Real-time options education and strategies
Before I get into the details of this post it’s time for another reminder that all posts on this blog, and all of my posts (tweets) on the VegaOptions Twitter account, are for educational purposes only. They are not trading advice! I know that’s a standard disclaimer but it’s something to take seriously. Don’t just … Read more
I couldn’t have said it any better than Josh did and I appreciate the fact that Chris added ‘applies to markets‘! After Friday’s rally lots of people on Twitter talking about new all-time highs for the markets. Someone even tweeted at me “Short $spy = financial suicide until it hits 600 on 1/1/25”. He could … Read more
Most of the comments in this post are written on the charts. You’re welcome to download and save them to refer back to them periodically when you need a reminder about the importance of patience in trading! Lack of patience and over-trading is likely one of the biggest causes of losing money in trading. You’ll … Read more
There’s no question in my mind that algos trade the Fibs. Keep in mind that there are Fib retracements & Fib extensions and they compliment each other. The 50%-61.8% Fib retracements are more important to my work since they offer good location for trade initiation. I then use a process of Delta Hedging (DH) to … Read more
I’ll pass on many average setups to wait for a good setup. What’s a good setup? I have several tools that I use to identify good location for a trade; the upper or lower band of the 8 SMA is one, the High, Half-Back (HB), and Low of a prior period (hourly, day, week, month, … Read more