The Trade Busters

Dive into the intriguing world of portfolio margin and uncover its real impact on trading strategies. Explore how different brokerages shape your margin requirements and whether it's truly essential for your success. Discover a hypothetical bomb shelter trade that illustrates the power of reduced margin. Plus, get insights on capital efficiency and strategies tailored for those looking to optimize their trading potential. Tune in for a blend of educational content and practical trading wisdom!

Exploring the income campaign of the bomb shelter combo trade, covering entry and exit criteria, performance metrics, backtesting data, and the importance of manual backtesting. Future topics include longitudinal study, risk calculator, and mechanics of the bomb shelter hedge.

Exploring updated 45+ DTE income strategy with increased DTE to 120 days and selling a 15 Delta short put. Introducing bomb shelter add-on with two long puts for each short put sold. New Black Swan Hedge Strategy discussed for portfolio margin efficiency.

Exploring the world of 0 DTE trading, from varying perspectives to trade structures and risks. Learn about naked options trading, low Delta trades, iron fly strategies, and risk management techniques. Insights on effectively managing zero DTE trades.

This podcast explores credit as a measure of risk in trading, discussing stop loss as a loss control mechanism and the correlation between credit received and potential loss. It explains the relationship between credit received and risk, introduces the concept of value at risk, and provides examples of calculating credit and target returns. The significance of factoring in potential losses and the use of credit received as a risk proxy are also emphasized.

The podcast episode explores the concept of buying power and its relation to risk in trading. It provides insights on buying power, leverage, and risk, and offers examples of different products and contract sizes to illustrate varying levels of risk involved. The episode also discusses the concept of notional risk and buying power, the relatively low buying power requirements for ES and MES contracts, and the risks and benefits of leverage in trading. It emphasizes the importance of product knowledge, risk management, and careful calculation and understanding in trading.

Learn about trading the 45+ DTE income strategy with small accounts using MES Futures. Understand MES micro ES futures and their capital efficiency. Discuss fees, strategies, and maximizing profits. Explore efficient margin usage and expanding book sizes in trading futures.

Virtu CEO Doug Cifu discusses building conviction in trading by identifying the 'bag holder'. They explore options trading profitability, market mechanics, and the connection between options and stock markets. Learn about selling puts, market maker strategies, and delta hedging.

The podcast delves into the fundamentals and strategies of hedging in trading, discussing reasons, methods, and timing. It covers the importance of simplicity in hedging strategies, the challenges of predicting market movements, and various methods like VIX call ladder and long put options.

Exploring the SPY 45+ DTE income strategy update, focusing on optimizing capital efficiency and returns through extending Days to Expiration (DTE). Visit TheTradeBusters.com for strategy details and follow @TheTradeBuster on Twitter for more insights.