Billy Williams
How to Choose Sector and Direction for Option Spread Trading
After listing a few basic analytical tools you need to analyze the markets in a recent article, this write-up will focus on how to pick the sector and the market direction that will yield maximum profit with minimal risk exposure. Choosing the Sector First Analyzing the entire market to find the security with the best […]
4 Basic Analysis Tools Aid Option Spread Trading
To maximize profits from option spread trading, analytical tools can help to identify the best security to use and the best timing to execute the trade. Learning to use these tools will help us maximize our profit and minimize our risk. Today’s traders have almost too many tools at their disposal and they include some […]
Option Spread Trading in Trend Following and Non-Trending Markets
While a previous article in my option spread trading series explained how to use basic technical analysis indicators to identify market trends, this write-up will cover trend following and trading in non-trending markets. Each strategy has its pluses and minuses. The brief descriptions below will help to explain each strategy’s strengths and weaknesses. Trend Following […]
How to Use Market Trends for Successful Options Spread Trading
In a recent article, I provided a basic overview of technical indicators. I will continue here with a more detailed explanation of moving averages and how to use them to identify trends, as well as spot trend reversals, trend tops and trend bottoms. Technical Indicators Moving averages (MA), momentum indicators (MI) and relative strength indicators […]
Use Technical Analysis to Determine Your Best Option Spread Trading Strategy
After offering investing basics in earlier articles about option trading in a series of 29 option spread strategies you need to know, this article will focus on how to determine whether to approach trades from a bullish, bearish or neutral perspective and which strategy to use. Without going into too many details about technical analysis, […]
29 Option Spread Strategies You Need to Know (Part 8)
This is the eighth and final article in a series about option spread strategies that build upon the previous write-up. If you missed any previous articles, you can start at the beginning or pick the ones you missed from the list. Each article in the series is designed to describe option spread combination trades that are intended to […]