The Time Zone Options System

smbcapitalOptions Education

Amy Meissner presented her newest addition to our SMB options strategy series. Her new trade is called The Time Zone Options System. One of our favorite features is that the trade is positive Vega — which means that it can benefit from sudden spikes in implied volatility.

Watch her presentation and learn more at smbu.com/tz

Other features of the strategy include:

  • It is traded close to expiration for rapid Theta decay (the profit from the time decay of options)
  • Can be in the market as little as 5 days per month and still achieve high returns
  • Can avoid many large ups and downs in the market by being out of the market 50% to 80% of the time
  • Low maintenance trade that can be managed by setting alerts or conditional orders so you don’t have to sit in front of the screen all day
  • Low capital requirement of just $7,000 or even less in some scenarios
  • Maintains low capital/margin requirement by not overlapping trades
  • No technical analysis or directional opinions required to trade the strategy
  • Does not require a deep understanding of the Greeks
  • Over 83% win rate with an average win of $295 and average loss of -$127

Important Disclosures