What's the Difference Between SPX and SPY Options? Dividends Dividends are not normally paid to options holders. However, SPY pays a dividend every quarter. This is vital because if you trade with in-the-money (ITM) call options, you can exercise them

A few weeks ago we introduced a new strategy to our members. While a double diagonal spread is a well known strategy, we are trading it with a tweak. One of our members have

This article will shows how this works, and how IV can affect your decision on what type of trade to open.   Directional Spreads Let’s start with the simplest of options spreads, the put or call

Insider Buying and Selling In doing so we are competing with quant-based analysis that is poring hundreds of millions of dollars into similar things and rarely does the retail investor get a peek in

Ratio trading the earnings Everyone knows what a ratio trade is right? A ratio can be found in many shapes, forms and directions, the SO beloved Hedged Straddle is a ratio whereby a larger number

Performance Dissected Check out the Performance page to see the full results. Please note that those results are based on real fills, not hypothetical performance, and exclude commissions, so your actual results will be lower, depending

This skill is about blending analytical prowess with a dash of intuition. Think of it as chess, but the pieces are stocks, bonds, and the occasional cryptocurrency.   Via Pexels   The Art Of Calm And Portfolio

In both cases a (usually near the money) option is sold and used to partially fund the purchase of two (or more) out of the money options. Let’s see an example:   Let’s say Apple