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Trading With Dual Vega
So you might ask... "What is Dual Vega option trading?" Most option traders are not aware that this concept even exists... . Read More
Commodities vs. Financials
This study would indicate that trading Corn and other Commodities may be less volatile than trading the Financials such as the RUT, SPX and NDX.. Read More
Credit Spread, The Mirage
Credit spreads are one of the most popular instruments used in Option Trading. The question is why. It's simple. The Credit Spread is the easiest spread to understand for beginning option traders, but does this make it a good strategy?. Read More
The Unbalanced Condor
This strategy has been around for a while I am sure, but for some reason, it's not very popular. Personally, I have been studying options for over a decade now, and I took many popular courses that you'll find on the Internet. After spending nearly $50,000 on my options education, I find it rather intriguing and erroneous that most option courses are not teaching this strategy.. Read More
The True Risk with Popular Option Strategies
Did You Lose Over The Flash Crash? The biggest difference in trading low-risk option strategies compared to the popular income strategies is that the time to recover from a debacle is very different. For example, over the recent “computer glitch,” those who were trading iron condors as income spreads lost about 50 to 70% over that two-week period.. Read More
Worried How Your Credit Spread Will Fare if the Market Reverses?
Credit spreads have a high mathematical likelihood of achieving profitability. So why don’t I consider them one of my favorite types of trades? Because they also have a high probability of risk, and that means stress. Credit spreads are highly directional and that by itself implants the kind of risk into the trade that you have to watch like a hawk.. Read More
Recent Regulation Changes with Broken Wing Butterflies
Recently, brokers had to change the buying power effect calculation on Broken Wing Butterflies, making them cost more than before. So to comply with recent regulations we find it's better to use unbalanced Butterflies instead of Broken Wing Butterflies if you want to take advantage of this strategy.. Read More
Options Mentoring
I had an interesting conversation with an option trader today who is still searching for the secret to making consistent returns with option trading. He said many things that I absolutely agreed with.. Read More
Option Greeks Demystified - Part 1
If you want to be a successful option trader, then you have to understand the Greeks on a deep level. Here we've included an detailed video for you... . Read More
Option Greeks Demystified - Part 2
A broker loses 1.5 Million Dollars on an Iron Condor because he didn't understand the option Greeks.. Read More
Option Greeks Demystified - Part 3
We continue with IV charting and how to recognize changes in direction by using the MACD Divergence technical indicator. As we forecast IV it gives us a foundation to construct our option trades according to our future outlook.. Read More
Option Greeks Demystified - Part 4
We finish up on Delta and then discuss Gamma, Theta and Vega. We talk about how flattening Gamma, Delta and Vega while maximizing Theta is really the ultimate options position. This is something that we have learned to focus on with San Jose Options.. Read More
Option Greeks Demystified - Part 5
We compare how the location of our strikes is so important, and in fact, we have ways to control our Vega, Delta and Theta position simply by locating our strikes in different places on the option chain.. Read More
Option Greeks Demystified - Part 6
In the last part of this class we analyze 3 different types of Credit Spreads to illustrate the effectiveness of what we just taught you. Now you know how to cut your risk down by 70% as well as how to save on commissions if you plan on doing Credit Spreads.. Read More
Vega Multipliers Explained
The Vega Multiplier is a unique concept developed by the San Jose Options mentoring program. Learn to calculate a more accurate Vega reading on your options positions.. Read More
The SJ Options Trading System
Learn About a Trading System with Options That Develops Nearly Risk-Free Trades Over and Over Again. Read More
A Credit Spread Video Class
Watch This 20 Minute Video Class on Credit Spreads. Read More
Backtesting Software, The SJ Options Toolkit
We're developing back testing tools to help us achieve Max Safety and Max Reward even faster.. Read More
Butterflies vs. Broken Wing Butterfly Spreads
In this video class you'll learn how a Broken Wing can be used to benefit from a Bullish Market while adding safety in case you are wrong on the direction of the trade.. Read More
The Only Way To Learn To Trade Options
Do you know that you can lose thousands of dollars in just a few minutes if you buy a contract that is skewed against you? Do you know that your P/L might reflect you are profiting big bucks when in fact you are losing money?. Read More
A List of Option Trading Strategies
When to use various option trading strategies and when not too depends a lot on the Vega.... Read More
Learn To Lock In Profits
Learn To Lock In Profits. Read More
How Safe Are Calendar Spreads?
Well, if you look at this risk graph, you'll see that this type of trade will lose nearly 100% if we face another Flash Crash.... Read More
Trading Options in the Comfort Zone
Understanding the difference between Reality and Fantasy. Read More
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