The Option Alpha Podcast
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The Option Alpha Podcast
At Option Alpha we are devoted to empowering traders with simple, powerful tools supported by world-class research and education. For far too long the options industry has been fragmented, lagging, and unnecessarily complex. By developing industry-first automation technology, enhancing data and info...
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234: Reboot - The Comeback Tour Starts Now
In this comeback episode, I’ll catch you up on the biggest updates inside Option Alpha, the major shifts in today’s options market (hello, 0DTE), and...
233: Interview with Adam Cohn: Former Market Maker & VP – TradeStation
We're joined by Adam Cohn, Vice President and Head of Trading Operations at TradeStation, an award-winning trading platform known for its comprehensiv...
232: Tips and Tricks for Navigating Options Expiration
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show232
Navigating options expiration is a critical skill for traders, especially with the rise of da...
231: The 10 New Trading Psychology Challenges Emerging from Autotrading
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show231
This week we explore the latest and most pressing challenges emerging for investors who have...
230: An Evolutionary Perspective on Why Autotrading Will Dominate
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show230
This week I explore a deep and philosophical viewpoint into the world of automated trading a...
229: 15 Options Trading Questions from ChatGPT
AI is the hot new buzzword these days, sparked by the release of ChatGPT a few months ago. Since then, it seems everyone has used OpenAI’s software in...
228: Price Recovery Analysis - How Long Does It Take To Get Back To Even?
How long does it take a stock to get back to even after a large daily move down? And does the magnitude impact how long it takes the position to recov...
227: What 20-Years of Moving Average Data Teaches Us About Stock Reversals & Momentum
Stocks have been described as a rubber band, and we often assume they will snap back and revert when prices become overextended.
So, we...
226: Does Adding a "Trend Filter" Improve Directional Option Selling Strategies?
"The trend is your friend." It’s a popular saying amongst traders, and we hear it all the time. But is there validity in the statement?
We backt...
225: 1-Year Review of $3k Monthly Iron Condor Bot
This week we take a look at the performance of the Monthly Iron Condors ($3k Portfolio) bot template. You might recall that we previously did a deep d...
224: Beginner's Guide to Trading Option Spreads
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show224
Option spreads are a simple and flexible, yet powerful strategy for traders. And while spread...
223: Building a Bot for All Market Conditions: The "Hexabot" Story
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show223
What if you could build an automated strategy that navigates all market conditions? And while...
222: A Holistic View of Option Strike Prices
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show222
Option strike prices are an absolutely critical concept to master if you're going to seriousl...
221: How to Setup & Trade A Synthetic Covered Call Strategy
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show221
Starting to trade a covered call strategy is a popular "bridge" for traditional stock traders...
220: Four "Wicked-Smart" Ways to Use SmartPricing
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show220
In today's show, I'll walk through four clever, dare I say "wicked-smart", ways to leverage o...
219: How to Calculate Break Even Prices for Option Strategies
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show219
Calculating break even prices for different option strategies isn't as complicated and overwh...
218: How to Survive Bear Markets Trading Options
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show218
In life there are three things that are certain; death, taxes, and bear markets. For many new...
217: Shop Talk: Autotrading Expectations, Trading Routine and Consistency, and Market Update
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show217
Hey everyone this is Kirk here again from optionalpha.com, working every single week to make...
216: Shop Talk: Twitter Bid, Oil Volatility, and Strategy Selection
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show216
Hey everyone this is Kirk here again from optionalpha.com, working every single week to make...
215: The 15 Trading Psychology Questions to Ask Yourself If You Don't Have a Trading Coach
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show215
On this week's episode, we'll present a collection of questions custom tailored for digging d...
214: Build A Fully Automated Options Portfolio with $3,000 in 1-Click
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show214
New traders with small accounts are constantly on the hunt for option strategies that help th...
213: What I Learned From NOT Trading Last Year
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show213
Last year during the beta launch of the autotrading platform, I decided to take some time off...
212: How Smart Traders Allocate Capital Efficiently Inside Their Bots
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show212
Allocating capital used to be a cumbersome and time-consuming process. Breaking out your calc...
211: Iron Butterfly Strategy - 8 Tips Before Your Next Trade
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show211
The iron butterfly strategy is a popular neutral options strategy. Plus, with their high prob...
210: 12 Complex Things That Are Simple To Automate w/ Bots
Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show210
Sometimes we don't know what we don't know. As a trader, we might have been conditioned after...
209: The Doors Are Open to Autotrading & The Next Chapter of Option Alpha
We are excited to announce that the Option Alpha platform doors are open to the trading public!
This episode explains how you can get access to...
208: The Importance of Deep Work for Traders
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show208
The decades long evolution and growth in easily accessible brokerage platforms have created a...
207: The Option Alpha "Handbook"
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show207
Earlier this year we officially rolled out a massive free resource for traders with our launc...
206: Trendy Short Put Spread [Bot Talk]
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show206
On this week's episode, I wanted to try something new and explore just a single bot template...
205: Hedging vs. Diversifying
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show205
Often the terms hedging and diversifying are used interchangeably by traders. You might hear...
204: How to Intelligently Use SmartStops
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show204
Ever wish you could intelligently use automated technology that tracked and or trailed option...
203: Interview w/ Pete Mulmat - Futures And The Small Exchange
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show203
Futures trading is on the rise and continues to grow in popularity. The trouble has been howe...
202: 8 Popular Decision Recipes for Automated Trading
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show202
Decision recipes use easy to read natural language to help you setup detailed instructions fo...
201: Interview w/ Jason Goepfert of SentimenTrader.com
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show201
This week on the podcast we finally release our much anticipated interview with Jason Goepfer...
200: A Case Study on the Volatility of Bid-Ask Spreads
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show200
Well today we celebrate the 200th episode of the Option Alpha Podcast. First of all, I would...
199: Automated Does Not Mean Unattended
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show199
As automated trading starts going mainstream for retail traders, we wanted to ensure that exp...
198: State of the Union: Same Mission, Better Tools
Show notes: https://optionalpha.com/show198
After a couple of months on pause for the podcast, while we focused on the beta launch of our...
197: Fully Automated Trend Trading w/ Stocks Or Options
Show notes: http://optionalpha.com/show197
There's a lot of research to support the usage of trend indicators as simple risk reduction el...
196: Hedging Short Naked Puts
Show notes: http://optionalpha.com/show196
Trading short naked puts (i.e. put selling or put writing) can be an effective and profitable...
195: Short-Term Performance Of Long-Term Strategies
Show notes: http://optionalpha.com/show195
It's well documented that not only do investors classically chase performance, ultimately yiel...