Anybody Can Trade Options

by Tom Nunamaker | Jul 2, 2014 | Options trading, Trading

My wife and I have suddenly become addicted to My Kitchen Rules and MasterChef Australia. Naturally, this has us constantly thinking about the cooking world and perhaps visiting Australia to partake of the outstanding food found there!  I read a really good article on...

Is this the Market Top?

by Tom Nunamaker | Jun 25, 2014 | General

We've had some interesting discussions in our forums about the market topping. Garret is a long time Gann trader and showed us his charts that predicted the SPX topping on June 23 at 1959. The peak yesterday was 1968.17, one day off from Garret's prediction....

SPX Jul 17 Broken Wing Butterfly

by Tom Nunamaker | Jun 21, 2014 | Options trading, Trading

Time for a new trade in SPX. Another broken wing butterfly trade expiring on Jul 17th with 28 days to expiration. The eight lot of puts are at 1950/1930/1870. The 1930's were about a -22 delta. The trade was put on with a little smaller credit than I like, but it's...

Trading Goals

by Tom Nunamaker | Jun 19, 2014 | Trading

John Locke published a good article on trading goals earlier today. Trader's commonly ask “what can I make each month trading?” Can I make $1000 per month? $5000 per month? What's my number? This is really a question about what monthly yield or return want...

SPX Jul 11 Broken Wing Butterfly Trade Started

by Tom Nunamaker | Jun 14, 2014 | Options trading, Trading

I put a new SPX Broken Wing Butterfly trade on yesterday with 29 days to expiration. It's an eight lot at 1910/1890/1830 with a put debit spread at 1910/1890 for a next credit of $926 on $31,574 of Reg T margin. That would be +2.93% in 29 days if held to expiration...