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If you want to trade like a tastytrader, you have to learn how to talk like a tastytrader. Sit down with Tom and Tony as they dish out and discuss popular trading topics that give you an edge when opening, closing and managing your trades.
Beginner Options Course
If you've already looked into trading options, the first thing you've probably heard is that trading stock is much safer. "Options are too risky," they say. Well, what is "risk" anyway? Are options really more risky than stock? Once you dig deeper, the answer becomes clear.
Jade Lizard
A Jade Lizard is a slightly bullish strategy that combines a short put and a short call spread. The strategy is created to have no upside risk, which is done by collecting a total credit greater than the width of the short call spread.
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From Theory To Practice
Dr. Schultz (an academic and trader) explains theoretical trading concepts and practical application to take your trading to the next level.
To fully take advantage of volatility spikes, it helps to understand that volatility has a tendency to cluster, while simultaneously gravitating towards a state of contraction. Dr. Jim explains in detail.
Because of the friction induced by the long options, defined-risk strategies can see their high IV benefits greatly reduced relative to undefined-risk strategies. Dr. Jim explains.
POPs and credits at tastytrade always have an inverse relationship - here’s how to use that relationship with different strategies.
Can and should you roll a complete ratio spread? Dr. Jim fills us in.
With a small profit at 21 DTE at tastytrade, you have two options: close the position or roll the position. How should you decide what to do?
The nice thing about Straddles and Strangles is that only one side of the strategy can be in-the-money at any given time, so there is no reason to have to put up margin on both sides.
While neutral Butterfly Spreads will always be positive theta, more directional Butterfly Spreads could be negative theta, so should we consider them at tastytrade?
With an upcoming dividend is your short call at risk of assignment? tastytrade explains how to ensure you're safe.
How should you evaluate the decision of whether to invert a strangle or not? Dr. Jim explains this important adjustment process.
Discover what to look for to diagnose any problems with the positions in your portfolio.
Dr. Jim explains how waiting for higher implied volatility allows us to push out the strikes on our short premium strategies even further - giving us more protection against big moves.
We rarely choose weekly over monthly expiration cycles at tastytrade. Dr. Jim explains why.
From Vertical Spreads and Iron Condors, to Short Puts and Ratio Spreads, you will be ready for whatever the market might throw at you.
Diagonal Spreads at tastytrade allow you to generate a positive P/L in several ways, as the stock moves and time ticks on.
Earnings can traded in the front week, banking on an overnight move your way, or in the regular 45-DTE cycle, using earnings as a catalyst.
When it comes to managing losers, there are two schools of thought at tastytrade: hold indefinitely or manage at a predetermined exit point.
An upcoming earnings call can really bail out an underwater defined-risk earnings trade, especially when the potential risk-return tradeoff is really favorable.
With your Iron Condors at tastytrade, the winning side of the strategy can be the reason you’re able to roll forward for a credit.
Using only the stock price, implied volatility, and time horizon, the Expected Move shows you an impartial view of the likely price movement of a stock.
ATM Vertical Spreads and Expected Butterflies are great ways to play earnings at tastytrade.
Earnings always set the stage for potentially explosive moves in the stock, but at tastytrade we can strategically play any directional bias.
Managing winners is one of the most fundamental methodologies that we deploy at tastytrade. Here’s a guide to get you started.
Half-Point wide strikes, or “janky strikes”, as we like to call them, can introduce problems and challenges when it comes to managing and adjusting a strategy over time.
Any options that are out-of-the-money and do not have any intrinsic value will expire worthless and disappear from your tastyworks portfolio.
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