Know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em – and never count your money before the trade is done. The Kenny Roger's Strategy for selling Vertical Spreads gives me some cues to reading the room and avoid being..
At what point do I need to sell an ITM Spread early for a loss or just let the Option be assigned? This month's Trade Journal will revisit the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Options Assignments and what..
In my longing to see a sustained market rebound, I have to be careful not to confuse the beginning of a new bull market with a bull trap. Table of Content Commentary - Beware the Bull TrapThis Week's Market SentimentEcopolitical..
In this week's Journal Entry, I plan to create a consolidated matrix for my Vertical Spread's Entry Rules. I want one easy table for Bull Put Credit Spreads, Bear Call Credit Spreads, and Iron Condors. Then I plan to take..
Hey Boo Boo! It's time to run with the Bears! The bears are stealing my pic-a-nic baskets full of scrumptious Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads. I think it's time to be smarter than the average Newb Trader. Here are my..
Updating my Entry Rules each week will help my Vertical Put Credit Spreads become more lost resistant. This week's Journal Entry will revisit and reformat the Entry Rules I will use before opening new Options Spreads. Table of Content Commentary..
My 4-month Trend Channels will stay bearish as the tail-end of the channel's data runs through the 65-day market downturn. So, as our agile Spider-Man swings off of the Correction's bottom, I need to be as agile and make temporary..
A WOPR of a game! This week's commentary is to review why I should avoid the WOPR's Stop Loss strategies for my Vertical Bull Put Credit Spreads, and when is the right time to use ThinkorSwim's simple Trade Triggers. -..
This week I examine the effects of rolling 6 Vertical Spreads over the past two months. Asking myself: am I effectively using the practice of 'rolling'? and what are the ramifications of rolling too many Spreads? Am I protecting myself..
With most of my inventory going ITM this week, several Vertical Spreads are down the Rabbit Hole. Is it even possible to think I can save them? Can I slay the Market Jabberwocky? It's time to think of impossible things...