From OP Contributor - Jiayu Chiu
I have noted that expiration week is the most bullish week in a month. For the past 2 years, there is high percentage of SPX close on high in the expiration week in a month. Let see this month of statistics on how the SPX close :
Feb [...]

I mentioned in my past posts about the expiration day opportunities that can be categorized into two types i.e. Directional and Non-directional trades
I am going to cover non-directional part with respect to pinning of stocks. For the beginners who are wondering what is pinning, it simply means, the tendency of stock’s price to close near the [...]

Here is the strategy screener I was referring to in my earlier post. This screener is an essential part of the OptionPundit’s Toolbox and I encourage beginners to use it to have an understanding of different option trading strategies before diving into option trading world beyond straight calls and puts.
This screener from option industry [...]

Today I shall be mentioning about a basic option strategy screener and position simulator that helps understand some of the basic strategies. This is very interactive and educates one in a very easy way. The tool also has a position simulator and you can place the legs/spreads in whatever way (of course not too advance) [...]

Let’s talk about standard deviation that is a basis for some of the my income trades that I play for my personal portfolio.

Let’s first understand what is a standard deviation, also referred to as “sigma”?Standard deviation is the most common measure of statistical dispersion, measuring how widely spread the values in a data set are. If the [...]