I want to introduce you to a new tool, that we just released, and is now available in your Member’s area. We’ll go over the components of the Earnings Watch List and a couple of quirks to be aware of when you’re using this tool.
In this lesson, we’ll compare an options Strangle and an options Straddle and discuss which one is better. First, we’ll review the similarities and differences between a Strangle and a Straddle, and then we’ll jump onto the trading platform and go over some examples. There are two ways to enter a Strangle or a Straddle…
What is VIX Contango? We will answer that question, along with how to use it when trading futures and options on futures.
Learn why Inverse VIX ETFs are dangerous. We’ll cover 6 different Inverse VIX ETF examples, the concerns behind those Inverse VIX ETFs, and your alternatives.
September was another great month! We had 10 closed trades, all of which were winners. Total profit was $3,158. We utilized four different strategies in September. We traded quite a few Short Strangles, a couple Short Call Verticals, a Short Put Vertical, and an Iron Condor…
Everyone knows the classic story of Robin Hood, right? Take from the rich and give to the poor… Well, with the brokerage firm known as Robinhood, this idea actually plays out. Unfortunately, not in the favor of the investor or trader.
In this lesson, I want to talk to you about trading Short Strangles during a market crash. Many times newer traders have a fear of trading naked options. They think, “Oh my gosh, if 2008 happens again I could lose all of my money.” We completed an in-depth study to determine the outcome.
We’ll discuss why index funds are extremely dangerous right now. For the purpose of this lesson, we’ll focus on the S&P 500 Index. It’s one of the most widely known indexes in the world.
In this tutorial, I want to discuss how to simulate short stock using options. There are a lot of stocks that you can just short outright, but there are also several reasons why you may want to use options to short the stock instead of just using stock outright.
Iron Condors are one of the core strategies that we use at NavigationTrading and I get a lot of questions from members about how this strategy performs if the market crashes. To help answer this question, we did a pretty significant back tested study…