When people first get interested in options-income selling strategies they usually start by learning how to sell credit spreads or iron condors. Let’s discuss these two strategies and why they might be attractive to options traders. If you have traded stocks or even simply invested in stocks, you know that you make money only if the stock goes up, assuming … Read More
Put Options Basics: How to Protect a Position or Earn a Profit If a Stock Price Declines
What is a put option? A put option gives the purchaser the right but not the obligation to sell 100 shares of the underlying stock for a set price, the strike price of the option. This is true except at expiration, when a “long-in-the-money put option” is automatically exercised by the Options Clearing Corporation unless you instruct your broker not … Read More
Beginner’s Guide to Call Options: How They Work and What Happens after You Buy
What is a call option? A single call stock option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation (except at expiration) to purchase 100 shares of the underlying stock for a set price (the strike price). Some options can’t be settled with the purchase of the underlying like an index (you can’t buy an index!), in which case the … Read More
Recording: Introducing The New LRC Credit Spread Video Series by SMB Options
SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. On June 25 Options Tribe launched the new online … Read More
Recording: Andrew: Introduction to Three-Dimensional Channeling
SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. Andrew Falde has worked with a group of options … Read More
Mentoring Session with Jared Levy–Part 2
Join Jared for the second installment of his seminar series, The Vertical Spread Advantage. In this short video he recaps the five steps of the strategy and demonstrates a scan for a new trade. Seth Freudberg Director, SMB Options Training Program Risk Disclaimer
Recording: Jared Levy of Zacks.com Unveils the Vertical Spread Advantage
SMB’s Options Tribe is an online community of options traders dedicated to sharing successful options trading ideas with all of our members worldwide. Each week the community will meet online for the primary purpose of watching live presentations made by veteran options traders and experts in the world of options trading. In this presentation, Jared Levy of Zacks.com introduced Options … Read More
Jared Levy on Bloomberg TV: Buy the Dip
See Options Tribe guest speaker Jared Levy on Bloomberg TV discuss a Vertical Spread trade in Tiffany. Options traders interested in mentoring with Jared, the dates again are June 17 and 24 at 4:30pm EDT. The bonus mentoring sessions and the early bird tuition offer for his new course will be available until this Friday only, be sure to use … Read More