How I Trade Options – Findng a Stock – Step 5
In today’s option trading blog I’ll continue my fundamental analysis of a stock that’s on the move. I’ve already taken...
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How I Trade Options – Finding A Stock – Step 4
In today’s option trading blog, we’ll take another step. At this stage of my daily routine, I’ve drilled down from...
How I Trade Options – Finding A Stock – Step 3
Let’s build on my previous option trading blog. Now that my universe of stocks is smaller, it’s time to use...
How I Trade Options – Finding A Stock – Step 2
From my prior option trading blog you know that I have a proprietary scanner that searches for high probability trading...
How I Trade Options – Finding A Stock – Step 1
As I write today's option trading blog I recall the first day I started trading full-time, I sat in front...
How I Trade Options – Market First!
When I trade options, I know my timing has to be perfect. Seventy-five percent of all stocks follow the market...
How I Trade Options – Introduction
Over the next two months, I will revisit a series of articles that describe my systematic approach to option trading....
The Problem With Debit Spreads.
In today’s option trading blog, I will look at positions that last three months or less and I will describe...
Lenny Dykstra – Deep In-The-Money Options Strategies – Who Took My Money?
In today's option trading blog I'll field a question that was forwarded to me by my friends at TradeKing. They...
Bullish Reversal – Signs To Look For.
This article was written a couple of years ago and I thought I would post it again. It should help...
How I Trade Diagonal Spreads!
For purposes of this option trading blog, I will refer to diagonal spreads in the traditional sense. The position consists...
Short Term Market Analysis – Things To Consider.
In today’s option trading blog I pulled an article that is more than two years old. I'm happy to say...
Avoid The Option Expiration Rip-Off!
In today’s option trading blog I want to try and save you some money. Have you ever been long an...
Why I Trade Relative Strength and Relative Weakness!
In today’s option trading blog I will discuss relative strength and weakness. This concept is critical to my trading system....
Reversals – Picking Tops and Bottoms.
In today’s option trading blog I will discuss trading reversals. People associate reversal trading with picking tops and bottoms. It...
Put Writing Beats Covered Calls
In today’s option trading blog I will respond to one of your questions, “Is Covered Call Writing Risky?”, I posed...
Option Trading Basics – Build Your Knowledge Base!
In today's option trading blog I will address some important concepts for the novice option trader. Options trading gets so...
What Is A Diagonal Spread?
In today’s option trading blog I will dicsuss diagonal spreads. A diagonal spread combines an equal number of longer term...
Option Trading Strategy For “V” Bottoms – Leg 4
Two years ago I wrote a series of articles on how to trade "V" bottoms. WE ARE NOT IN A...
Buying In-the-Money Options – A Hidden Benefit.
In today’s option trading blog I will discuss why I often like to trade in-the-money options. When I find a...
Gaps – My Favorite Trading Set-up
In today’s option trading blog I will discuss gaps. If you believe in efficient market theory than everything is priced...
How I Trade Options – Liquidity and Implied Volatility
Today's option trading blog concludes my series - How I Trade Options. To date, I've found the trade and quantified...
How I Trade Options – Form An Opinion – Duration!
This option trading blog will discuss how the duration of the expected move impacts the strategy selection. I feel that...
How I Trade Options – Form An Opinion – Magnitude
At this stage I’ve nailed down the stock and I’m firm on the direction. Now I have to determine the...
How I Trade Options – Form An Opinion – Direction.
You might be thinking, "What a crazy option trading blog. This guy is a dozen articles into the series and...