Vertical Spreads Archives

Oct 31, 2022 | Oct 30, 2022 Trade Trudging

Hunt for Red November

Economically, we are a Socialistically Regulated Capitalistic Economy - and we have been since the 1800s. The 14th Amendment, passed in 1868, set the stage for using Federal Regulations to implement Socialistic reforms. And, every two years, the legal citizens..

Oct 6, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 Essential Tips for Options Trading

Selling Vertical Spreads – The Kenny Rogers Strategy

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..

Vertical Spread Assignments - Good Bad Ugly

Jan 19, 2023 | Aug 26, 2022 3 In Focus

Vertical Spread Assignments – The Good The Bad and the Ugly

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..

Jul 29, 2022 | Jul 25, 2022 Trade Trudging

Antsy Trade Trudging

The US economy is being swept into a recession. But instead of continuing to pile out of the markets, it appears that fear-fatigue has set in as Marketeers seem antsy to get back in the fray. So, this week is..

Jul 20, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 Trade Trudging

Ragnarok – The Progressive Economy

The Progressive movement is primarily about ushering in a socialist economy. This has been a movement for many years, and the COVID crisis gave the movement the bold opening it needed. Has the Progressive movement unleashed an economic Ragnarok? Table..

Jul 8, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 Trade Trudging

Help Wanted: Unifier-in-Chief

The Politics of Division has put our country in a bleak, dark, and scary funk. Where is Reagan's "shining city on a hill?" What happened to Obama's "There are no Red States, no Blue States, just the United States?" We..

Jul 1, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 All Posts

Beware the “Bull Trap”

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..

Jun 24, 2022 | Jun 24, 2022 Trade Trudging

Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered

Excessive greed, impatience, and naïveté are the bane of all Marketeers. When we take on excessive and misguided risk, we eventually get slaughtered. It is the mission of every Marketeer to understand when to use the appropriate Option strategies. Table..

Oct 6, 2022 | Jun 17, 2022 All Posts

Vertical Spreads Entry Rules – Matrix Table

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..

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Jun 3, 2022 | May 30, 2022 All Posts

Trade Ranting

There are a lot of geopolitical issues on our nation's plate this year. We have historic economic woes, a watershed Supreme Court ruling, and a political revolution that appears set to jettison the Progressive Political Experiment this coming November. So,..