2020 - Page 2 of 5 - Options Trades by Damocles

Nov 12, 2020 | Oct 16, 2020 All Posts

Psychokinetic Energy in the 2020 Election

Well, let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. According to this morning's sample, it would be a Twinkiethirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds. Dr. Egon Spengler- (Movie: Ghostbusters) Commentary PKE..

Dec 9, 2021 | Oct 9, 2020 Essential Tips for Options Trading

Entry Rules for Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads

Table of Content Commentary - Entry Rules Options SpreadsThis Week's Market Sentiment Trading Readiness Level (DEFCON) Profit and Loss Statement Schedule for this Week This Week's Trade ActivityVertical Spreads Opened This WeekVertical Spreads Currently CookingVertical Spreads Closed This Week I'm..

Nov 12, 2020 | Oct 2, 2020 Geopolitics Affecting My Positions

Longing To Be An Options Trade Warrior

The longing you seek is not behind you.It is in front of you.Maz Kanata (Movie: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens) Commentary At the start of this week, the VIX was 27%. And, market thrashing has crushed most of my..

Nov 12, 2020 | Sep 25, 2020 All Posts

Choosing My Spreads – Wisely?

But choose wisely,for while the true Grail will bring you life,the false Grail will take it from you.Grail knight (Movie: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) Commentary Have I chosen - poorly? Monday's 800 point drop in the DOW stopped-out..

Dec 22, 2023 | Sep 18, 2020 All Posts

Predator Investors

There's something out there hunting us,and it ain't no man... Billy (Movie: Predator) Commentary Am I being stalked by Predator Investors? We all are! How hard is it to manipulate the stock markets? What would it take for me to..

Dec 3, 2021 | Sep 11, 2020 Essential Tips for Options Trading

Law of Large Numbers

I want to examine how the Law of Large Numbers relates to the Options Chain's Probability of OTM. Table of Content Commentary -CommentaryThis Week's Market Sentiment Trading Readiness Level (DEFCON) Profit and Loss Statement Schedule for this Week This Week's..

Flip a coin to see who wins the election.

Jul 23, 2021 | Sep 4, 2020 All Posts

Two Sides of the Same Coin

...there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White Americaand Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America.-..

Oct 15, 2021 | Aug 28, 2020 All Posts

Are We Miserable Yet? #MiseryIndex

The Misery Index: The media's hyperboles are at a fever pitch, and it's bumming me out and tanking my Vertical Spreads. So I decided to look back over the last 40 years to see if there was ever any time..

Nov 1, 2020 | Aug 21, 2020 All Posts

Strike Widths for Options Spreads

"Fifty years from now, when you're looking back at your life, don't you want to be able to say you had the gutsto get in the car?"- Sam Witwicky: (Movie: Transformers) Commentary Is playing it safe is too risky? You..

Rocky, who couldn't sing or dance and he didn't even win the fight - but he got the girl! Selecting the Short-Strike for a new Vertical Bull Put Credit Spread.

Nov 1, 2020 | Aug 14, 2020 All Posts

Be an Options Trading Champion

Every champion was once a contenderwho refused to give up.-Rocky Balboa (Movie: Rocky) Commentary Every successful Options Trader started as a rookie-newb. If we are smart, we would train hard (study), enter Amateur Play (trade with paper money), then enter..