by Tom Nunamaker | Feb 22, 2016 | Options trading, Trading
Amy Meissner will join us on Wednesday at 4:30pm ET for a special Round Table to discuss her nested iron condor strategy. Amy was written up in Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine as the “Queen of the Iron Condor.” Click here to...
by Tom Nunamaker | Feb 6, 2016 | News, Options trading, Trading
I came across an interesting announcement from CBOE that they are adding a new SPX weekliy option that expires on Wednesdays! OptionVue and OptionNET Explorer have some work to add the new options into their software now! Here's the CBOE press release: CHICAGO, Feb....
by Mike Schwartz | Dec 30, 2015 | General, Options trading, Trading
As we come to the end of another trading year, it is that time when we make a few personal decisions. Will you reflect and review on your performance over the past year? Did you set goals for 2015 and if so, how did you do and why? Will you set new goals and a plan of...
by Tom Nunamaker | Dec 20, 2015 | General, Options trading, Trading
Dan Neagoy, from Theta Trend, presented his Core Income Butterfly (CIB) trade to the Capital Discussions Round Table yesterday. Dan covered lots of ground: His background The philosophy of the CIB trade Entry, Adjustment and exit guidelines An example of a recent...
by Tom Nunamaker | Dec 6, 2015 | Options trading, Trading
Delta measures how fast an option price changes relative to the underlying security’s price. Delta is the first derivative (or slope) of the price curve of an option. Delta values range from -1.0 to +1.0. Delta values 0.0 to +1.0 for long calls 0.0 to -1.0 for long...
by Tom Nunamaker | Nov 14, 2015 | Options trading
Dan Harvey is a well known options trader who specialized in Iron Condor trading for many years. Dan had an article published about him in SFO magazine in 2008. Over time, Dan noticed several problems with Iron Condors so he modified them to address their...
