Option Strategy cheatsheet

On the 1/3/2017 Best Practices discussed some cheatsheets for strategy entry and exit. PDF file: https://s3.amazonaws.com/tastytradepubli...

When to take profits and losses

Tasty trade Options Jive on 2-5-2016 did some research ( Slides ) on when to take profits and losses by giving a quick rule of thumb whethe...

Option strategies synthetic covered strangle

With IRA accounts, you cannot put on naked short calls to allow a strangle trade. Tastytrade walks through a way to synthetically put on ...

Volatility revisited

Tastytrades's Best Practices on the 5/11/2015 show has a great show on many of the commonly asked questions about Implied Volatility. ...

Sell in May? Monthly returns may surprise you...

Tasty trade had a great segment that looks into the adage "Sell in May and go away". The results may surprise you. Bottom line: ...

John Person chat on Thinkorswim: Time frame analysis using PPS

I've created some notes from the thinkorswim wednesday chat with John Person. For the past two months, I've been hurt shorting this ...

How to play weekly options?

In July 2010, Weekly options was recently introduced for a number of stocks and ETFs. How can you play weekly options? (These are some notes...