A vertical spread is an options trading strategy that involves the matching sale and purchase of options of the same type and with the same expiry date, but with a different strike price. The idea behind a vertical spread trade is to create a small window of unprofitability, the spread, between two profitable outcomes. Vertical […]
Did you know that a vast majority of members belonging to the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest people in the world have increased their wealth by investing stocks? According to history, trading or investing in stocks is one of the best ways to build wealth over an extended period. What you should know is that […]
I’m in the Red, But Still Feelin’ Good! What’s up, everyone? All right. Here we are finishing the fourth trading day of the month of March, and I’m in the red, down 945 bucks, but you know what? Today’s actually a little bit of a breakthrough because I did something that I almost never […]
Optionistics Review 2018 Optionistics is a stock options trading tool provider that offers a wide range of charts, option calculators and access to market data. Stock and options traders can use the tools and market data to analyze US Equity and the index options market. Optionistics has defined itself as the ultimate edge provider of […]
GREEN is GOOD! Up +$700! All right. So here we are, first day of the week and as you may notice, I am sitting here in my home office. So what am I doing here? Wasn’t I supposed to be in California? In fact, I seem to remember driving down to the airport on […]
Up +$1,458 Starting March GREEN! What’s up everyone? All right. It’s a new month. March 1st. I’m excited. I’m really confident for the month of March. I know it’s going to be a great month. But today, my trades have been a little tough. I started the day with a couple of small winners […]
Up over $2k – 7 Trades, 7 Winners! What’s up everyone. All right, so today’s the second trading day of March finishing the morning up over $2,000. I took seven trades today and had seven winners. Accuracy. On point. That’s what I like. The goal today wasn’t to try to make a lot of […]
Ross finishes Feb in the Red, but he’s still green in 2018! What’s up, everyone? All right. Here we are finishing the end of February. This will go down as my worst month in over three years of trading. It’s a little disappointing I’m not going to lie. I’m one of those traders that […]
Due to the inherent leverage in options and the counter-party risk involved in writing options, brokers have developed a tiered system of option approval levels for traders that limits their access to options trading. There are 4 option approval levels, each of which allows additional access to various forms of options trading based on the […]
Volatility Skew Definition: Day Trading Terminology Volatility skew is the graphical representation of the implied volatility of a set of options for a security at various strike prices or expiration dates. While implied volatility, which is based on the underlying security, should be the same for all options at the same strike price, in reality the […]
