One of the biggest reasons swing traders lose money is surprisingly simple: They trade against the trend. A trader may find what looks like a great setup, enter the trade, and then watch the stock move in the opposite direction. Why does this happen? Often because they focused on the entry signal but ignored the […]
When most people start learning about swing trading, they quickly become overwhelmed. At first, trading seems straightforward. Buy low, sell high, and make money from price movements. But after spending even a few hours researching trading strategies online, many beginners discover an endless amount of information competing for their attention. They find: Thousands of technical […]
In the fast-paced world of the stock market, spotting trends is like finding the wind in your sails—it can propel your portfolio to greater returns if you know how to ride it. Trend trading is one of the most popular and effective strategies for investors looking to achieve higher-than-average stock market returns. Let’s explore some […]
In the world of stock trading, investors often find themselves balancing the desire for potential gains with the need to protect against losses. One popular strategy employed by traders to achieve this balance is known as a “collar.” A collar is a combination of options contracts used to limit the potential losses and gains on […]
I did some research, and searches on the Motley Fool Stock Advisor service, below is what I found out. It is not meant as a recommendation for the service, only a description of what they do and some of the results I found. I did not evaluate their returns myself, I used online information for […]
Gold futures are one of my favorite things to trade. I prefer to sell premium as opposed to buy premium when I am trading gold options. Typically I use naked puts, naked calls or strangles. You can also use iron condors and credit spread is you prefer defined risk. Sometimes I will use spreads, but […]
Synthetic Short Stock The only advantage of a synthetic short stock position over just shorting the stock itself is the margin requirements. It takes less margin to use a synthetic short stock position as compared to just shorting the stock. Another reason some people use a synthetic short is because mentally, they seem less scared […]
Covered Call – The Strangle Entry When people learn option trading strategies they typically start with the old faithful of option trading strategies, the covered call. Trading a covered call option strategy is one of the foundation option trading strategies that everyone learns. But, what some people do not realize is that a covered call […]
Strangles – What are they and How do we Trade Them? Strangles are the only uncapped risk, limited reward strategy we trade. As a result we are highly selective about how we trade Strangles. We base our strangle trades like we place our probability based non-index and Broken Wing Iron Condors. We use probabilities and […]
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