I want to share with you an awesome video from Sherri Coale, Head Coach Women’s Basketball, that will make you a better trader. But exactly how needs some context, so first a few comments. It is really hard to start as a discretionary trader these days. HFTs cut and stop you out of positions. The media has been warning of … Read More
How to Custom Design Monthly Options Trading Plans
Why You Need to Learn How to Adjust Your Plan “Jeet Kune Do is simple, but you need to know when to use a certain movement.” -Bruce Lee Most trading frustrations come from allocating capital at the wrong moment. Learning when to avoid a strategy and, why you should, will eliminate costly inexperience. Strategies live in a vacuum but the … Read More
Why Options Traders May Have the Better Mindset
After fifteen years trading equities the insight hit me like a sledgehammer… A casual conversation with John Locke turned into one of those movie scenes where the actor wakes up from a deep sleep with a new mission. In my case it was a new thought process of how traders actually earn money. Now keep in mind here I am … Read More
How to Adjust Options Positions for High Yield
Many traders learn the M3 and fall in love with it. They love the high win rate, mild draw downs and ease of management when properly traded. After all the M3 Trading System was designed to minimize your risk while you learn to trade. Essentially the M3 allows you to earn while you learn with low risk positions. It … Read More
How to Overcome Limitations of Common Options Trading Income Strategies
Why Smart Options Traders Match the Strategy to the Conditions Are you frustrated with the lack luster returns and poor performance of most so called “income trades?” Directional and trend following traders tend to take repeated losses in sideways markets. Most common strategies such as buying stock, covered calls, naked puts and bull verticals and collars do very poorly in … Read More
How to Successfully Trade Options Without Timing the Market
How to Replace Your Obsession with Timing the Market You see the enemy every time you look in the mirror. Your greatest attribute is also your greatest weakness. The desire to be right. The 2014 market conditions has led the mass of traders to quiet moments of desperation. A funeral march to the proverbial trader’s grave. All inflicted with the … Read More