April 28, 2020

How To Place Spread Orders On the ThinkOrSwim Trading Platform

Here’s a video on how to place option spread orders on TDAmeritrade’s ThinkOrSwim trading platform.

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about the author:

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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February 15, 2026

Why Option Premiums Rise Before Binary Events

Ever wonder why option premiums rise before binary events in the stock market? It’s not uncommon for option prices to spike ahead of major announcements like: For context, I like to describe option premium as the difference between the contract’s price and intrinsic value. It’s essentially what buyers pay for the “hope” that an option […]

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February 6, 2026

The Delta Greek: How To Measure Option Premium

When the markets move, the Delta Greek can be one of the most valuable metrics to options traders. There’s a particular correlation between the Delta Greek and options premium that can help traders find out how much the price of an option is expected to change. From my personal experience, I believe this pattern can […]

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December 23, 2025

3 Top Indicators For Day Trading Options

Make no mistake…day trading options can be very profitable, but it can also be very risky. If you don’t know what you’re doing—you will get burned. When I first started day trading options, I learned that lesson the hard way quite a few times, but those experiences made me a better trader and coach. I’ll […]

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April 5, 2026

The Week Ahead: Now What?

Stocks ended slightly mixed on Thursday after recovering from deep losses, as diplomatic signals from the Middle East helped calm markets rattled earlier by President Trump’s threats of tougher action against Iran. The three indexes had their biggest weekly rise in four months and the first week of gains in the last six. As war […]

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April 1, 2026

3 Charts Day Traders Should Follow

In this current market, I believe day traders should ask themselves three important questions: The answers won’t jump out at you…and in conditions like these, finding them is no easy task. In my years of experience, I’ve learned that day traders should try leveraging every possible resource at their disposal. While risk management and a […]

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https://www.prospertrading.com/how-this-wishlist-strategy-can-help-trade-your-favorite-stocks/How This Wishlist Strategy Can Help Trade Your Favorite Stocks
March 30, 2026

How This Wishlist Strategy Can Help Trade Your Favorite Stocks

What if there was a “Wishlist Strategy” that can help trade options for your favorite stocks at a discount? On today’s MarketMinds episode, Scott Bauer revealed a way to consider putting a strategy just like this into action. He explains how it works, the ways this strategy can potentially avoid adding risk, and the huge […]

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