What is a Straddle Option Play?
In option trading a straddle play is created when two option trades are opened in the same underlying asset at…
The Iron Condor Options Strategy
An Iron Condor trading strategy is an option play that is created with two vertical spreads. An Iron Condor is a…
The Poor Man’s Covered Call Option Play
A ‘Poor Man’s’ Covered Call option play is a way for an option trader to structure a very similar type…
What is Implied Volatility?
In Black–Scholes option pricing model, the implied volatility or ‘IV’ of an option contract is the cost embedded in the…
Current Chart Patterns on SPY QQQ and IWM
This is a guest post by Jake @TrendSpider. In this weekend blog post, we take a look at the continued…
Max Pain in Options Explained
The Maximum Pain theory in the options market or simply ‘Max pain’ tries to explain that market prices for stocks…
Simple Trend Indicators
A market trend is the direction that prices are moving in for a specific timeframe. A market can move in…
What is a Bull Trap?
In trading, a ‘Bull Trap’ is considered a rally in price that creates a false momentum signal to go long…
A Risk Management Process for Traders
In trading and investing, risk management is defined as the process of understanding, identifying, adjusting and managing all of the potential risks that an account is exposed to…
Stock Market Crash: Understanding the Last Four Weeks
This is a video guest post by Jake @TrendSpider.