Legging into your trade positions
INTRODUCTION Let us consider a put vertical spread structure. It is formed by simultaneously selling a put and buying a put below …
The edge of Mean Reversion Trades
Mean Reversion Trades To be a profitable trader, you need to trade with an edge. What is a trading edge? In short, …
How to trade when a stock is over extended
As traders we are constantly on the look to understand the market’s tendency and how to act on it. One way is …
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The edge of relative strength – Risk on / Risk off
Traders that trade with the trend, increases their chances to be profitable in the long run. While it is impossible to completely …
How did Super Bowl LII affect the stock market?
It’s been more than a week since the Philadelphia Eagles upset against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII that …
The markets plunge – what does Vix tell us?
(small update: The Vix gave more than 30% and faster than we projected. If you took our idea it might be good …
Using ATR when trading options
Recently many users have shared stories with me about successes they had with our ‘buy cheap calls’ pre-defined report. This report is …
Edge of Skew Rank – Part 2
Last article we talked about what is skew. In this article we will talk about ranking the volatility skew rank and it’s edge …
Volatility Skew Rank – Part 1
This will be the first in a series of articles that dive into advance applications of the implied volatility. You can read …
Causes for stock price crash
A sudden crash in stock prices is very painful for investors and traders, and since we trade with options – Unexpected crush could …