{"id":44756,"date":"2017-01-09T21:18:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=44756"},"modified":"2017-01-09T21:23:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:23:30","slug":"three-hidden-challenges-with-iron-condors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/three-hidden-challenges-with-iron-condors","title":{"rendered":"Three Hidden Challenges with Iron Condors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\">The Iron Condor is a popular options trade &#8230; and often one of the first trades that options spread traders learn about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\">Options traders are excited to learn that they can make money when the market goes up, make money when the market goes sideways&#8230;. and even make money when the market goes down!<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\">As long as the market doesn&#8217;t go &#8220;too far&#8221; in either direction, you are a winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\">Sounds great, right?<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\">Well, there&#8217;s more to it than that. Here are just three hidden challenges with traditional iron condors:<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\"><b class=\"m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block m_-7277022551759308214style-scope\">#1<\/b> To fully experience the &#8220;high probability&#8221; of an iron condor, your risk is often 8 to 9 TIMES as much as your peak profit! This is just not a sustainable way to trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\"><b class=\"m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block m_-7277022551759308214style-scope\">#2<\/b> To reduce this risk, many options traders implement a stop loss. But, a stop loss reduces the probability of winning&#8230; to less than 50% in some cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\"><b class=\"m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block m_-7277022551759308214style-scope\">#3<\/b> A traditional iron condor can lose money very quickly when the market rallies by just a moderate amount. This makes traditional iron condors actually very risky in bull markets&#8230; even more so than market sell offs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\">These are just three issues with a traditional iron condor that we have seen many options traders learn about &#8230; <b class=\"m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block m_-7277022551759308214style-scope\">often, the hard way.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block m_-7277022551759308214style-scope\">Many traders have tried to solve these hidden challenges, but none have done it as well as &#8220;The Queen of Iron Condors&#8221;, Amy Meissner. She&#8217;s arguably one of the most successful iron condor traders and instructors in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block m_-7277022551759308214style-scope\">Would you like to see what she has to say about the challenges of traditional Iron Condors?<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\">Click <a class=\"m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block m_-7277022551759308214style-scope\" href=\"http:\/\/smbu.com\/aic\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/tf130.infusionsoft.com\/app\/linkClick\/52161\/bf1361cdb1f56ed6\/29367259\/cac33dfafbb9b850&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1484091935883000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtpfO7J8aS60CNf5TySJ0FRvcPBQ\">here<\/a> to get free access to a 15-minute <a href=\"http:\/\/smbu.com\/aic\">video<\/a> from Amy&#8217;s new course. Get a feel for how Amy has identified the challenges of the traditional Iron Condor and see the benefits of her new and improved methodology called the &#8220;Asymmetrical Iron Condor&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7277022551759308214style-scope m_-7277022551759308214bard-text-block\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/smbu.com\/aic\">&gt;&gt; Get access to the 15 minute video now &lt;&lt;<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iron Condor is a popular options trade &#8230; and often one of the first trades that options spread traders learn about. Options traders are excited to learn that they can make money when the market goes up, make money when the market goes sideways&#8230;. and even make money when the market goes down! 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