Short Options Risk

The Trading Risk From Short Option Selling Only

This video continues to discuss the risks from short option selling only, why I can’t view this as a viable trading method. Yes, we use short options strategies all the time, but only because they are combined with directional price continuation trades for protecting them.

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Short Options Strategies

Facebook Short Call Option Trade Goes Deep In The Money

This video discusses a short facebook call that recently went deep in the money and was at a 2.39 loss – and facebook has gone up around 2 more points since then. However, because of our short options protection strategies, this call is actually part of a profitable position.

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Options Spreads Adjustments

Options Credit Spread Adjustments On A Gap Open

An options credit spread combination put leg goes into the money on a large gap down – how does the risk-reward change, and what adjustments can be made through trading. The video also discusses some ‘base’ method setups for underlying trading – and whether they were also done as option trades.

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Short Options Risk

The Trading Risk From Selling Short Uncovered Options

Selling cheap uncovered short options strangles that are multiple strikes out of the money may seem like an easy way to make money, because of the supposed likelihood of the trade expiring worthless. But it is a trade with terrible risk reward and may be a lot riskier than would appear from the short strikes location.

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Options Spreads Adjustments

Trading Method Strategies And Adjustments To Options Spreads

You may think of our trading strategy setups for entering or exiting trades. But they may be used for making option spreads adjustments to the individual legs, which can then increase overall profits, when compared to holding the spread intact until expiration.

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Short Options Strategies

Short Options Trades Entry Timing Setups

Short options trading for credits are a big part of our trading strategies. However, it is important to use resistance and support rejects for entry timing, so that risk can be reduced and the credits can be increased or the prices of a spread can be improved.

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Options Spreads Adjustments

Options Spreads Timing Setups For Entries And Exits

When you leg into or out of an option spread, you do your trade 1 strike at at time instead of as a spread. Timing this ‘properly’ can give a number of trading profit benefits – including making more money on the spread than its maximum at expiration, and doing credit spreads that can’t lose money.

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Options Spreads Adjustments

Options Spreads And Legging Into Individual Options

This video discusses legging into and out of option spreads, and reviews a timing problem with a spread legged exit. A 4.00 spread price hit the trader’s trailing price of 3.00 on a gap [and I am all for that decision], but instead of exiting the spread at one time, they tried to leg out and only ended up with 1.80.

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