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    March 28, 2024

    Wait! There Is An Options Greek Called Rho?

    Out of all the Greeks in options trading, Rho is capable of providing uniquely critical insights that others cannot offer. Rho measures an option contract’s susceptibility to changing interest rates. We’ll explain how Rho by defining its specific functions, how interest rates impact options trading, and cover some pertinent scenarios. What is Rho in Options […]

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    March 25, 2024

    You Have A Lot Of Options Out There

    There are a number of different types of options expiration types.  In the vast majority of our signals, our options will be categorized as “American”-style options.  There are some, like VIX options, that are “European”-style options.  Here’s a quick explanation of both. The term “American style” in relation to options has nothing to do with […]

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    June 10, 2020

    The Difference Between Implied and Historical Volatilities

    In contrast to historical volatility (HV), which looks at actual asset prices in the past, implied volatility (IV) looks ahead. … Implied volatility can be derived from the price of an option. Specifically, implied volatility is the expected future volatility of the stock that is implied by the price of the stock’s options Click the video below to see how we dive into this important aspect […]

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    June 10, 2020

    Helping You Understand Option Gamma

    An option’s gamma is a measure of the rate of change of its delta. The gamma of an option reflects the change in the delta in response to a one-point movement of the underlying stock price. Like the delta, the gamma is not a static measure.  It is constantly changing, even with tiny movements of the […]

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    June 2, 2020

    What Is A Confidence Interval?

    We talk a lot about price distributions, standard deviations, confidence intervals, etc. in our rooms. What are we talking about? We throw these terms around like it’s “2+2=4” and that is not fair. Here is what we are talking aboutFor example, a 95% confidence interval is a range of values that you can be 95% […]

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    June 2, 2020

    How To Enter A Butterfly Order On ThinkOrSwim

    A butterfly spread is an options strategy combining bull and bear spreads, with a fixed risk and capped profit. These spreads, involving either four calls or four puts are intended as a market-neutral strategy and pay off the most if the underlying does not move prior to option expiration. Click the video below to see more detail. Grab a free day pass to […]

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    June 1, 2020

    A Spotlight On Spotify

    The Inside Bar.  It has not presented itself it the desired setting over the past few months.  Today, it did in Spotify ($SPOT) and we jumped on it. Click the video below to see how we employed it this morning. Grab a free day pass to one of our live signal trading rooms today>> http://bit.ly/nlonedaypass […]

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    May 28, 2020

    Ever hear of a Stop Close Order? 

    Most traders know what a stop order is whether they use them or not. Ask your average trader about a “stop on close” and you may get some head-scratching. It’s not too difficult to understand. It’s a stop that is favored by swing traders where you don’t have a market/limit stop order placed at a […]

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    May 28, 2020

    What Is A Trailing Stop

    A trailing stop order sets the stop price at a fixed amount below the market price with an attached “trailing” amount. As the price of an option rises, the stop price rises by the trail amount, but if the option price falls, the stop-loss price doesn’t change, and a market order is submitted when the stop price is hit. Click the video below to see […]

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    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. Grab a free day pass to one of our live signal trading rooms today>> […]

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