Gianluca Longinotti, Author at Option Samurai Blog

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Benefits and Risks of the Short Calendar Spread Options Strategy

If you’re looking for advanced options strategy ideas, the short calendar spread might catch your interest. This is a trade that combines selling a…

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Building a Synthetic Covered Call Strategy – What You Need to Know

Options trading can give investors unique opportunities to manage risk and achieve growth. The synthetic covered call is a strategy that combines the benefits…

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A Backtested Approach to Using Bollinger Bands in Options Trading – Part 2

Following the results we showed in the first part of our series on Bollinger bands, let us show you through real-life examples how you…

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A Historical Look at the Most Successful Options Traders

Reading about how the most successful options traders, like Edward Thorp, with his unmatched 20% annual return over three decades, have interpreted the markets…

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Poor Man’s Covered Call – A Smart Choice for Neutral to Bullish Investors

Sometimes trading can require a high capital amount, so it is not surprising that the poor man’s covered call strategy has collected quite some…

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What Is (and How to Use) the Batman Option Strategy?

The batman option strategy is basically a marketing name for the combination of two vertical ratio spreads (four legs with two positions each—both short…