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Fundamental Fridays Ep. 25 —#MU Bull Call Spread
Micron crushed earnings, but at roughly $1,000 a share, owning 100 shares is out of reach for most traders. Brian Overby shows how a long call spread gets you a collar-like position for about 1.7% of the stock price, with almost no time value to pay.
Market WineDown Ep. 19 | Anthropic’s $2 Trillion IPO, Its ‘Catastrophic Risk’ Disclosure & How Short Selling Works
In Episode 19, Anthropic’s leaked S1 filing points to a roughly $2 trillion IPO valuation — while warning investors its own AI poses ‘catastrophic or existential risks to humanity.’ Lex and Mark unpack the doomerism debate, then break down hard-to-borrow stock and short selling mechanics using Anthropic’s tight IPO float as the hook.
Ep87 – What’s the Best Market for Trading the Wheel? (You’ll Be Surprised!)
Market Taker Mentoring provides options trading education and training for traders of all experience levels worldwide.
ORATS – Driven By Data Ep. 151 — Reading Large Option Trades With Time & Sales
Tyler and Matt tour the ORATS Time & Sales tab, which groups raw option prints into named strategies with edge versus mid and theoretical value. They find an $11M PSKY put trade in the Largest Trades view, ask Otto for context, and show the new Time & Sales API.
Power Hour 9.28.26 | Goodbye, Pattern Day Trader Rule!
Rob reviews a $4,400 week in Power Option Plays, teaches a candle-by-candle 'who's in control' read on the S&P 500, explains why you should filter by option price instead of stock price, and lays out how to trade a new reality of rising interest rates.
The Lux Factor Ep. 03 | The Smart Option Seller: Lee Lowell on Why Put Selling Beats Buying Every Time — Lee Lowell, Smart Option Seller
Lex sits down with former NYMEX floor trader Lee Lowell of Smart Option Seller to break down why selling puts beats buying options — and the simple rules behind it: strikes 20% below the stock, about 60 days to expiration, an 80% profit-taking rule, and smart rolling.
Ep86 – Tracking Option Wheel Trade Results
Market Taker Mentoring provides options trading education and training for traders of all experience levels worldwide.
Options Playbook Ep. 471 | Exploring #COST
Ahead of Costco's earnings report, Brian Overby builds a skip-strike butterfly designed to bring in a net credit either way it resolves, then details an open-wing butterfly getting long oil through USO after a pullback.
Options Playbook Ep. 470 | Exploring #SPX
Brian Overby reviews a long VIX position ahead of a light earnings week, then builds a Micron bull put spread two ways — a tight 10-point version and a wider 20-point skip-strike-butterfly alternative — around a fresh chart breakout.