In this video Merritt Black discusses what market profiles are and how they are constructed.
Do Options Income Traders Make Money Every Month?
The term “Options Income Trading” misleads new traders into thinking that they can realistically make money every month through this style of options trading. New traders may not realize that there will undoubtedly be losing months when adopting any of these strategies. In this video, we explain the realities of this style of trading, so that a new trader can plan his trading activities and cash flow realistically.
Making money in a low options volatility market
Most options traders have a defeatist attitude about earning profits in low volatility environments. The truth is that in many cases, low volatility environments are the best for making money in market neutral options trading. In this video, we cover the reasons behind this phenomenon.
[Recording] Mentoring with Bella (Webinar August 18)
Mike Bellafiore helped an improving trader from our community decide where to focus to get to the next level in his trading.
Why SMB is putting millions behind this market neutral options system
Over the past five years, we have built out a successful options trading desk at our firm. The options strategy that SMB originally backed still represents the highest capital allocation with the highest percentage of traders implementing it. That strategy is John Locke’s M3 Options Trading System. Here are some key reasons why we believe in the M3. It has been successfully replicated … Read More
The Myth of “Financing” a Long Option
Options Traders are often lured into believing that the less cash they pay for an options structure, the better. You must look at the full structure of an options trade to understand its risk and reward characteristics. In this video, we discuss an example of a “free option” that contains a huge risk, not obvious from the amount of cash that the position initially costs.