Ultimate Options Trading Strategies

Netflix has earnings due out Monday, October 16th, after the market closes. Seven calendar days before then would be 10-9-2017. Coming off of a nice win in THO, now it's time to look at the company's remarkable history of momentum into earnings events and how it compares to FAANG more broadly. 

By Ophir Gottlieb, October 8

Microsoft has earnings due out on October 26th, 2017, after the market close, according to Wall Street Horizon. 7-days before then would be October 19th, 2017. Microsoft is the forgotten mega tech -- the third largest company in the world behind Apple and Alphabet, but it doesn't fall into any fun Acronyms, like FANG, or FAANG. 

By Ophir Gottlieb, October 1

Options Greeks measure the different factors that affect the price of an option contract. Unfortunately, many traders do not know how to read the Greeks when trading. The following infographic provided a brief explanation of the most important Greeks: theta, delta, gamma vega and rho.

By Kim, September 30

AutoZone Inc (NYSE:AZO) has earnings due out tomorrow, 9-19-2017 before the market opens and we can look at a slightly advanced option trade that starts two calendar days after AZO earnings (9-21-2017) and lasts for the 19 calendar days to follow, that has been a winner for the last 3 years. 

By Ophir Gottlieb, September 18

A lot of options traders consider 90% probability strategies a Holy Grail of trading. After all, if you can win 90% of the time, you should be able to grow your account very quickly, right? Well, not only this is not true, but in fact, winning ratio alone tells you NOTHING about your chances to be profitable. 

By Kim, September 17

For Facebook Inc, irrespective of whether the earnings move was up or down, if we waited one-day, and then sold an one-week at out of the money iron condor (using weekly options), the results were quite strong. This trade opens two calendar after earnings to try to let the stock find equilibrium after the earnings announcement. 

By Ophir Gottlieb, September 16

The iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures TM ETN (NYSEARCA:VXX) is referred to as "the VXX.". The obligation of the VXX is to match the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index Total Return and that is a strategy index which maintains positions in the front two-month Volatility Index (VIX) futures contracts. 

By Ophir Gottlieb, September 15

One of my basic tenets in teaching people how to trade options is that rules and guidelines should not be written in stone and that there are valid reasons for accepting or rejecting some of them. When I offer a rationale or explanation or suggest course of action, it is because I have found that this specific suggestion has worked best for me.

By MarkWolfinger, September 15

Iron Condors have gained a lot of popularity among professional money managers and retail investors. It is a market neutral strategy that allows you to profit when the underlying price moves sideways. Iron Condors usually have a limited risk and a high probability of success.

By Kim, September 14

How would a trader like you decide to do early exercise? Say you bought calls when they were trading in the 1.0 -> 2.5 range, now underlying has risen so that calls trade bid-ask at 4.0 / 4.8 and there is strong possibility of it going higher. Also assume in another case that they trade in the 6.0 to 7.0 range.

By MarkWolfinger, September 14