Credit spread volatility is critical to the selection and management of income-producing market positions. Whether using Implied Volatility (IV) or Delta, or both, the investor must consider option volatility, along with other data-driven trade selection criteria, to produce the highest reward/risk ratio trades.
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From time to time, the markets will begin a period of unusually low volatility. When this occurs, it can be more difficult to identify attractive income-generating credit spread trades that …
I’m often asked what stocks, indexes and ETF’s I use for generating my own monthly income credit spread and Iron Condor option trades. The book The Monthly Income Machine spells …
As it should be, the main trade management focus of “The Monthly Income Machine” is on properly handling the occasional position going the wrong way. But we should also consider …
Often, the markets themselves provide the best reminders of why we need to use all of the Monthly Income Machine entry rules when establishing our income-generating credit spreads and iron …
With a quill pen and some parchment paper, Isaac Newton, in a single summer, created calculus AND unraveled much of the mystery of the physical laws that drive the universe. …
Guest Article by Stephen M. Bean, M.A. Owning stock certainly has its “ups and downs” (literally). If you own some, I’m sure you’ve likely noticed. Lee’s white paper entitled “More …
Let’s be clear. Fellow Philadelphian and cheese steak aficionado Jim Cramer may be a great stock picker and market analyst/strategist. But one ingredient SaferTraders will love is missing from his …
Over my 30 years as a broker and investor, I have often heard stock, options, and futures traders (who should know better) and brokers (who REALLY should know better) make …
After 30 years as a stock broker/manager and market educator, I know of no better way to safely generate substantial monthly income (up to 4-8% per month) than through the …
