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What does it mean to be “long gamma” in options trading?

In a very technical sense, a long gamma means that the delta of the trader's position will increase by a certain amount described by gamma for each $1 move in the underlying stock. [click to read more]...

Advanced Intermediate

Co-Founder Blog Options Trading Education

What is your most successful option-trading strategy?

A cop-out answer to this question is any option trading strategy that results in a profit! But here is a more concise answer. [click to read more]...

Intermediate Q&A

What's New

Full Tutorial Video Uploaded

We recently uploaded a comprehensive walkthrough video to get you up to speed quickly and building your own custom, automated options trading strategies in no time! Click the video tutorial link...

Options Trading Education

How to Use Credit Spreads to Control Your Trading Risk

Using credit spreads is a great way to define the risk for an options trade. You can sleep better at night knowing firmly the maximum loss on the trade....

Trade Frequency Trade Management

Options Trading Education

Why implement a risk reversal strategy with options?

A Risk Reversal is a great setup to get synthetically long stock. We take a look at a few advantages and considerations:...

Intermediate Q&A

What's New

Application Updated – Couple Bugs Squashed

Thank you beta testers. We were able to clear a few bugs identified by our users. If you recently got an error when building up a strategy, you should now be in the clear....