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    May 18, 2020

    How To Calculate A Target Or Stop Price Using Delta

    So you have pulled the trigger and entered into an options spread.  Congratulations!  Now what?  Managing the signal is just as important as your decision to enter one. Click the video below to find out how you can use delta to target your entry and exit levels. Follow me on Twitter @MikeShorrCbot

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    May 13, 2020

    How To Use Stop, Stop Limit, Trail Stop, and OCO Orders On the TOS Platform

    Stop, Stop Limit, Trailing Stop and OCO orders can be used across just about any asset class.  They are similar in nature but with some very important nuances. Click the video below as we discuss these types of orders. Grab a free day pass to one of our live signal trading rooms today>>http://bit.ly/nl-freepass Follow me […]

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    May 6, 2020

    It’s Allocation! Allocation! Allocation!

    When I talk to new (and even some veteran) traders when they are struggling with their trading, invariably one of the issues that they have is allocation.  Options traders should not characterize themselves as a “5 lot trader” or a “10 lot trader” as a futures trader may.  Futures traders typically manage their risk by […]

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    April 29, 2020

    How To Calculate A Target Or Stop Price Using Delta

    So you have pulled the trigger and entered into an options spread.  Congratulations!  Now what?  Managing the signal is just as important as your decision to enter one. Click the video below to find out how you can use delta to target your entry and exit levels. Follow me on Twitter @MikeShorrCbot

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    March 2, 2020

    How to Define and Manage Risk in an Iron Condor

    We presently have an iron condor signal on in Tesla Inc. (Ticker: TSLA). Click the video below as we discuss our current signal, define and manage the risk and apply them in our trading methodology. Grab a free day pass to one of our live signal trading rooms today>> http://bit.ly/nlonedaypass Follow me on Twitter @CboeSib

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    February 18, 2020

    How To Calculate A Target Or Stop Price Using Delta

    So you have pulled the trigger and entered into an options spread.  Congratualations!  Now what?  Managing the signal is just as important as your decision to enter one. Click the video below to find out how you can use delta to target your entry and exit levels. Follow me on Twitter @MikeShorrCbot

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    February 12, 2020

    Another Way To Approach Earnings Reports

    Prosper Trading Academy’s very own CEO, Scott Bauer was featured on the CME Group’s “Open Markets” discussing an approach to earnings reports.  Here is the piece: Earnings season can offer a great trading opportunity as individual stocks and the broader market generally see an expansion in volatility. However, even veteran traders may feel a bit […]

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    January 17, 2020

    How to Define and Manage Risk in an Iron Condor

    We presently have an iron condor signal on in Tesla Inc. (Ticker: TSLA). Click the video below as we discuss our current signal, define and manage the risk and apply them in our trading methodology. Follow me on Twitter @CboeSib

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    January 14, 2020

    All of This Talk of Implied Volatility, What Is It Really?

    Implied volatility is a parameter that is part of an option pricing model, typically some derivation of the Black-Scholes model, which gives the theoretical price of an option. Implied volatility shows how the marketplace views where volatility should be in the future. Since implied volatility is forward-looking, it helps us gauge the sentiment or expectation […]

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    January 9, 2020

    What Is Option Delta?

    Delta measures the degree to which an option is exposed to shifts in the price of the underlying asset (i.e. stock) or commodity (i.e. futures contract). Values range from 1.0 to –1.0 (or 100 to –100, depending on the convention employed). Follow me on Twitter @MikeShorrCbot

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