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Poor Man’s Covered Calls (PMCCs) use LEAPS to replace expensive stock positions, reducing capital needs by 65 to 85%. Learn how this strategy generates consistent income with flexibility and lower risk.
How to find the best stocks for credit spreads using liquidity, IV rank, IV percentile, and expected move. A step-by-step framework for consistent profits.
Learn Andy Crowder's 5-step earnings options framework: liquidity, IV rank, expected move, historical behavior, and iron condor setup with real Visa trade numbers.
Learn how The Wheel Strategy can boost your portfolio with cash-secured puts and covered calls for steady income and lowered risk.
Learn how to calculate the expected move using implied volatility, place strikes outside the range, and build high-probability credit spreads with real SPY examples.
How the Law of Large Numbers powers probability-based options trading with 70-85% win rates. The math, the strategy, and a real SPY bear call spread example.
Opening New Trades
Closing Our SPY Iron Condor
When breadth narrows and valuations stretch, disciplined traders sell into strength. The case for bear call spreads in overbought markets, with the math.
When implied volatility spikes, premiums inflate across the chain. Three high-probability strategies to convert fear into defined, probability-based income.
Opening a New Trade
The VIX jumped 25% in a week, the chips sold off hard, and our tested BABA condor becomes the best teacher on the book. We also cash trade number 20.
The Dam Opened: $2.62 Booked, the Year at $35.25, and the Wheel Turns Right on Schedule.
SMH Hit 100.00% IV Rank, the Maximum Possible Reading. Semis Fell 10% This Week. CPI Cooled to 3.5%. Energy Took the Leadership. 11 ETFs Above 50% IVR.
Tech stumbled, Abbott soared, Nokia sank, and this week's lesson is the one that decides accounts: what to do when a trade goes wrong.
Every options quote shows two prices. The gap between them is a real transaction cost on every trade. Here is what creates it, why it matters, and how to navigate it on every entry and exit.
Build a Poor Man's Covered Call portfolio that generates monthly income in downturns. Nine defensive names, four sleeves, and the execution rules.
Why waiting for high-probability options setups pays. The five-criteria filter, the behavioral forces working against you, and the non-trade journal.
