Feb 7, 2023 | Free Access, Learn Options Trading
Successful options trading requires an accurate sense of where the market is going both in the short term and over the long haul. A good example was at the start of the Covid pandemic when many believed that the new “flu” was not going to have any significant effect...
Jan 27, 2023 | Free Access, Learn Options Trading
The Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates for over a year. The markets have taken a big hit. As inflation comes down a bit we hear the occasional wishful thinking that the Fed will achieve a “soft landing.” In other words they will cure inflation without...
Jan 12, 2023 | Free Access, Learn Options Trading
At the times when the Federal Reserve is raising or lowering interest rates, they are the major driver of the market. Fed actions can raise or lower stock prices depending on what they are doing to interest rates. Options traders can benefit from movements either up...
Dec 31, 2022 | Free Access, Learn Options Trading
It was a bad year for the stock market but, more specifically, it was a bad year for the market in general and a terrible year for the sorts of growth stocks that had prospered for a decade. Meanwhile, traditional “value stocks” did just fine, thank you very much....
Dec 17, 2022 | Free Access, Learn Options Trading
It has been a tough year for the stock market. Meanwhile, we have done pretty well here at Top Gun Options. As we often say, you need to trade the market that you have and not the market that you want. So, by taking sniper shots or riding trends we potentially print...
Dec 6, 2022 | Free Access, Learn Options Trading
Energy markets have been in a state of flux ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU, USA, and others imposed sanctions on Russia, and countries like India have helped Russia get around sanctions by purchasing oil at a discount. Western sanctions on Russia were...