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Glimpse of Genius Trade for January 2014 – FDX

So far the Glimpse of Genius trades are doing very well. Last month’s trade expired worthless for the full profit. This one is using the same strategy as last month – the credit spread. The trade is on FDX which is Fedex. There are 30 days to expiration. The Trade: Sell Feb 135 Puts Buy…

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Online Investing Made Easier! Now Autotrading With Autoshares

Online investing has never been easy! Great News! We have just added another great broker for our members to autotrade with: Autoshares.com AutoShares is a Division of ViewTrade Securities, Inc., Members of FINRA and SIPC. Since 1998, ViewTrade Securities, Inc., (VTS) has provided market access, technology, trade execution, and investment banking services to clientele in more than 17+…

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History and Use of Weekly Options Trading

Weekly Options Trading, or commonly called “Weeklies”, are options that trade for about one week. New Weeklies are listed each Thursday or Friday and expire the following Thursday or Friday except the third week of the month because that is when the regular monthly options have only one week left to expiration. Except for the…

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The Options Whiz? How About Investor Beware

Profile of a new Iron Condor trader that now wants to make a living managing other people’s money.

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Weekly Options Trade Setup

Awesome Weekly Options Strategies So you want to trade weekly options? Never mind that they are most risky than monthly options. But the quick money and high returns are sometimes too hard to resist. Ok then, here is a trade setup I use. When these conditions are met I trade credit spreads. More details are…

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MCD and JNJ Butterfly Spread Trade Adjustments

Butterfly Spread Option Trading Update Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you have a wonderful, happy, and well rested holiday! Here is an update of the MCD and JNJ butterfly option trades I showed you in my last video. Had to make an adjustment to each because of the strong down move in the market which also affected…

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2 Butterfly Option Trades

Butterfly Option Spread Trading This is a video of myself looking for some option trades using one of my real money accounts. These trades are for example only and I may exit or change them at any time without telling anyone. This is a sample of the types of videos that are produced for Option…

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Iron Condors Trading Lesson 3: Risk Management

Iron Condor Options This is Lesson 3 in our 5 Part video series on Iron Condor Options Trading Iron condors are highly profitable A few very profitable option traders exclusively use this type of option trading strategy. Although iron condors may take some time to learn, but they are a great way to make consistent…

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