May 27, 2020

Congestion At Target?

The Congestion Entry is not necessarily the most popular methodology we employ in the short-term option room but it is a very powerful and reliable one.

Click the video below to see how we employed it in Target ($TGT) this morning.

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Mike Shorr

Since 1994, Michael has been an on-the-floor market maker, Vice-President of Interest Rate Derivatives for Knight Financial Products and Director of Education and Options Instructor at Trading Advantage. He makes the oftentimes complex world of options and trading accessible to the novice and advanced trader alike. Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics and Finance from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. He presently is Director, Trader Education at ProsperTradingAcademy.

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