Options Trading IQ

Options Trader Interveiws

Options trader interviews are a great source of learning for anyone starting out in options trading. It takes a while to learn enough about options trading in order to be successful, so it makes sense to find mentors and learn from people who have gone be... Read >

Options Trading and Time Management

Do you ever find there is not enough hours in the day? Do you find there is so much to learn about investing that you feel overwhelmed? I have a strategy to help. This is something that will be very useful for people starting out in investing who feel the... Read >

Credit Spreads - Profiting From Time Decay With Short Dated Options

All option values are made up of two components; time value and intrinsic value. Intrinsic value is the in-the-money portion of option premium, and the left over portion represents time value. Options lose two-thirds of their time value in the last one-th... Read >

Stock market day trading. What is it exactly? Can you make a living trading online?

Stock market day trading. What is it exactly? Can you make a living trading online? These are questions that many people these days are asking themselves. You may have heard the term day trading and thought it is a ticket to immense riches. But, let's ... Read >

Options Trading Tutorial

This is the first of a series of reports that I will post each quarter summarizing my trades and performance. My aim is to give you an options trading tutorial by breaking down the sources of my portfolio results so that you can track how each strategy is... Read >

Credit Spreads Are Way Too Risky For Beginners!

Today, I want to talk about how to trade credit spreads, some of the risks involved and also how you can manage those risks. With this option strategy you are looking to make small monthly gains while avoiding any large losses. In order to avoid these big... Read >

Delta Neutral Options Trading Strategies - Profiting From Time Decay and Volatility

Delta is the amount by which the price of an option moves for every dollar move in the underlying security. For example, an at-the-money call option which has a delta of 0.50, the option price will increase by $0.50 for every $1 move in the underlying se... Read >

Top Traits of Successful Investors

Below is a list of the top traits of successful investors and options traders. They Are Properly Capitalized - A very easy mistake for beginner traders is not being properly capitalized. Beginners see the leverage option trading offers and think they c... Read >