A fantastic analogy below directly from Investopedia describes the differences between fundamental and technical investment data. They are two separate approaches to evaluating the markets for both identifying opportunities and managing positions. In a shopping mall, a fundamental analyst would…
Today I’m going to you one of my all-time favorite indicators to help you identify high probability trading opportunities in different market conditions. We’re going to hunt for short term pullbacks. One of my all-time favorite indicators is the RSI…
If you have defective and obsolete models, you will produce incorrect analysis and bad policy every time. There’s no better example of this than the Federal Reserve. The Fed uses equilibrium models to understand an economy that is not an…
In a previous piece, I outlined a way of owning stocks at a significant discount. There are several ways to achieve this, though, and this shortcut outlines a completely different way to get the same thing using call options—a big…
Hey everyone! It’s been great learning about so many great traders on the podcast hasn’t it? If you remember the original intent for the podcast ages ago, it’s that I wanted to learn from the best traders in the industry…
Instead of buying outright calls or puts, institutional traders might use a basic risk reversal, which is a mix of both calls and puts to structure a position. A basic risk reversal, however, has significantly more risk that simply buying…
One of the most interesting questions that I’m asked all about event-driven income trading opportunities. Specifically, how to correctly utilize news or events as a trigger for income opportunities. Oftentimes, traders see major price gaps and huge increases in volume as…
There are so many options trading tips and tricks that there is a never ending supply. However overwhelming it may seem, sometimes you never know if there’s one tip out there that could change the trajectory of your entire career….
