Hey traders! I’m so glad so many of you were able to join me at yesterday’s session after market close in our Simpler Trading Free Trading Room! I always enjoy after-market sessions, where I’m able to slow it down and cover a timely topic in detail. Yesterday, the topic of the hour was ‘Best Options Trading Opportunities Throughout Earnings Season,’ because we are entering the Hot Zone on some of the market’s most important and market-moving tickers right now! These … Read more

  Traders and investors should always be looking for seasonal opportunities in the stock market. One of the easiest to identify seasonal opportunities is earnings season. Why? The timing is pretty much indisputable. While other seasonal trades such as, ‘sell in May, and go away,’ and the January effect is based on the calendar as well, we don’t have the same benefit that we do with earnings dates, in which the catalyst is narrowed down to an exact date and … Read more

Directional Trading Using Options Here at Simpler Trading, we trade options primarily in a directional manner. To do so, we use strategies such as calls, puts, and debit spreads. Still, each strategy has specific reasons why you chose one over the other, plus specific advantages and disadvantages. Most traders get into the options market using calls or puts, but during this video, I will demonstrate why it’s more beneficial for options traders to learn multi-leg strategies called debit spreads. Learning … Read more

Inflation is Embedded in the Economy I’m not buying that inflation is coming down in any meaningful way. Just in the last week, I got notifications from my accountant, my storage unit, and also trash pick-up that they are all substantially increasing prices. While gasoline prices may have come down after that June peak, inflation has become ingrained and I think businesses and services are at the point where they know they have to raise prices (or that they can … Read more

After the last 3 weeks of downward price action, the indexes are finally experiencing a bounce. But, bulls shouldn’t get too excited just yet, as bounces like these often occur at key inflection points. Just because the market has bounced for two days in a row, doesn’t mean bulls should get excited about more upside here. Let me tell you why… Generally, the indexes are going to bounce after a big move lower when the following items occur at the … Read more