by John | Feb 10, 2016 | Trading Discussion, Uncategorized
As a premium seller we naturally have to deal with trades that do not go in our favor. In fact, we expect them! If you trade options using the “probability based” method and you typically execute trades with at 70% probability of success, the math alone tells you to...
by John | Nov 28, 2015 | Trading Discussion, Uncategorized
Over the last five years the US Stock Market has been in a very strong bull market. Research has shown that individual stocks typically track the S&P 500 about 75% of the time. That means that 3 out of 4 stocks will trend with the broad market. Suffice it to say...
by John | Aug 1, 2015 | Trading Discussion, Uncategorized
In some of my other articles you may have noticed some references to golf. Like trading, I love golf. There are so many similarities between trading and golf that I feel compelled to write a future article on the relationship between the two. In this article I want to...
by John | Mar 5, 2015 | Trade Ideas, Trading Discussion, Uncategorized
The vast majority of my trading strategies involve the selling of option premium. I repeatedly said that I have discovered probability based trading to be the “secret” to consistent, successful, trading business. Most options, something like 80%, expire worthless. Why...
by John | Feb 4, 2015 | Trade Ideas, Trading Discussion, Uncategorized
The most significant change that I undertook in my trading as I strived to be the consistently successful trader I am today is reducing my size. We all know that size matters. In trading it is small size that matters. One of the most devastating financial periods in...