Options Trading IQ

Learn how to run an options income portfolio in under an hour a week.

I share the exact weekly routine, strategies and screeners I use to find and manage trades.

I cover three options income strategies: the wheel, bull put spreads and bear call spreads.

You’ll see how I combine cash-secured puts and covered calls using 180 to 360 DTE positions.

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Warren Buffett is famous for buying great businesses and holding them forever.

But he also used a quieter tool — put options — to generate billions in premium on Coca-Cola and global stock indexes.

Today I break down exactly why those trades worked, and how individual investors can apply the same principles at any account size.

What You’ll Learn

Whenever I hear of a new strategy, I bring out Option Net Explorer and manually run through a few historical trades and examine the results.

It is a good way to get a feel for the trade and see if it is a strategy worth pursuing.

We are going to do a more extensive backtest, running at least 100 trades.

The more data points, the more accurate the resultin...

The market just dropped hard, fear is everywhere — and I’m getting ready to sell puts into the weakness.

Here’s exactly why, and the rules that keep it from becoming a disaster.

What You’ll Learn Why a sell-off is one of the best times to sell premium How cash-secured puts improve in a sell-off Rule 1: Only quality names Rule 2: Don’t catch the fa...

When markets turn volatile, most traders find out how they feel about losses in the middle of a sell-off—the worst possible time to make decisions.

Today I’m giving you a plan for this bear market.

I cover three goals for navigating a bear market with options, with 10 strategies across all three:

Protecting what you own Earning income while prices fall Prof...