This week, Frank Fahey returns to the Options Tribe to discuss the importance of understanding the properties of options greeks and how they are affected by market conditions.
Live Trader Mentoring Session with Bella
Attend a live web meeting where Mike Bellafiore will help an improving trader from our community decide where to focus to get to the next level in his trading.
Myth #1 of Options Trading
Market neutral options traders fall into the trap of believing many myths about successful trading. Today’s video is the first in a series of videos on the myths of options trading.
A major mistake that options traders make is to fail to recognize the huge psychological difference between trading small amounts of capital and large amounts of capital.
Should I trade GLD Options?
In this video, Seth Freudberg reviews the qualities that must be present for trading vehicles to be traded in a scaleable way. It is a good idea for traders to diversify their trading portfolio so as not to be too heavily dependent on one trading vehicle. However, it can be dangerous to trade market neutral options strategies without making sure that the trading vehicle has certain qualities that make it tradeable.
[Recording] 5 Ideas to Improve Your Trading This Summer
Mike Bellafiore, author of The Playbook and One Good Trade, discussed why traders at the firm are so focused on building trading models right now and how to be more selective with your ideas.
[Recording] Is it Possible to Make Money on the Open? (WEBINAR JUNE 15)
Steve Spencer explained how to to make money on the open. He discussed the following: Learn why many traders struggle to generate profits during the first 15 minutes How to formulate a plan to trade the first 15 minutes How to control risk during the open How to drill down to the exact setups and the exact prices to trade … Read More
Dumping Losing Trades
In this video, Seth Freudberg gives a recent example of just such a situation in the July and August Bearish Butterfly trades. Often times, in options trading, the conditions that will cause one trade to lose are the exact conditions that will allow another trade to win.
Controlling the implications of a downside move
This video covers a technique for cutting a position’s exposure to increased options volatility under these circumstances. Options trading in a low volatility environment is not without danger. If the market sells off, options volatility will increase causing a larger than normal drawdown on positions opened in a low volatility period.