Options Education

Free Options Webinar: Introducing The New LRC Credit Spread Video Series by SMB Options

Jun 18th, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Options
Tuesday June 25 2013 at 5pm ET SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by outstanding veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. On June 25th Options Tribe is proud to invite you to the launch of the new online home study course by Andrew Falde. Register for this FREE Webinar: Here Seth Freudberg, Director, SMB Options Training Program The SMB Options Training Program is a twelve month program designed for novice and intermediate level options Read more [...]


Options Webinar: Trading Iron Condors and Calendars Using the Implied Volatility Term Structure

Jun 13th, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Options
Tuesday June 18 2013 at 5pm ET SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by outstanding veteran traders and experts in the world of options trading. Today, Jared Woodard of Condoroptions.com discusses the use of the implied volatility term structure in the context of iron condor and calendar options spread trading. Register for this FREE Webinar here. Seth Freudberg, Director, SMB Options Training Program The SMB Options Training Program is a twelve-month program designed Read more [...]


Recording: Andrew Falde: Introduction to Three Dimensional Channeling

Jun 6th, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Options
SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. Andrew Falde has worked with a group of options traders to research some more active trading strategies based on the LRC Channel.   Seth Freudberg Director, SMB Options Training Program The SMB Options Training Program is a twelve month program designed for novice and intermediate level options traders who are seeking an intensive training process Read more [...]


Recording: Jared Levy of Zacks.com: The Vertical Spread Advantage

May 30th, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Options
SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. In this presentation, Jared Levy of Zacks.com introduced Options Tribe members to his unique approach to establishing a directional opinion on a stock or index and then turning that opinion into the optimal vertical spread trade.   Seth Freudberg Director, SMB Options Training Program The SMB Options Training Program is a twelve month program designed Read more [...]


Recording: John Locke Group Mentoring Session

May 17th, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Options

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Monthly Options Spread Trading is a 12-Inning Game

May 13th, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Options
I’m mentoring a remarkable options trainee named Joe. We’ve been working together for over two years. Joe is remarkable for many reasons, but among them is the fact that he lives in Indonesia and is asleep during the majority of the U.S. options market hours due to the time difference (about 12 hours—we’re talking about half way around the world here!). I don’t know how else to say it—Joe is a great options trader. He is patient, has boatloads of common sense, follows rules when he needs to, and also knows that rules are made to be broken when common sense and risk management dictates. Joe maintains an impressive win rate in his options trading record. In fact, it’s one Read more [...]


Trades Getting Out of Hand?

May 10th, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Guest Blog, Options Education, SMB Options
Ever start out simple, with just one or two trades, and then end up with an entire mess of options?  Congratulations!  You're now trading a "position".  Perhaps you've heard the term but aren't sure what it means.  You're trading a "position" when you've gone beyond using just one strategy. Trading a position is typically going to be much different than managing a single strategy.  For instance, with a single strategy, the profit or loss of the trade may trigger an exit from the trade. Here's an example of this:  you buy the June 50 call for $1.00, and you look to cut losses at 50% (if the call drops to $0.50), or you sell the call at a 100% profit (the calls moves to $2.00).  In Read more [...]


New Webinar: John Locke Discusses the Rock Strategy

May 7th, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Options
Twice a month since September 2012, SMB has been holding John Locke's group mentoring classes. For those of you who are new to SMB Options, John Locke is an experienced options trader and mentor who is well known for devising unique and sophisticated options strategies designed for most market situations. On May 2, John discussed static and dynamic trade planning as it relates to the May Bearish Butterfly, entry modifications, adjustment alternatives for when guidelines do not reflect market opinion, and combining BB, M3, and Rock strategies to create a position that matches your market opinion. For those of you who missed the session from May 2, you can access a recording of it by clicking here. Read more [...]


A Trader Asks: Why Do You Prefer the Butterfly Strategy?

May 7th, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Options, Traders Ask
Hello Seth, Wanted to say thanks for the Webinar presentations provided on the Options Tribe site. It is very interesting to observe the many styles and approaches people are implementing. As I’m getting closer to starting the options program, I’ve been thinking about what style would be suited to my personality the most. I have a little bit of an idea but I don’t want to reach any conclusions until I see all the possibilities for the course and discussions with you as my mentor. I know that you’re very busy with all the mentoring to others traders and I don’t want to take up your time until my time comes as a student, but I would like to know about your specific approach Read more [...]


Recording: John Lock Group Mentoring Session

May 3rd, 2013 | By | Category: General Comments, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, SMB Options

For your convenience the slides for this presentation are available here

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