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226: Does Adding a "Trend Filter" Improve Directional Option Selling Strategies?

The Option Alpha Podcast

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How to Trade Short Put Spreads and Short Call Spreads

opshoff.com slash show 226: Trend trading is a viable factor and option that you can choose to test, so we just want to take it step back and think about it. We tested selling short put spreads in the A scenario on a short put spread was always sell the short put spread, no matter what. And then again, it would try to recycle capital and enter a new position and keep trading. Now when it comes to call spreads, we did the same thing but in reverse. So this really stress tests the idea of is the trend your friend. It's logically, obviously makes a lot of sense; there's lots of research that shows that it does improve trader performance.

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