Many options traders focus on one direction at a time. However, risk reversals can force you to focus on two directions simultaneously. Buy a call. Buy a put. Maybe sell a covered call against something you already own. That’s exactly what makes them so powerful…and dangerous, if you don’t know what you’re doing. I’ll walk […]
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Most options traders know Delta. Some know Theta. There’s one Greek that quietly erodes your position, often before you even realize what happened. It’s called Vega, and if you’re not paying attention to it, you could be trading with a blind spot. What Vega Actually Is Vega measures how much the price of an option […]
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The first full trading week of May highlighted an increasingly concentrated and fragile market rally, as investors grappled with persistent inflation risks, elevated energy prices, and a Federal Reserve caught between slowing growth and a still-tight labor market. While major indexes remain near record territory, underlying market breadth weakened noticeably, reinforcing concerns that the broader […]
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We’re coming off a big week in earnings that was highlighted by some of the big Mag7 names. This week has a few other major names on deck, like PLTR, SHEL, MCD, and AMD. In this week’s Earnings Prep issue, Short Term Options Coach Mike Shorr, and Crypto / Penny Stocks Coach Howard Greenberg look […]
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