PNC – SMB Radar Trade

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Without much going on with earnings plays lately, I have been using the Radar a lot more on the open than usual. Typically I wait until my ideas for the open have played out, then I’ll scan through the Radar around 10:45 – 11:00 am. Recently a lot of my ideas don’t really move on the open, so if I … Read More

Expiration Friday: Unveiling the Dramatic Conclusion of Pinning Trades in GOOG and AAPL

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On Friday we followed Options Tribe member Craig Wasserman’s thought processes and analysis as expiration Friday proceeded.  Craig had been watching AAPL and had become convinced that it was going to pin to 320. He reached this conclusion around 12:30 PM EDT. Craig entered an AAPL 320  iron butterfly trade shortly after making his call on the pinning strike of … Read More

Discovering Trading Joy: How It Impacts Your Results (and Where to Find It)

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Golf offers us so many psychological lessons from which traders can learn. Are their two professions that universally accept the importance of the mental side of the game more than trading and golf? Are there any two professions where psychological coaching is in such demand? Are their Dr Steenbargers, Shulls, Kievs coaching litigators or surgeons? Before this week’s US Open … Read More