Market Wine Down is designed to help traders unwind after the bell while making sense of the markets “without the noise.”
Market Wine Down is designed to help traders unwind after the bell while making sense of the markets “without the noise.”
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Market WineDown Ep. 3 | Picking Direction, Unusual Activity & Retail vs. Pro
Does retail unusual options activity actually predict moves? Lex and Mark debate the merits and limits of following unusual flow, how they approach directional decisions, and what separates retail pattern-matching from professional position-sizing.
Market WineDown Ep. 6 | Zero-DTE with Logan Lajiness & Section 1256 Tax Strategy
Guest Logan Lajiness joins to explain his zero-DTE SPX spread strategy — delta selection, exit logic, and the 60/40 Section 1256 tax treatment that makes index options uniquely tax-efficient. Plus: what a 50% annual benchmark actually means.
Market WineDown Ep. 5 | Market Maker Misconceptions & Dealer Positioning Overrated
GEX, dealer gamma, and market maker positioning have become retail obsessions. Lex and Mark push back: dealer positioning is one input among many, frequently overrated by retail traders looking for a mechanical edge that doesn't exist.
Market WineDown Ep. 4 | Positive Vol-Spot Correlation & the Avis Budget Squeeze
Positive vol-spot correlation — when stocks rise and vol rises with them — signals something unusual. Lex and Mark unpack the mechanics using Avis Budget (CAR) as a live example of a short squeeze playing out in real time.
Market WineDown Ep. 7 | Live from St. Barts: DRC Wine Cellar & PDT Rule Change Day
Lex broadcasts from Gustavia harbor in St. Barts on Day One of the PDT rule change. The episode covers the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti wine cellar at Eden Rock hotel and what retail access means for zero-DTE strategies going forward.
Market WineDown Ep. 2 | VIX Hits 36, TACO Pays & Skew Explained
The TACO trade from Ep 1 paid off as VIX spiked to 36. Lex and Mark walk through what happened, explain options skew in plain language, and discuss how experienced traders think about vol events differently from the crowd.
Host of The Brew
Lex is the SVP of Sales and Business Development for Tradier, Inc., and also oversees the continued development and enhancements of the TradeHawk platform. He hosts a regular YouTube broadcast called OptionsBrewTV by Tradier. This show spotlights educators, mentors, and industry leaders in an effort to offer exciting, educational content to the Tradier trading community.
Options Playbook Ep. 454 | Exploring Visa and PayPal: Payments Sector Butterflies
The window closes with two payments names — Visa and PayPal. Brian compares the very different implied vol profiles of an established payment network versus a company in active strategic transition, showing how the butterfly adapts to each situation.
Trade Pulse Ep. 57 | Late July Scan: Using Order Flow to Navigate a Volatile Market
The broad market is selling off on earnings disappointments, and Jim uses the session to show how Trade Pulse's real-time data helps identify which stocks have institutional support versus which are being aggressively sold. A practical episode for using order flow to stay on the right side of a volatile tape.
Trading Live With Bubba Ep. 322 | Markets Get Hammered: Covering Shorts, Google Put Spreads, and the Bounce Setup
Market selloff continues but Bubba covers his MNQ short and flips to post-earnings put spread entries in GOOGL (315/310 for $2) and TSLA (320/317.50 for $1.05). USO 141/142 call spread for 45 cents also executed.
The Brew Ep. 487 | Jul 23 2026 — Trader’s Workshop: Reddit Viewer Mail & Tesla Earnings
Reddit viewer questions answered in full, then a complete Tesla earnings breakdown — implied vs. historical move analysis and the specific options structures the Trader's Workshop team is actually considering ahead of the announcement.
Traders Edge Ep. 143 | May 6, 2026 — Market Breadth And What That Means For The Next Move In Stocks
Mike Arnold of Path Trading Partners shows the McClellan Summation Index is below its March lows even as prices recover — a dangerous breadth divergence. The Nasdaq is 14.78% above its weekly 50 EMA: historically a zone where you stop adding, not chasing.
Tradier Rundown Ep. 133 | May 7, 2026 — Why Gold’s Pullback Could Be A Strategic Entry Point
Jim sold 30% of his gold position near January's all-time highs. Now, with geopolitical conflict driving country-level gold selling and short-term pressure on prices, Jim and Bob explain why the fundamental thesis — inflation the Fed can't fight — remains intact.
The Option Alpha Show With Kirk Ep. 34 | May 20, 2026 — Automate Strategies With 0DTE Option Backtesting
Kirk demos the rebuilt Option Alpha 0DTE backtester with minute-level SPX data — building a live short put spread test, reading the equity curve, and converting the backtest directly into an automated live strategy via Tradier.
ORATS – Driven By Data Ep. 130 | May 5, 2026 — Using The New ORATS CLI To Analyze Data With AI
ORATS unveils its new command line interface for AI agent integration. Tyler demos the ORATS CLI with Claude, showing how to query live options data, scan for trades, and build AI-powered research workflows directly from the terminal.
Trading Zone Ep. 102 | May 4, 2026 — NVDA Options, Bitcoin Crash, And The Yen Reversal
Joe unpacks NVDA options strategy in a volatile AI market, the anatomy of the Bitcoin crash, and why the Japanese yen carry trade reversal is rippling through US equities and tech stocks.