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How a ‘Breakeven Trail’ Can Sabotage Your Winning Trades
Ifan Wei| Black Room LessonsThis video discusses the breakeven trail. There is a psychological comfort to trailing a trade to breakeven because of our natural loss aversion. However, it is too often overused to sabotage potential winners. Watch the lesson, then join this week’s Black Room Open House.
Continue Reading -->Rolling Along with an Apple Options Play
Options in PlayOptions Trades with Kurt Capra & Daniel DarrowThis video is going to talk about rolling positions and trade management. The AAPL breakout this week has led to another opportunity to revisit our rolling strategy.
Continue Reading -->Why the Right Psychology Is So Important to Your Trading Success
Ryan Tonking | Black RoomToday, we will look at some trades that were taken and what happened to my mental state as the day progressed.We’ll also cover the shift that happened as a result of taking a break which helped me get back in the game. Entry and exit rules are important, risk management is even more important, and keeping your psychology in a healthy place is the most important part of trading. (After watching the lesson, scroll below the video to sign up for the Black Room Open House)
Continue Reading -->AAPL Earnings & What We Are Expecting
Options in PlayOptions Trades with Kurt Capra & Daniel DarrowAAPL Earnings & What We Are ExpectingThis video is going to talk about AAPL and its earnings early next week. AAPL is behaving different than the other FANG stocks and there looks to be more upside coming for the mega-cap.
Continue Reading -->Examining a Healthy Trend – Part 2 | Black Room Lessons (24 Minutes)
Sami Abusaad | Black RoomRyan Tonking (24 Minutes)Today’s video we follow up to last week’s healthy trend video. Last week we talked about trends to watch out for as we come into earning season, and this week we got them. We’ll also look at some familiar trends from this week and what to continue to watch for.
Continue Reading -->Weighing the Risk in CELG | Options in Play Review
Options in PlayOptions Trades with Kurt Capra & Daniel DarrowWeighing the Risk in CELGThis video is going to talk about an open trade in CELG. We have been sitting in a butterfly call spread on the stock and with earnings coming up this week, we need to weigh our risk to reward.
Continue Reading -->WBA Ready to Rebound | Options in Play Review
Options in PlayOptions Trades with Kurt Capra & Daniel DarrowWBA Ready to ReboundToday Kurt Capra talks about the longer dated swing on WBA. Stocks that have cratered off AMZN headlines have had a history of strong rebounds and WBA is starting to follow that pattern.
Continue Reading -->AXP Options Trade | Options in Play Review
Options in PlayOptions Trades with Kurt Capra & Daniel DarrowThey Don’t All Work OutToday Kurt Capra talks about the AXP trade into earnings. It didn’t play out the way we were hoping but the setup was a solid one and worth the risk.
Continue Reading -->GE – General Electric Options Straddle | Options in Play (8 Minutes)
Options in PlayOptions Trades with Kurt CapraGE – General Electric Options Straddle | Options in Play (8 Minutes) In today’s video Kurt Capra discusses an options trade going out in tonight’s Options in Play newsletter. We think GE is set up well for a straddle and we will walk through our rationale for the idea.
Continue Reading -->Examining a Healthy Trend | Black Room Lessons (18 Minutes)
Ryan Tonking | Black RoomExamining a Healthy Trend (18 Minutes)Today’s video we break down what a healthy trend looks like, and if I’m in one, how I manage the position. We’ll look at a couple recent examples as we get prepared for earnings season. These trends are most prolific as we enter earnings.(see the follow-up to this video here)
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