An interview-style talk show highlighting calculated market risk, trading technology, structural shifts in options regulation, and dynamic conversations with financial trailblazers.
An interview-style talk show highlighting calculated market risk, trading technology, structural shifts in options regulation, and dynamic conversations with financial trailblazers.
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.
The Lux Factor Ep. 02 | The 6 Invisible Risks Quietly Blowing Up Retail Options Portfolios — Rafa Romero, Portfolio Shield
Rafa Romero of Patrimonia OS built Portfolio Shield to give retail options traders the same risk desk intelligence institutional desks have always had. He and Lex walk through the six hidden risks silently damaging retail portfolios — from correlation collapse to vega drift — before a single bad trade ever happens.
The Lux Factor Ep. 01 | From SEC Lawyer to Rock Novelist — Howard Kramer on Bold Moves & Market Risk
Howard Kramer spent 30 years at the SEC — including as Deputy Director of Market Regulation — before writing his debut novel. He joins Lex to discuss the enforcement shift under Atkins, PDT rule changes, AI's impact on markets, prediction contracts, and the framework that separates bold risk from reckless risk.
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.
Trade Pulse Ep. 66 | Trading Insights Powered by Order Flow
Jim Batchelder demos Trade Pulse's Top Flows feature, ranking the 30 stocks showing the most sustained institutional and retail buying pressure in real time, with Meta as this session's standout example.
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Lex rocks!