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The Time Bomb Butterfly Versus Vertical Spread
Mark Fenton wrote an article about the Time Bomb Butterfly. Mark said "one of the best butterfly strategies is the time bomb butterfly." There isn't one best strategy as each strategy has its pros and cons. The time bomb butterfly suffers from a very low probability...
Amy Meissner Presents the Nested Iron Condor
Amy Meissner will join us on a special Round Table on Wednesday 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.”
Interactive Brokers – Choosing Your Market Data
I've used Interactive Brokers for about 15 years. I was recently reviewing my Market Data Subscriptions and realized that there are a lot of choices for new users of Interactive Brokers to navigate. If you are an option trader who primarily trades the U.S. equity...
CBOE to List SPX Wednesday-Expiring Weeklys Options
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....
Year End Goal Setting
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...
Core Income Butterfly (CIB) Webinar Replay
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...
Mastering the Option Greeks: All About Delta
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...
The Reverse Harvey
The Reverse Harvey is an options trading technique used to flatten the T+0 line, reduce margin and still retain excellent profit potential
Managing a Multi-Tranche Weirdor Webinar
Amy Meissner's popular Weirdor Trade Alert Service has garnered a devoted following. Amy's 25-month average monthly return is 3.33%. After sharing in her successes with the standard Single Tranche trade, many have asked about how to trade a larger account and handle a...
Rhino Trade Alerts
Rhino Trade Alerts Brian Larson's popular Rhino trade is very forgiving in large market moves. It was designed to have minimum adjustments over the life of the trade so it is suitable for traders who have full time jobs and can't be at their computers during the...