Short Put Management Results from 41,600 Trades The short put option strategy is popular among optimistic investors and traders who have a bullish outlook for a stock but don’t mind buying shares if the stock price falls. In this post, we’ll examine over 10 years of 16-delta short put management data from 41,600 trades in the […]
Iron Condor Adjustment: Rolling Down the Call Spreads
Iron Condor Adjustment: Rolling Down the Short Call Spreads Sometimes, you’ll need to make an adjustment to your option positions when the stock price moves against you.In this post, you’ll learn about the iron condor adjustment of “rolling down” the short call spread to defend an iron condor. What You’ll Learn1. What “rolling down” a […]
Iron Condor Adjustment: Rolling Up the Put Spreads
Iron Condor Adjustment: Rolling Up the Short Put Spreads Sometimes, you’ll need to make an adjustment to your option positions when the stock price moves against you.In this post, we’re going to discuss the iron condor adjustment strategy of rolling up the short put spreads.Additionally, we’ll discuss the benefits of this iron condor adjustment strategy, […]
Why Your Percentage of Profitable Trades Means Nothing
Why Your Percentage of Profitable Trades Means Nothing One of the appeals of options trading is that you can trade strategies with high success rates (90% of higher in some cases).This is especially true when you sell options and take profits at small profit percentages. In fact, one of our iron condor research reports found […]
2 Conservative Option Strategies Less Risky Than Buying Stock
2 Conservative Option Strategies Less Risky Than Buying Stock One common criticism of options trading is that the strategies are extremely risky.While some strategies carry massive loss potential, there are two conservative option strategies that are always less risky than buying 100 shares of stock.Two Conservative Option Strategies Less Risky Than Buying 100 Shares of StockThe two conservative […]
Short Strangle Adjustment: Rolling Down the Short Call
Short Strangle Adjustments: Rolling Down the Short Calls Sometimes, you’ll need to make an adjustment to your option positions when the stock price moves against you.In this post, we’re going to discuss the short strangle adjustment strategy of “rolling down” the short call options. What is “Rolling an Option?”Rolling an option is the process of closing […]