Simpler Setups: How to Trade the Squeeze

Going Back to Basics…or Starting There!

Being a trader that works on identifying directional moves means that you absolutely need to have a specific method that you use to determine if or when a directional move could happen. Now, obviously, nothing is 100% or I’d be living on my dream private island in Belize! But, just because it’ll never be 100% doesn’t mean you shouldn’t work to improve your edge every chance you get.

The baseline of that edge has to be a setup. A setup is a signal that has been tried and tested, and you know it works more often than not, within a certain set of circumstances.

Here at Simpler, that setup is the Squeeze. I jumped into the Free Trading Room last week to run through a special session on Options 101: Trading the Squeeze.

Check out the video breakdown below:

 

Want to learn more about Simpler Strategies? Join us in our Free Trading Room where we cover topics like this, and more! Friday, September 16th I’ll be covering Part II of this video, which will go over the top options strategies we use at Simpler Trading, including calls, puts, spreads, and butterflies.

Want access to our free room? Click here to sign up! You can also follow me on Twitter for more information and education.

 

 

 

 

Up Next...

Investing in Amazon

During market pullbacks, I like to add to my long-term stock accounts. One of the tickers I’ve been adding more of lately is Amazon (AMZN). Why Amazon? The long-term goal of the stock portfolio is to accumulate enough shares to create an income stream via selling covered calls and creating wealth from the shares themselves. … Read more

Read More

Costco to $1,000?

Relative Strength in Consumer Staples Tech darlings remain weak, as is typical for September seasonality, which causes me to search for relative strength elsewhere. Consumer staples are at all-time highs, as relative strength in this space continues to be strong. Of course, I don’t want to buy something already at high, but I want to … Read more

Read More

Welcome to September

September is here, and its entrance is dashing hopes that September seasonality came early. As of this writing, the Nasdaq futures are down 2.25%, and the S&P is down 1.37%. What’s interesting about the summer pullback is that semiconductor and technology stocks led it lower. This is critical to mention because these are typically the … Read more

Read More

Subscribe Today!

Want my up-to-date analysis, setups, top trading tips, and more? Be a Five Star trader, and join my free newsletter today!

Sign Up Now
all-as-seen-on-logos