The Option Alpha Podcast

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In today's show, I'll walk through four clever, dare I say "wicked-smart", ways to leverage our …

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Calculating break even prices for different option strategies isn't as complicated and overwhelming as it …

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In life there are three things that are certain; death, taxes, and bear markets. For many new options traders, the current bear market we've found ourselves in might just be …

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Hey everyone this is Kirk here again from optionalpha.com, working every single week to make this the most …

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Hey everyone this is Kirk here again from optionalpha.com, working every single week to make this the most …

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On this week's episode, we'll present a collection of questions custom tailored for digging deep into your …

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New traders with small accounts are constantly on the hunt for option strategies that help them get started but intelligently allocate their money without blowing up. And so …

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Last year during the beta launch of the autotrading platform, I decided to take some time off from trading …

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Allocating capital used to be a cumbersome and time-consuming process. Breaking out your calculator or …

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The iron butterfly strategy is a popular neutral options strategy. Plus, with their high probability and …

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Sometimes we don't know what we don't know. As a trader, we might have been conditioned after years of using legacy platforms to just "suck it up" and grid our way through …

We are excited to announce that the Option Alpha platform doors are open to the trading public! 

This episode explains how you can get access to our new platform and what to expect when you begin autotrading. We’ll also …

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The decades long evolution and growth in easily accessible brokerage platforms have created a …

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Earlier this year we officially rolled out a massive free resource for traders with our launch of The …

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On this week's episode, I wanted to try something new and explore just a single bot template in detail …

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Often the terms hedging and diversifying are used interchangeably by traders. You might hear someone say, "You need to hedge your positions..." or, "You need to diversify your …

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Ever wish you could intelligently use automated technology that tracked and or trailed option trades for …

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Futures trading is on the rise and continues to grow in popularity. The trouble has been however that for …

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Decision recipes use easy to read natural language to help you setup detailed instructions for your …

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This week on the podcast we finally release our much anticipated interview with Jason Goepfert of …

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Well today we celebrate the 200th episode of the Option Alpha Podcast. First of all, I would like to thank …

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As automated trading starts going mainstream for retail traders, we wanted to ensure that expectations are …

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After a couple of months on pause for the podcast, while we focused on the beta launch of our automated …

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There's a lot of research to support the usage of trend indicators as simple risk reduction elements that can be layered onto an existing strategy. The trouble, however, was …

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Trading short naked puts (i.e. put selling or put writing) can be an effective and profitable options trading strategy. Often the attraction to naked put selling is the ability …

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It's well documented that not only do investors classically chase performance, ultimately yielding sub-par …

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This week I'm thrilled to welcome back on a very popular guest, Cameron Skinner, to the Option Alpha …

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One of the beautiful things about shifting to fully automated trading on the new Option Alpha platform is …

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Back on Show 187 we tackled the top 15 questions we consistently get around options expiration. Today, we're taking a slightly different approach and addressing head-on the 18 …

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We're all subject to investment biases, often multiple biases working together at the same time trying …

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One of the most impactful things you can do for your portfolio is add money or capital to it. A consistent …

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Today’s show is a massive announcement – we are officially announcing that we have our launch dates set for our new auto-trading platform. Today on the show, we’re …

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Ah, taxes, a dreaded but necessary part of investing and trading. And although you might be inclined to skip this week's show, I'd encourage you to dive in because, even for me …

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We get a lot of questions around options expiration - hundreds and hundreds each week. Yet, the same vital …

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Summer vacations are in full swing and as everyone rushes to their favorite social distancing hot spot, …

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Filling option trades can often feel like pulling teeth. While some trades and orders get through easily …

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Adjusting trades that move against you can be hard enough. Choosing how to adjust and when to pull the …

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Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful. This classic Buffett quote had …

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Greed, fear, FOMO, anxiety, panic, over-confident, stubbornness, impatience. These are just a few of the frequent emotional and mental states that traders find themselves in. …

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There's an old saying in investing that a "rising tide lifts all boats." And while that might be true, when …

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You've got your prized covered call setup and it's working in your account - now what? How do you manage or adjust the position in different market scenarios? Lucky for you, we …

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You've got your prized covered call setup and it's working in your account - now what? How do you manage or adjust the position in different market scenarios? Lucky for you, we …

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Box spreads and arbitrage strategies are often synonymous with one another and referenced interchangeably in the options trading community. And after all, who doesn't want a …

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Index options have continued to grow in popularity. Potentially because they are easy to use, available in …

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Hedging stock positions can be tricky business. One of the most common schools of thought is to use a …

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Stock trading is easy to understand conceptually because it's one-dimensional. Either the stock goes up or it goes down. Clear and simple, at least from a trading and profit or …

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Earnings season comes around four times a year for stocks, and as traders, we've always loved the idea of …

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We're excited and honored to have a very special guest this week on the podcast, Richard Hudson, co-founder of the London and Brussels-based Science Business Publishing Ltd. …

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This week on the podcast we're doing something a little different and turning this podcast episode into a …

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Today on the show we welcome special guest, Rob, who's the co-author on our recent research report on Covered Calls. On the show this week we go over the top three performance …

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Factor-based strategies and trading systems are all the rage these days. We've been promoting these for many years now but it seems that more and more investors are catching on. …

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This week we're very excited to share our exclusive interview with Kevin Davitt, a special guest with tons of experience not only as a former market maker, but as the Senior …

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Did you know that fear has nothing to do with logical or cognitive reasoning? It's actually a completely physical response that originates in our body. We fear to be wrong …

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Oh, profit targets. The double edge sword of confusion for many traders. Take profits too early and you feel like you left money on the table. Too late and you kick yourself …

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When it comes to market signals and timing indicators, the Put Call Ratio is one that naturally jumps to …

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Personally, I don't like rules. Mostly because I value freedom and flexibility so when someone says that I …

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Since we are option sellers and our edge comes from selling overpriced options out into maturity it's natural to assume that if we want to sell options when IV is high that …

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This was a long trade. Maybe not the longest trade we've been involved in, but certainly one of the top …

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It might seem that the markets are a game of price, and while that might be mostly true, what they are is really a game of emotions. With enough self-awareness, the "average" …

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As many of our long-time listeners know, over the years I've become increasingly protective and selective …

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Newest platform updates.

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This podcast is a long-time coming but one that needed to be done because we get a lot of questions from …

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Somewhere, possibly from another planet, this notion of trading options with a high probability of success transformed into a subconscious greed for 100% probability of success …

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A couple of weeks ago I was reading the story of the three little pigs to my daughters. And for some …

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Many of our members understand the best times to trade options (i.e. higher IV setups when option premiums …

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Everyone loves a good options trading checklist right? Well, here are the 7 questions you should ask …

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We get a lot of emails each day - I'm talking hundreds of emails. Naturally, seeing so many questions and comments come through the system, we found that these 17 top questions …

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Assignment for some traders can be scary and cause them to freeze up or throw in the towel. On today's podcast, we'll walk-thru another case study in which we got assigned on …

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You're looking at a great setup for a neutral trade, but which neutral strategy do you use? Short straddle or short iron butterfly? It's a question we get all the time and …

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All over the internet, you'll hear stories of why short straddles and short strangles should be avoided at …

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As much as I love options trading and following the financial markets, I enjoy the challenge and process of …

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For some reason, many traders fear being assigned option contracts as part of an option strategy. Maybe …

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No system is perfect. No trader is perfect. You will have losing trades. But it's how you react to those losing trades, or even false positive trades, that defines how long …

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Did you ever wonder what an options market maker is thinking or how they see the markets and regular …

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If you trade options and are struggling to find consistency or profitability it's likely because you are …

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Is less more? Often we hear this phrase thrown about with the assumption that when investing you should do …

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On today's podcast, we bring in a very special interview guest, Larry Connors, and discuss his new book Buy the Fear, Sell the Greed. Larry is an established author in the …

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Choosing which ticker symbols and option strategies to use when entering new option trades can sometimes …

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Many new options traders worry about what might happen to their portfolio during a short put option …

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In the futures trading world, there are two words that sound cool to say but also might be very confusing …

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Have you ever gotten the feeling that some of your trades just end up exploding in your face and turn into "massive" losing positions? They just never seem to go the way you …

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We all fear losing money, it's a natural human emotion. Myself included, I fear losing money just as much as the next person. But today I want to try to walk through a rational …

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I'm going to go out on a limb and publicly declare that this podcast will be one of our top 3 to 5 shows we ever recorded. Aggressive and overly confident, maybe - but I have …

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Implied volatility in option pricing is one of the most critical and yet least understood aspects of this …

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Are you new to options trading? Do you have a small account and want to start trading iron condors and iron butterflies? Today's podcast will be very important as we help you …

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Today we'll condense potentially an entire semester of financial engineering into a single podcast episode. …

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Nobody's trading or investing journey is a straight road or easy path. We never just magically trip into a perfect system or investing philosophy without a couple bumps along …

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With the rising popularity of weekly option contracts, many investors are choosing to trade weekly bull …

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Some traders wrongly assume that if they can't trade unlimited risk option strategies, such as straddles …

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One of the more advanced techniques options traders use to reduce risk and increase the probability of …

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Seems most traders constantly struggle with getting option trades filled. And since we never suggest using "market orders" as a quick fix for entry problems, today I'm offering …

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As options traders focused on income generation, it's important that we consistently work towards …

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How important is picking the right stock market direction when trading options? Depending on how you trade, it can be either vitally important or not important at all. Today's …

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You're ready to place an option trade and you're confident the stock is a good candidate. Now what? With dozens of contract months and hundreds of option strike prices to choose …

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We're all busy; with work, family, school, kids, etc. And although many people might lead you to believe …

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Want to learn how to trade options the right way but feeling overwhelmed? It's like this big giant elephant is standing in front of you and you have to figure out a way to …

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Selling cheap options with very high probabilities of success makes rationale sense on the outside. I mean, why sell options with a 70% chance of success when you can sell …

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At Option Alpha we believe (and the research confirms) that the options trading possibilities for retail investors are nearly endless. Higher returns and better performance for …

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As options traders we need to focus on the levers that really move the needle in terms of generating income …

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Trade long enough and save enough money and eventually, you'll need to make a couple small tweaks to your options strategy as you start managing larger trading accounts. Today's …

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Over the last 10+ years I've seen thousands, and coached hundreds, of traders navigate the markets. And if you study option trader success long enough (and geek out about it as …

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The last couple weeks of trading for many newbie investors was quite the learning experience. The market fell from all time highs quickly and then recovered nearly half of that …

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It's always good to look back and analyze what happened in the past. Often times it can help shape the future (good or bad) and how you trade moving forward. In today's show, I …

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One of the most popular and widely used options greek is Delta. And while I believe that you can't …

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You've targeted a stock or ETF setup you like and want to make a directional trade. Maybe some technical indicator alerted you to a possible turn in the underlying or you just …

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As with many things in life the 80/20 principle can help guide and focus our attention on the most …

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Short straddles and short iron butterflies are some of our most profitable option strategies, and a consistent staple when trading in our PRO and ELITE membership levels. …

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Often times people ask me why I continue to run Option Alpha and give away so much free content, courses …

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Often times when new traders go through their first couple earnings cycles and experience large moves in the underlying stock, it can feel almost natural to want to buy …

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Depending on where you started your options education, trade frequency was either glossed over or talked about in-depth. Here at Option Alpha, we've suggested for almost a …

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You made an options trade and the position has gone well, leaving you with a nice fat profit as expiration approaches. Now the question becomes, what do you do with these cheap …

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Why do we still believe that magically someday we'll have some inside scoop or tip that alerts us to market …

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Unlimited risk option strategies get a bad rap in the investing community among newbie traders. And while our backtesting research has shown that unlimited risk positions like …

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If you trade options longer than ten days you'll undoubtedly run into a scenario where you get challenged by a stock moving either higher or lower against your position. When …

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Today I've very excited to bring one of our very own Option Alpha family members on the show, MACDDaddy aka Robert. He's been a member for many years and someone I continue to …

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As some point or another new option traders worry about their option contracts being assigned. Namely short call options getting short stock assignment. But it's never as bad or …

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The further the markets continue to run higher, the greater the risk that another major market correction or market crash will happen in the near future. After all, as we …

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On today's newest podcast I want to turn the conversation a bit and focus on pairs trading with options. And this isn't the traditional pairs trading that you might have heard …

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Even after discussing and outlining the general process for how to pick the right stock options strategy in previous podcast and videos, I continue to get members who are …

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When selling options, often I get a question or inquiry from members of our community with regard to how …

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I believe that on some level every new trader dreams of trading options full time and not working a regular …

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Not only is today special because we're releasing our newest research report called The Profit Matrix but also because as soon as this show goes live we'll have crossed more …

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The investing world in the next 5-10 years is going to look dramatically different. In fact, the shift to automated trading is already happening at the highest levels and with …

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The markets are evolving faster and faster as the introduction and use of computer-driven or data-driven …

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Today we're going to use our new Trader's Toolbox and options backtesting software to test win rates when …

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Today we wanted to use our new options backtesting software under our Trader's Toolbox to run some credit …

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It's finally here! After years of research, development, and testing the doors are open to purchase access to our incredible new options backtesting and trade optimization …

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Apple (AAPL) is by far one of the most loved and favorite stocks to trade for investors. Often times people will email me asking how they can use option buying strategies to go …

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How far out should you go when entering a new options trade? 10 days, 30 days, 60 days? Does it change based …

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I've said it for years, position sizing matters in a high probability system. Much more so that you would …

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In today's show, I wanted to take a step back and give everyone an overview of what we've been working on here at Option Alpha and what we have planned over the next couple …

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We're now in the heart of earnings season for the current quarter and with hundreds of companies set to announce their performance, we're presented as options traders with tons …

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It's been over a year since we released our game-changing report on technical analysis indicators called SIGNALS, and since then I haven't talked more about how we are using …

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Newbie traders and investors who make the transition over from stocks to options often become overly …

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Losing trades are part of the game - they are going to happen and it’s a reality we must all face. And I believe what sets really great traders apart from those who are average …

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Trading inverse ETFs and leveraged ETFs are becoming more and more popular with retail traders. Maybe it’s …

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Legging into spread trades and complex option strategies is a popular way for traders to get quicker fills. …

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For years we’ve talked about the need for increasing your trading frequency. In today’s podcast, we want to re-introduce the concept of stacking or laddering option trades over …

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A casino's edge ranges from 0.5% for blackjack to as high as 17% for some slot machine games. Now, of course, this edge may or may not play out on the first, second, or tenth …

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We can't control the stock market - yet many of you try to will or hope stocks to move up or down as needed …

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Fundamental investors are like the wooly mammoth; big, strong, powerful, yet destined to become extinct in …

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Your option strategy payoff diagram is an ever evolving and changing animal. Unlike stocks which have …

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Today's podcast is all about learning how to trade calendar spreads. And while newbie traders might find …

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I know one of the key elements to successful options trading long-term is maintaining an investment …

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Options expiration week can be a scary time for some traders as they struggle with fears about short option contract assignment. And while the reality is that most options are …

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Our #1 core value here at Option Alpha is that options trading education comes first before anything else. I believe that you have to crawl before you can walk in this business …

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I've been trading publicly on Option Alpha for more than eight years now, and I'm still baffled by the …

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Most newbie option investors start trading with small brokerage accounts. Whether by choice or necessity, the average investor opens up their account with approx $10,000 …

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What does great pricing look like when trading short strangles? Is it collecting a certain raw dollar …

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You've entered a new option trade with a high probability of success - but you also know that a 70% chance of success doesn't mean it's a sure thing. As soon as your order fills …

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For years now I've talked about the concept of exiting option trades early and taking money off the table as a way to both improve your win rates and increase overall …

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We’ve reached yet another options expiration week, which can sometimes cause many traders to freak out as …

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Regardless of your current account size or trading experience level, you should be putting some serious …

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Naturally, if you’ve started trading options for any reasonable amount of time you’ll run across the VIX index. Or as it’s commonly referred to, the “Fear” Index. And while the …

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In most investing or online trading circles, it's common place to hear people tout the need for "stop loss" …

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Paper trading has its place in the investing world, but it likely isn't as useful as many brokers and …

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If you're even remotely interested in personal finance or wealth building, you've likely heard of Todd Tresidder from Financial Mentor. If you haven't yet, well, then we've got a …

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Nobody’s a perfect trader - not by any stretch. We all make mistakes, and when we own up to them, we dramatically increase our ability to overcome them in the future. With more …

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A little over a year ago now the CBOE released its first round of options-based strategy performance benchmark indexes. Since, they’ve slowly increased the number of trackable …

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At least 2-3 times per week I’ll get an email from someone along these lines; “Kirk, why can’t we just buy the best dividend stocks right before the company pays the dividend, …

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I’m just going to come right out and say it - today’s show is going to blow your mind. Not because we are talking about some crazy complicated strategy or options pricing model, …

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What if I told you that Warren Buffett, yes that one, is actually just an options trader in disguise? …

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It's easy for traders, myself included, to talk about our profitable trades. I mean who doesn't want to talk about making money right? But we know that we can't win on every …

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One of the most challenging aspects of options trading for most people is in finding the best stocks and setups to trade. And I completely understand since there are thousands of …

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We already know that you want to learn how to trade options and generate a consistent income. What we didn’t know, as well as we do now, is that we had some pretty specific gaps …

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With more than 32k option traders in our program now, I can tell you honestly that I've seen just as many 7-figure IRA accounts as I have 7-figure margin accounts in the last …

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Market neutral, delta neutral, or balanced portfolio; call it what you want but the concept of making money …

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If you’re an experienced options trader, then today’s show is for you because this week we’ll be talking …

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What if there was an options strategy that took just 1 hour per month to implement and actually beat the S&P 500 benchmark index both in performance and with less overall …

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Doesn't it just sound so cool even saying it: Robo Advisors. And although some of these automated investing …

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You're in a trade that's going bad and are thinking about adjusting your position. But before you do, how …

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One of the foundational elements of my personal trading style with options is the belief that the stock market is random. Random meaning that we can't gain an edge picking a …

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Do you think that there will be a stock market crash soon? Maybe in the next six months to 1 year?

If you …

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Options approval levels are options trading restrictions placed on your brokerage account to prevent or allow you from entering different options strategies. Most new traders, …

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One of the key elements of becoming a more successful trader is the ability to absolutely master options …

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Tax day has come and gone that doesn’t mean that we can’t start preparing in advance for next year by looking ways to reduce or minimize our tax exposure.

Today’s newest episode …

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Did you get flagged as a Pattern Day Trader? Concerned about what can happen if you make too many day trades in a short period of time?

In this session of The Option Alpha …

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Options traders often reference the "Greeks" which include delta, gamma, vega and theta of their underlying positions as a way to measure the sensitivity of an option's price …

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Back in mid-2014 we surveyed our members and it completely changed our business.

We overhauled our video …

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The Stochastics indicator has long been a favorite for investors and could arguably be one of the most …

Today I’m going to give you a very special sneak peak inside our new technical analysis backtesting report called SIGNALS.

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Specifically, we’re going to look at how the …

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We Backtested More Than 17.34 Million Stock Trades Over 20 Years to See What Really Works...

Discover the specific indicators that generated winning trades 82% of the …

Do you remember the feeling you had the first time you were introduced to  technical analysis or stock charting indicators in general?

You were probably at some weekend stock market seminar or watching a video online, …

For years, I've had members ask me about options trading taxes, ways to reduce your taxes, the best legal structures, international trading taxes and hundreds of other questions on the subject.

Recently I decided to …

Part of our mission here at OptionAlpha.com is to offer the highest level of transparency possible in order to help you gain more confidence in your own options trading system.

This week we launched our newest feature …

I'm crazy excited to finally bring you my interview with Aram Basmadjian from TradeWithAram.com because it's such a genuine and honest conversation with a guy who continues to grow in his education and love of trading.

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This week during the FinCon expo in Charlotte I had the opportunity to sit down with "The Options Playbook" author Brian Overby.

Brian is also the Senior Options Strategies from TradeKing and this 40+ min LIVE interview …

Being a consistent, profitable options trader doesn't take much.

In fact, I'd even go as far to say it takes very little time and effort on a weekly …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I had a chance to interview Sarah Potter, Author of How You Can Trade Like A Pro and founder of www.shecantrade.com. This self-taught trader will share her story and why this …

I completely underestimated the power of how to set financial goals until about a year and a half ago.

Since then I've changed the way I look at and set goals in all areas of my life (not just financially) and it's made …

You know the name, and the legacy.

But what you don't know about Michael Jordan and his impressive career might actually help you become a more …

You've got a stock position that you want to protect (or shield) from any impending market sell-off or crash.

But buying protection or insurance …

It's no secret that the long-term average investor returns are pretty low. In most cases, the little guy rarely beats the market and for good reason.

Frankly we are horrible stock pickers though we consistently try to …

Finding great option trades can be tough sometimes, and I get that. That's why in today's podcast I'll show you 10 detailed trades all under $100 of risk each that you can make right now.

Plus, we mixed it up with a …

In the past couple years inverse and leveraged ETFs have been some of the most highly traded securities because of their seemingly "cool" concept for …

You’ve often heard us talk about the important of trading liquid options until you are blue in the face right? In this session of The Option Alpha …

 In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I have the great pleasure of interviewing long-time trader and industry veteran John Carter - founder of SimplerOptions.com.

 One of the many benefits of doing this podcast …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'm going to actually take a look at unique investment outside the stock market that is comparable to how …

Investing money can be scary (no doubt). . .

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I want to help you overcome the 3 biggest fears that people have when they start trading options. You see, as kids we were scared …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast we talk with long-time trader Kim Klaiman from SteadyOptions.com. As you'll hear in this interview, Kim's goal is to trade trade variety of non-directional trades with low …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I want to help you be a better trader even if you are currently still working a full-time job. Because …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast we'll have an in-depth talk about trading commissions and broker fees. Specifically, people always ask me about commission and with more members now than ever it’s becoming …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I had a chance to flip the script on Joshua Belanger from www.OptionSizzle.com. A former CME runner in Chicago, Josh has been a long time industry trader both on the …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll explain why you shouldn't be afraid of the assignment and exercise process when it comes to trading …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I completely break-down one of the worst trade alerts we've ever seen using a debit spread. And it honestly gets to the heart of why I started this website and blog more than …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I had a chance to interview Henrick Santander, the guy behind http://www.the-lazy-trader.com who …

Ever wonder how often going back in history the stock market "crashes"? I mean we know that cyclical markets means another one will eventually happen (it's just a matter of time) but when? Or how often?

We did the …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll explain why most traders think stop-loss orders help manage risk and protect them when in fact they end up creating more losing trades. Using the "Lazy Trader" program …

When you start to trade more often and with more positions, remaining as neutral as possible will help smooth out your returns over time. This doesn't mean that you can't get directional (betting on a move up or down in …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'm going to change the way you think about buying stock forever. Because just buying shares isn't effective anymore and with the help of options you can both increase your …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast we are going to help you finally create an easy to use 3-step system for picking the best option strategy. Unlike most traders who try to fit their favorite strategy into …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll give you a step-by-step guide to the top 7 things you should check before you make another trade. …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast we are going to cover the 14 stages that all investors go through with their emotions. Understanding that traders have specific emotions which have varying magnitude, is …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll answer one of the biggest questions I get when it comes to trading options with probabilities. You see with probability trading there can be this misconception that it's …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast we're going to have a very advanced conversation about implied volatility (IV) and why understanding IV …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll show you with real data why if every new trader was doing this 1 thing different they'd make more money. Plus I'll relate this to how why casinos have table limits …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll start a huge discussion on why I think you don't need charting or technical studies to be successful …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'm going to give you a complete step-by-step guide to learning how trade options in 3 months. You'll learn to focus on 1 concept each week for 12 weeks.

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll cover some key foundational concepts about Call and Put options contracts by highlighting a classic …

In this session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll cover one of the biggest misconceptions around trading and investing - account size. I'll explain why having more money actually makes you place worse trades.

In our 1st session of The Option Alpha Podcast I'll cover a little more about my trading background and how we got this far from such a small blog to start. Plus my goals and expectations for this podcast.