Cheat Sheet

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  Calculating Tradability

  By Mike Hart

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  September 28, 2020

  Before placing a trade, confirm liquidity, implied volatility rank and risk exposure. Then make sure it fits the portfolio. Before executing a trade, confirm a product’s tradability. Do it by…
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  The Strangle

  By Mike Hart, Anton Kulikov

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  August 17, 2020

  This trading strategy can add a short premium and an element of time to a portfolio Elegant in its simplicity, the strangle captures a range of possible price movement in…
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  Acquiring Short Delta

  By Mike Hart

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  June 30, 2020

  Delta can be either static or dynamic. Here’s how to get either one. Acquiring short delta means adding positions that benefit from a move to the downside. Keep this cheat…
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  Delta Force

  By Mike Hart

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  June 2, 2020

  Choose from the many ways to add positive delta to a portfolio A contrarian strategy suggests buying into weakness and selling into strength. From that standpoint, the market currently resides…
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  Volatility: Best Friend or Worst Enemy?

  By Mike Hart, Anton Kulikov

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  April 21, 2020

  The VIX quantifies risk and fear: Check it to take the pulse of the market The VIX measures implied volatility, making it one of the most important metrics in options…
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  Understanding Delta

  By Mike Hart, Anton Kulikov

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  March 19, 2020

  Delta can gauge a position’s directional bias and also do so much more Investors use “delta”—one of the most common terms in options trading—to describe risk in many different ways.…
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  The Rolling Defense

  By Mike Hart, Anton Kulikov

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  February 12, 2020

  Rolling a trade helps manage a winning or losing position When defending an options trade, investors often rely on a technique known as “rolling.” The process closes out the current…
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  Trade Management

  By Mike Hart

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  January 9, 2020

  Prepare for almost anything by outlining and organizing a trading response for every for every short option position Investors should formulate a contingency plan as soon as they place a…
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  11 Trades for 6 Outlooks

  By Anton Kulikov

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  October 23, 2019

  By Anton Kulikov & Mike Hart The research team at tastytrade created the options strategy flowchart below to serve as a mental roadmap in the trade decision process. As with…