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This Trade Can Make Money Whether A Stock Goes Up Or Down

| May 12, 2022
This Trade Can Make Money Whether A Stock Goes Up Or Down

One of my favorite trading strategies—and one that big-time money managers and volatility traders use—is trading an iron condor. An iron condor is selling a downside put spread and an upside call spread at the same time. In this scenario, you cap your risk because you have a spread with a defined loss. At the […]

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2 Distinct Concepts That Options Traders Need To Know

| February 3, 2020
2 Distinct Concepts That Options Traders Need To Know

Market volatility is starting to tick back up as macro headlines from Iran/Iraq come in. And now we are about to enter earnings season, which not only will cause big moves in the individual names, but over the past few years, has proved to be a volatile first quarter. More specifically, on individual names that are […]

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