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Picking Up Pennies In Front Of A Steamroller – Responsibly
Contents Example Run Over By A Steamroller Add Risk Management Conclusion The image of picking up pennies in front of a steamroller is a scary image, and rightfully so. It…
Read More »Calendar Spread Example – AAPL Stock
This calendar spread example is an income trade that involves selling a short-term option and buying a longer-term option at the same strike. Usually, this is done with monthly options,…
Read More »RUT Iron Condor Example
Let’s look at an iron condor example on RUT. We like doing iron condors on indices such as the RUT (Russell 2000 index) and the SPX (S&P 500 index) because…
Read More »Hedging Short Vega With Short Delta
Contents Bull Put Spread The Bear Call Spread The Iron Condor Non-directional Broken Wing Butterflies What Happens If The Price Goes Up Conclusion This article will look at why it…
Read More »Iron Condor Earnings – AMD Example
AMD (AMD) is showing elevated implied volatility with an IV Percentile reading of 98%. That means that the current level of implied volatility is higher than 98% of all other…
Read More »Short Put Versus Covered Call
Contents Scenario 1: Covered Call On A Bullish Stock Scenario 1: Short Put On A Bullish Stock Scenario 2: Covered Call On A Stock Moving Sideways Scenario 2: Short Put…
Read More »FTSE 100 Companies List
The ‘Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index’ contains 100 different companies that have the highest market cap in the London Stock Exchange. The FTSE 100 was established back in 1984…
Read More »What Is A Rounding Top Pattern
Today we’ll talk about what is a rounding top pattern; a chart pattern used in technical analysis. Many reversal patterns give an early indication of the reversal of the trend….
Read More »Reward to Risk Ratio and Win Rate
Contents Relationship Between Win Rate and Risk-to-Reward Lower Probability Trades No Holy Grail Unprofitable Strategies It Is A Spectrum Iron Condor Example Determining The Minimum Win To Be Profitable Derivation…
Read More »How To Set Up A Synthetic Short Put
You may not have heard of a synthetic short put. Despite this, you have almost certainly traded one. This article will break down the synthetic short put trade, which creates…
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