Options Playbook Radio

OPR 295: Delicious McDonalds Butterflies On this episode, Brian breaks down some delicious butterfly spreads in McDonalds. The Options Playbook is available on www. OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest. Ally.com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com...

OPR 294: Kicking Off A New Decade With Apple Backspreads On this episode, Brian kicks off the decade with an options trade in everyone's favorite stock - Apple!. The Options Playbook is available on www. OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest. Ally.com , or to the Options I...

OPR 293: NEW YEARS HUDDLE EXTRAVAGANZA Welcome to your New Years Huddle Extravaganza where Brian and Mark huddle up to answer your questions about: The return of short volatility / VIX products Does govt. info leak into the options market? Why do we call it premium? And more... The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that y...

Welcome to your Holiday Huddle Palooza where Brian and Mark answer your questions about: Asking more questions. How time decay really works. Fading market skew. And more... The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at  theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com , or to the Opt...

OPR 291: ROKU Straddles and SPY Pay-Later Puts On t his episode we review the blockbuster performance of our ROKU trades and also examine SPY pay-later puts.  You can learn more about this strategy in The Options Playbook.   The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com , or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Br...

OPR 290: A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Butterfly   Today we will start by reviewing last week's long straddle in ROKU.  Then we are doing a Charlie Brown Christmas tree butterfly strategy. You can learn more about this strategy on page 118 of The Options Playbook.   The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com , or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want an...

Today we will do a rinse and repeat for another long straddle in ROKU. You can find more in The Options Playbook , which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com , or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com , or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com .   

OPR 288: THANKSGIVING HUDDLE PALOOZA On today's episode, Brian and Mark huddle up to answer your listener questions about: Adding more OPR episodes every week When to sell high call skew? When to trade ratio spreads? Should you ever be short units? How did Brian conceive of the Time Iron Butterfly strategy? and much more... You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on Op...

OPR 287: Facebook Pay Later Puts On today's episode, we explore ways to pay later for Facebook put options. We also explore some end-of-year strategies including backward collars and covered calls.  You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it...

OPR 286: Time for a DIS Fig Leaf Trade On today's episode, we look back at the performance of last week's ROKU straddle trade. Then we celebrate the launch of Disney Plus with a fig leaf trade (or leveraged covered call) in DIS. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want answered...

OPR 285: Slinging High Noon Straddles On ROKU Today we kick things up a notch with "High Noon" straddles on perennial high-flyer ROKU. You can find more in The Options Playbook , which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com , or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com , or to the Optio...

OPR 284: BA Review Plus Getting Bullish In SPY Today we look back on the performance of our Boeing trade and then explore ways to get bullish in SPY using long calls.  You can find more in The Options Playbook , which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com , or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@...

OPR 283: Taking Flight Again With BA Iron Time Flies Today we will return to the well for another round of fun Iron Time Butterflies in Boeing. You can find more in The Options Playbook , which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com , or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com , or to...

OPR 282: Join the Streaming Wars With Roku Iron Butterflies Today we will explore trading iron butterflies in Roku...but with a time twist. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Opt...

OPR 281: Trading Volatility With SPX Butterflies Today we will explore trading volatility using butterflies in SPX.  You can find more in The Options Playbook , which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com , or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com , or to the Options Insider at ques...

OPR 280: Lay Down Until The Urge Passes On today's episode, we answer your listener questions about strange calendar strategies, short-term options trading, after-hours options trading and more. Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com.

OPR 279: Going Big Without Going Home in Roku On today's episode, Brian explores a long straddle trade in Roku. However, to offset any volatility fears, he also adds a nearer-term short strangle against his long straddle position - effectively creating a time Iron Butterfly position.    Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode or a strategy that you'd like Brian to examine...

On today's episode, we are answering your listener questions about trade adjustments, new versions of the playbook and the proper way to structure iron condors.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

OPR 277: SPY Collars With A Kicker On today's episode, Brian is joined by Mark Longo to explore different ways to pay for protection in the popular SPY ETF. Are you sitting on gains in your portfolio or are you just concerned about a market downturn? Then this is the episode for you.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at the optionsguy@invest.ally....

On today's episode, we are answering your listener questions about reverse calendars, funky diagonals and much more.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

OPR 275: APPLYING OUR BOEING STRADDLE STRATEGY TO GE Why limit ourselves to Boeing straddles when we can apply that same strategy to other volatile stocks including General Electric? We break down that approach on this episode of Options Playbook Radio. Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at...

OPR 274: Huddling Up About Risk-Free Credit Spreads, Young Trader Education and More On this episode, Brian and Mark huddle up to answer your questions about: QUESTION Erik Norstedt:  Just listened to the OPR 272 episode and had a question. When you say you want to "Do the entire trade at the midpoint for even" - what exactly do you mean? Thanks. QUESTION FROM Welch Kwong: Huge fan of your weekly...

OPR 273: TRADING CATASTROPHE PUTS IN APPLE On this episode, we'll use our Playbook knowledge to protect against a catastrophe in Apple (ticker: AAPL) using puts. You can find more in The Options Playbook , which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com , in on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.a...

OPR 272: HITCHING A BEARISH RIDE ON UBER On this episode, we will expand our playbook with a new strategy  - selling a call spread to pay for an out of the money put in Uber (ticker: UBER). You can call it a bearish risk reversal with a call kicker to protect against extreme upside moves.  You can find more in The Options Playbook , which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com , in on the Amaz...

OPR 271: Your Q's on SPX FLIES, AMZN Ratios, Put Sweet Spots and More It's time for Mark and Brian to answer your burning questions about: SPX Butterflies AMZN Ratio Spreads What is the Sweet Spot When Buying Puts? And Much More... You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is available on www. OptionsPlaybook.com as well as in the Amazon Kindle store. Do you have a question that you want an...