I had a long chat with a user who’s been trading as a primary means of income for over a decade. I was deeply impressed to watch how this individual followed the recipe we lay out in The Moontower Mission Plan while incorporating their own spice. How they combine
A little experiment — talking into a camera instead of writing. The topic… “the most underappreciated aspect of trading” A rough script The Most Underappreciated Aspect of Trading In the world of trading and investing, there’s a lot of talk about modeling and methods and all kinds of geekery. This
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a topic that takes a long time to grok
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the thinking, experience, and pst-mortem of an oil option trade
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One of our pro subs sent us a note this weekend: Subscriber update: I’ve had a really successful first month with my moontower built trades. I’ve just been buying cheap vol verticals and diagonals, time spreads and selling expensive credit spreads, fine-tuning with the skew screen, playing the
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A follow up on derivative "income" ETFs
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A follow up to JEPI competitors
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on the popular wave of option etfs
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stopping time problems
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honest attribution
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Learning about commodity futures
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a rebalance trade idea for my portfolio
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This post starts with a response to a reader question but leads to a deeper question
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How realized volatility depends on sampling frequency
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daily delta hedging explained
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Exploring a GLD vol short
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Plus some realized vol trickery
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understanding how your home equity changes when mortgage rates spike