Jan 28, 2023 | Free Access, Option Trading Strategies
After the Financial Crisis persistently low interest rates helped drive the stock market higher and higher. Low rates are generally good for business so that provides some of the reason. The other reason was that there was no other way to make money with bonds paying... 
Jan 14, 2023 | Free Access, Option Trading Strategies
Here we are with another Congress, another President, and another looming US debt ceiling crisis. The US has had to up its debt ceiling dozens of times over the years. The USA has not had a budget surplus since 2001 so we are always borrowing to pay the bills. About... 
Jan 3, 2023 | Free Access, Option Trading Strategies
Here at Top Gun Options we commonly place trades that profit from price action at the start of the day. The market seems to start with one idea and then changes its mind after the first half hour to an hour or two. It is a useful and profitable skill to be able to... 
Dec 20, 2022 | Free Access, Option Trading Strategies
What goes around, comes around, so it would seem in regard to China and Covid. At Top Gun Options we routinely talk about the DRINCs. DRINC is our acronym for Democrats, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China. Although the world contains lots of actors who can affect... 
Dec 8, 2022 | Free Access, Option Trading Strategies
Three White Soldiers You will not be trading stocks, options, futures, currencies or even cryptocurrencies very long before you hear about Japanese Candlesticks. What are Japanese Candlesticks and, for that matter, what do they have to do with trading options? As the... 
Nov 26, 2022 | Free Access, Option Trading Strategies
Over the long-term investing in stocks can be profitable. But stock investing can be risky over the short term due to market fluctuations and over the long term when an investor does not have a strategy for hedging risk. Options provide both leverage for trading... 