Delta Hedge or Exit a Position?

I’m going to show some posts from X describing the chart setup of Google that caused me to take a long Delta (bullish) position, how I traded that bullish bias and why I exited. Along the way I’ll be showing a option strategy that you’ve likely never seen before so read on! At the time … Read more

Learn to Read ‘Price Action’

If I handed you a book and said that it had information in it that could potentially make you a great deal of money I’ll assume you’d open it with great anticipation. You might think “I’ll just read the book and start making money right away, what could be easier than that?” You open the … Read more

Trading Both Sides of Price Action

If I could summarize the overall theme of this blog in one sentence it would be this: spend most of your time figuring out how you’re going to reduce portfolio risk! I think most traders put on a trade and then stick with it until it either goes bust or the pain of holding it … Read more

The Short Call Diagonal

Something I need to address before I get into the details of this post. Nobody who reads this post should ever attempt to trade this, or any strategy, based on my or someone else’s experience! I’m here to educate traders based on my many years of trading experience, not to recommend trades. Take what you … Read more

The ABC’s of a DH

Below is a description of how I traded Tesla this week. This post, as well as all of my other posts on this blog, are for educational purposes. They aren’t trading advice. You should never risk your capital based on how someone else trades. Learn from others then develop your own trading style which suits … Read more

The Straddle/Strangle Strategy

Most traders are familiar with the long Straddle or Strangle option strategy. A Straddle buys the same strike Put and Call in the same expiry and the Strangle buys a different strike Put and Call in the same expiry. The strategy often appeals to novice traders because it appears that the position can be profitable … Read more

Maybe It’s Not Your Fault?

I went on a small rant this week on my X timeline (@VegaOptions) about paid advisory services that don’t disclose their actual results. Many traders follow those services and think it’s their fault that they can’t make a profit when the system that they’re trading is flawed and nobody could make money trading it. If … Read more

Trading stuck in a RUT? Read this!

Just a reminder that this, or any post on this blog, is based on trades that I have either placed or considered placing and should not be taken as a recommendation for anyone else to trade! Below is the Daily chart of RUT (Russell 2000 Index). Previously I viewed this chart as a very bearish … Read more

Harvest Time All Year Long!

This post is about establishing multiple positions in AAPL that are placed in different expiry’s to allow for the harvesting of profits throughout the year. Get it? Apple, harvest…hmmm…tough crowd. 😒 Okay, moving on. This was my tweet on July 22 mentioning the AAPL market profile chart. This post isn’t about market profile so I … Read more