Stock Market Options Trading

In this episode we'll backtest an SPY call option buying strategy during market pullbacks like we're in the middle of here in October 2021. We'll look at a 5 year study and talk through exactly the market condition, the buy signal, which call options and expiration, and exit strategy. This is for informational purposes and should not be considered financial advice. Join our trading community over at https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net to improve your stock and options trading skills. Check out the SMOT YouTube channel for quantitative options strategies and education here: https://www.youtube.com/stockmarketoptionstradingFor premium trading services and daily market updates, head over to Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/VerticalSpreadOptionsTrading

In September of 2021, the country of El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender. Shortly after, the price of Bitcoin dropped about 20%. In this episode, I talk to a trading buddy who lives in El Salvador to discuss what it looks like to have Bitcoin as legal tender as well as his perception of it all. After listening, head over to the website at https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net/ and join the discussion around stocks, options, and crypto in a positive constructive environment with absolutely no spam or trolls. Thank you.

In this episode, I'm sharing a casual conversation with one of my Patreon members around trading for income and hedging with options.It was a great conversation and I regret having to cut it so short. Head over to https://www.patreon.com/VerticalSpreadOptionsTrading for more details around some of the strategies we were discussing in this episode. Thanks for listening.

In this episode, I'm sharing a casual conversation with one of my Patreon members around various subjects including autotrading services, the risk reward of credit spreads, hedging, and retirement. It was a great conversation and I regret having to cut it so short. Head over to https://www.patreon.com/VerticalSpreadOptionsTrading for more details around some of the strategies we were discussing in this episode. Thanks for listening.

Learning a new trading strategy can be fun and exciting but I often see traders struggle with new strategies because of conflicting ideas from previous things they've learned. Therefore I put together some tips and tricks on learning new strategies and really what it takes to find an edge and make money trading stocks and options. The tips and tricks in this episode were from a live zoom workshop I hosted for trading SPX put credit spreads with 7 days to expiration. For the full video training, check out the video over on YouTube:https://youtu.be/pmKPR_YiiQQThere's even a way to download the presentation for you take take with you. Want to join the next live monthly Zoom with us?Go here: https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net/Interested in the SPX 0DTE Course and Community?Go here: https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net/all-coursesThanks for listening.

Today's episode is the audio version of a conservative monthly options trading strategy recently posted at https://www.patreon.com/VerticalSpreadOptionsTrading for supporters of the podcast and YouTube channel. Along with the consistent income strategy, there is a companion hedging strategy that was discussed in Episode 25. Together, these strategies averaged a 40%+ return during the 5 year lookback period. Consider become a patron over on Patreon to get access to the details of this strategy as well as several other mechanical and systematic income strategies at https://www.patreon.com/VerticalSpreadOptionsTradingThere's even an option to join the Trade Alerts tier where we put our top strategies to work each and every week.

One of the attractions of trading options is the idea that you can create trades with varying degrees of probabilities of profit. In this episode, I put the option probabilities that the trading platforms give us to the test by doing a 10year backtest. The focus is on comparing both the call and put side to see if over a long term period of time, if the probabilities play out as expected. As a bonus, listeners can view the studies discussed in this episode over on the community website in the Podcast section. Here's the direct link:https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net/topics/4369023Also, for those interested in generating income up to 3 times per week trading SPX 0DTE spreads, check out the SPX Masterclass and Community. Now with a live chat feed to see what trades members are taking in real time. Here's the link to the Course:https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net/all-coursesThanks for listening and supporting independent research on this show.

Want to discuss this episode with us?Come join us over on the podcast trading community at https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net where you can ask questions and discuss this with other traders.In this week's episode, I got to speak with Jack Rosenthal on teen investing. Jack started investing at a very young age and started a Teen Investing club over at http://younginvestorsclub.org/He's written a couple books on Teen Investing and Entrepreneurship that are available on Amazon. Here's a link to learn more about his books on Amazon. https://bit.ly/JackRosenthal1Thanks for listening. J. Eric O'Rourke 

Want to discuss this episode with us?Come join us over on the podcast trading community at https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net where you can ask questions and discuss this with other traders. In this week's episode, I spoke with Sam Silverman from https://relocatepuertorico.com/ where he explained the tax incentives for living in Puerto Rico for both business owners and investors and traders like. As a trader or investor, paying 0% on capital gains can be a game changer as we know but and also work for anyone who works remotely who is running their own online business. Hope it helps. J. Eric O'Rourkehttps://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net/

Want to discuss this episode with us?Come join us over on the podcast trading community at https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net where you can ask questions and discuss this with other traders. In this week's podcast, I talk about how to hedge your stock or option portfolio with unit put options. Also known as units or unit puts. Unit put options are options that have very little value as the options market is unable to price them properly which allows them to explode in value during a market correction. I'll share how i am implementing this hedging strategy in my portfolio using SPX put debit spreads and will share how these performed during the COVID stock market crash of 2020. Thanks for listening and looking forward to seeing you at https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.netJ. Eric O'Rourke PS: Check out the YouTube channel too for more trading resources. https://optionsincome.club/YouTube