I know that is very vague, so lets see if I can do better.
It is a trading strategy in which you buy an out of the money [...]
When adjusting the delta on an option spread to manage risk, many option traders do not understand how to use volatility to adjust a position in their favor.
For example, let’s say you are in a butterfly spread and the market trends up and hits your adjustment point. So what kind of adjustment do [...]
One of the secrets that smart traders utilize to make a success of their foreign exchange market trading is the use of a tried and tested system composed of methods and strategies geared at maximizing profits and minimizing losses. One such method is Forex options trading. Options trading are one way a speculator can lower [...]