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How to Journal Your Trades

This year I have spent a lot of time talking to my Trading Room members about trade planning and journaling. It’s crucial!
The purpose of this e-mail is not to talk you into joining us (although you’re more than welcome), but to share some journaling exmples…
Norman Hallett, one of the world’s leading ‘trading discipline’ trainers has [...]

Nov 8th, 2011
by Christopher Smith

Most Options Expire Worthless

This is a recurring argument and one that has become a pet peeve of mine. In fact, it just surfaced once again on our discussion board so I thought I would add a post to our blog and in the future I can just refer folks here to save the wear-and-tear on my computer’s keyboard.
The [...]

Oct 22nd, 2011
by Christopher Smith

Iron Condor Adjustment Strategies by John Summa, Ph.D.

The way most of use trade them, iron condors are high probability income strategies.  This means that each time we open the trade probability is rather good that our short option strikes will remain out-of-the-money and expire worthless – leaving us with a profitable trade.
While the probabilities are in our favor, the risk-to-reward ratio is [...]

Oct 22nd, 2011
by Christopher Smith

Adjusting Time Spreads with Dan Pasarelli

Dan Pasarelli from Market Taker Mentoring is a veteran of the Chicago trading floors and the author of two books on options trading. A couple days ago he joined us to talk about the art and science of constructing and adjusting time spreads.

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Sep 30th, 2011
by Christopher Smith

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