The market has settled quite nicely into the range of our position. Currently the trade is up $775 and looking good. The position is shown below: If $RUT actually settles down for a change we just might get the opportunity to close this next week at our $3000 profit target and round off an excellent year for this trade. If … Read More
Expiration Friday: Unveiling the Dramatic Conclusion of Pinning Trades in GOOG and AAPL
On Friday we followed Options Tribe member Craig Wasserman’s thought processes and analysis as expiration Friday proceeded. Craig had been watching AAPL and had become convinced that it was going to pin to 320. He reached this conclusion around 12:30 PM EDT. Craig entered an AAPL 320 iron butterfly trade shortly after making his call on the pinning strike of … Read More
What is your “bread and butter” options trade?
Yesterday we held our second Options Tribe webinar on the subject of an SPX butterfly trade that I was involved in developing. This trade has become my “bread and butter” trade –the approach that I am comfortable trading under almost all market conditions and which provides a stable pattern of returns. Almost every great options trader that I know has his … Read More
Traders Ask: Does Every Options Strategy Work with Every Stock or Index?
One of our readers, Cecelia, sent in the following question after watching our SMB Options Trade of the Week which, covered the bearish butterfly trade that has become popular recently: “Will this trade work for indexes only? Do you recommend this for individual stocks such as AAPL?” We get this question a lot and the answer is important for many … Read More