New: options-tradingAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krsteemhive-183959zzanhive-180932hive-166405photographyhive-185836uncommonlabhive-150122lifehive-183397hive-144064bitcoinhive-188619krsuccesshive-139150hive-103599hive-124908hive-101145hive-109690hive-184714hive-180301TrendingNewHotLikersshortsegments (77)in hive-175254 • 4 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Bitcoins Volatility creates opportunities in the stock market: Poor Man’s Covered CallBackground I was checking my positions in Marathon, where I bought Leaps and created a synthetic Spread or Poor Mans covered call. I own some Leaps in Marathon, long expiration calls expiring in…shortsegments (77)in hive-184373 • 4 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Time to revisit call options as a trading strategy now that Bitcoin Options are availableBuying and Selling Call Options Buying and selling Call options is the first options trading strategy new options traders learn. It is very straight forward: You buy what you thing is going up at…shortsegments (77)in hive-184373 • 4 years agoOptions Trading: the Covered Call.Options Trading: the Covered Call. One of the first options trades I learned was the popular Covered Call . Definition: It is considered a “Safe strategy” with capitol preservation and…shortsegments (77)in hive-184373 • 4 years agoThe importance of option Extrinsic and intrinsic value in options trading.The importance of option extrinsic and intrinsic value in options trading. An important concept to understand in options trading is the concept of an Options value, as defined by it’s intrinsic…shortsegments (77)in hive-184373 • 4 years agoThe importance of option Extrinsic and intrinsic value in options trading.The importance of option extrinsic and intrinsic value in options trading. An important concept to understand in options trading is the concept of an Options value, as defined by it’s intrinsic…shortsegments (77)in options-trading • 4 years agoThe death of an options trader: understanding the early exercise of an option spread.A young options trader recently committed suicide, and it appears that his suicide was prompted by a spread trade which went against him. The suicide note apparently indicates that he believed he…shortsegments (77)in hive-184373 • 4 years agoThe best options trading strategy bOne thing I have noticed in my journey into options trading is that while most mentors teach novice traders to use strategy A in up markets and strategy B in down markets and strategy C in sideways…shortsegments (77)in hive-184373 • 4 years agoOptions spread strategies: high probability out-of-the money trades contrasted with lower probability in-the-money trades.Option spreads are frequently two out-of-the money strike price positions well above the current price of the stock in most cases. Such as if Apple was priced at $300.00, high probability…shortsegments (77)in hive-184373 • 4 years agoTrading Options on SPY versus SPXOptions traders sometime prefer to trade index’s like SPY and SPX due to high liquidity, small bid ask spreads and straight forward tax treatment. When I look at these two choices I see some…shortsegments (77)in hive-184373 • 4 years agoOption Trading: Volatility Crush TradeIntroduction: The market is riding high, so I wanted to review this trade just in case we get some more volatility next week. Call spreads are a common options trading strategy and setting up the…shortshots (60)in hive-184373 • 5 years agoWhat is positive versus negative mathematical expectation in option spread trading?I watched an interesting video blog article by Ryan Jones, the author of a blog called Trade Partners and the article was titled: Why you shouldn’t trade vertical spreads. This blog article…shortsegments (77)in hive-167922 • 5 years agoOption Trading Review: What is high probability trading?A popular form of options trading is selling options, which gives you cash from the sale, but in this sale you hope you never have to deliver the item. You are selling an option to another trader…certseek (60)in hive-116221 • 5 years agoTop Crypto Exchange Binance Hints at Launching Bitcoin Options TradingTop crypto exchange Binance has hinted that it plans to launch Bitcoin (BTC) options trading. Two tweets — via the exchange's official handle and CEO Changpeng Zhao ("CZ") — posted on April 3…shortsegments (77)in hive-167922 • 5 years agoOption Trading Review: What is low probability options trading and why would anyone do it?Option Trading Review: What is low probability options trading and why would anyone do it? The first type of options trading new traders learn is buying and selling options. It is easy to…shortsegments (77)in hive-167922 • 5 years agoUseful Rules for Option Trading.Reviewed Podcast: OptionAlpha Podcast #165 by Kirk Du Plessis. Option Alpha Podcast 165: The eleven golden rules. This podcast reviewed in detail these eleven golden rules; 1. Small…shortsegments (77)in hive-167922 • 5 years agoOption Trading Review: What is high probability trading?A popular form of options trading is selling options, which gives you cash from the sale, but in this sale you hope you never have to deliver the item. You are selling an option to another trader…shortsegments (77)in hive-167922 • 5 years agoGiving yourself time to be right in options trading.Options are by their nature time sensitive financial instruments, which diminish in value over time and have an expiration date, after which they are worth zero, so time is a very important aspect…shortsegments (77)in options-trading • 5 years agoOption Spread Trading: Arbitage in SppOption Trading: Arbitrage in Spreads. The term “arbitrage” has different meanings depending on context. In financial circles the reference is frequently to a situation where the up front reward is…shortsegments (77)in options-trading • 5 years agoAdvanced Options Trade: Broken wing ButterflyI just finished this video on broken wing butterfly’s. This is a option spread created like a regular “Butterfly” spread, except skip one strike to create an unbalanced spread. You buy one ITM…shortsegments (77)in mathematicalexpectations • 5 years agoWhat is positive versus negative mathematical expectation in option spread trading?I watched an interesting video blog article by Ryan Jones, the author of a blog called Trade Partners and the article was titled: Why you shouldn’t trade vertical spreads. This blog article…
