Options Boot Camp

In this episode, Mark and Dan provide insight on gamma scalping and answer your (many) questions about covered calls.

In this episode, Mark and Dan provide basic training on when to close/roll your covered calls, and answer your questions about prop trading firms, options screening platforms and more...

On this episode, Mark and Dan answer your questions about: - Option leverage vs. Stock Leverage - Diagonal vs. vertical put spread follow up - The right vs. the wrong way to start trading options - Selling covered calls to avoid margin calls - and more... Mark and Dan also field your Options Boot Camp reviews - both good, bad and...confusing?

In this episode, Mark and Dan revisit the covered call strategy: pros/cons; examples; potential outcomes; collars, covered call verticals, covered calla with put kickers; and much more.

On this special mail call palooza, Mark and Dan answer your options questions from across the globe including: - Applying traditional options strategies to crypto - What to do when a short put spread goes against you? - Why sell a covered call when you can sell a short put? - Can a diagonal credit spread save your bacon when a stock moves against you? - Dan prepares a haiku about love - and much more...

On this special mail call palooza, Mark and Dan answer your options questions from across the globe including: - Applying traditional options strategies to crypto - What to do when a short put spread goes against you? - Why sell a covered call when you can sell a short put? - Can a diagonal credit spread save your bacon when a stock moves against you? - Dan prepares a haiku about love - and much more...

In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss how options volume shaped up in March; credit spreads vs. debit spreads; cash-settled options; if you can lose more than your investment in options and much more...

On this episode, Mark and Dan discuss how many options positions a new trader should have, the optimal starter position for new options traders, whether short selling is immoral, surprise results in our broker madness tournament, backlash against RobinHood, is payment for order flow bad for options traders and much more...

On this episode, Mark and Dan finally debunk the great "Debit Spread vs. Credit Spread" mystery. Does it really matter which strategy you use? You'll have to listen to find out.  Mark and Dan also discuss: - Using P/E Ratios in your options trading - Covered Calls in Rocket Companies ($RKT)  - Should we replace regular options with mini options? - and more...

In this episode, Mark and Dan tackle all-things option delta including what is option delta; what are the benefits of option delta; an example of option delta; plus - your questions about mini options, deep ITM option spreads, credit vs. debit spreads. 

Ask and you shall receive! On this episode, Mark and Dan tackle all-things mini options including: - WTF are mini options anyway? - Weren't they delisted a few years back? Why? - Don't we already have mini options on futures? - Would a fractional option be better than a mini option?  - How the heck would a fractional option work anyway? - Plus - your questions about call volatility and portfolio margin. 

So many questions! On this episode, Mark and Dan dive into your deluge of questions about: - Cash-settled options - Mini/Fractional options - Surprise dividend adjustments - Options strategies for hot stocks - Amazing options visualizers - and much more...

On this episode, Mark and Dan answer your questions about: - Risk reversals vs. strangles - How to combine The Greeks - The origins of volatility skew - The "proper" day to trade risk reversals - and much more...

In the Basic Training Segment, we discuss whether to put or not to put. What is a put, what happens at expiration, pros/cons of put trades, puts vs. stop orders, how to improve your puts, and much more.

Today we answer your questions about ATOS March calls, hedging and market making, what happens to options overnight, your continued thoughts about GME and much more.