Is it Tech Wreck 2.0? Friday’s sell-off was dramatic. The Nasdaq plunged 4.2%, the S&P 500 fell 2.6%, and the financial media immediately began giving explanations. But after every sharp decline, traders ask the same
| The Options Zoo | Lizards, condors, butterflies. Options trading sounds exciting, doesn’t it? But underneath the exotic names, these strategies are usually nothing more than combinations of calls and puts. (BTW: the video is
| The Weekly Income Illusion | I was planning to move on to the other half of the wheel strategy, but there were so many questions and suggestions about covered calls that I thought I
| Scratching the Itch | Boredom is the trader’s worst enemy. Sometimes the itch to DO something becomes quite unbearable and you end up doing something stupid. I am speaking from experience here! It has
| Why Smart People Go Broke | You’ve just thrown 20 heads in a row; what are the chances of the next toss being a head? Of course, we all know the answer – at
Zero Commission Fraud. Zero commissions seemed like a dream when I started trading many years ago. I cut my teeth on the ASX (Australia) but quickly realized that it was a loser’s game. The brokerage
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