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Each week we'll highlight a new trading topic, breakdown a case study or interview someone awesome about options. If you're looking for inspiration, motivation, and actionable content during your daily commute, workout, or "me" time, then you've come to the right place. Plus, we take questions directly from the community and cover the latest autotrading updates for the week.

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Show #224
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Aug 8, 2022
Beginner's Guide to Trading Option Spreads
Options spreads are a simple but powerful and flexible strategy for traders. This episode focuses on understanding option spreads and how to trade them in your portfolio.
58:40
Show #223
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Aug 1, 2022
Building a Bot for All Market Conditions: The "Hexabot" Story
What if you could build an automated strategy that navigates all market conditions? The Hexabot evaluates the market trend and proactively adapts to current market conditions. In today’s episode, we introduce you to the Hexabot and share its entire origin story.
2:39:44
Show #222
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Jul 25, 2022
A Holistic View of Option Strike Prices
Strike prices are a critical concept to master if you're going to trade options. You need a holistic understanding of what they are, how they work, and why they are different than break-even prices to successfully and safely trade options.
41:14
Show #221
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Jul 7, 2022
How to Setup & Trade a Synthetic Covered Call Strategy
‍Covered calls are a great way to generate income on your stock positions. Learn why many stock traders start with covered calls and the benefits of using a synthetic covered call strategy.
48:52
Show #220
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Jun 29, 2022
Four "Wicked-Smart" Ways to Use SmartPricing
On this episode, we'll explore four intelligent ways you can leverage SmartPricing in your automations.
26:49
Show #219
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Jun 23, 2022
How to Calculate Break Even Prices for Option Strategies
Follow along step-by-step as we break down break even price calculations for ten popular options strategies.
1:00:27
Show #218
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Jun 15, 2022
How to Survive Bear Markets Trading Options
Bear markets are inevitable and unavoidable. In this episode, we present intelligent ways to prepare for and survive a bear market using options trading.
48:07
Show #217
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May 5, 2022
Shop Talk: Autotrading Expectations, Trading Routine and Consistency, and Market Update
In this week's shop talk, we explore how to manage your autotrading expectations, and share tips for trading routine consistency, and discuss current market news.
37:15
Show #216
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Apr 24, 2022
Shop Talk: Twitter Bid, Oil Volatility, and Strategy Selection
We "talk shop" about the recent news with Elon Musk's Twitter bid, why people are attracted to IPOs, selecting and refining the right strategy, crude oil volatility, habit-forming and changing, and what we have noticed in markets recently.
55:27
Show #215
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Apr 12, 2022
The 15 Trading Psychology Questions to Ask Yourself If You Don't Have a Trading Coach
In this episode, we present a collection of questions to help you dig deep into your psychology and mindset around trading.
34 mins
Show #214
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Mar 16, 2022
Build A Fully Automated Options Portfolio with $3,000 in 1-Click
On this podcast, we introduce a new bot template that you can clone with one click. This bot is perfect for traders with portfolios of around $3,000.
1 hour 19 mins
Show #213
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Mar 1, 2022
What I Learned From NOT Trading Last Year
I did not trade last year. My attention was focused on the launch of the autotrading platform and not on the daily routine of trading. The year away provided many lessons that I want to share with you all in this episode.
28 mins
Show #212
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Feb 25, 2022
How Smart Traders Allocate Capital Efficiently Inside Their Bots
In this show, we'll highlight ways to allocate capital inside your bots and unpack some thought-provoking questions you should consider when building your automated trading strategies.
54 mins
Show #211
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Feb 8, 2022
Iron Butterfly Strategy - 8 Tips Before Your Next Trade
The iron butterfly strategy is popular for traders of all experience levels. This episode explores the basics and provides 8 actionable suggestions you should consider before placing your next trade.
1 hour 1 min
Show #210
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Jan 31, 2022
12 Complex Things That Are Simple To Automate With Bots
Trading doesn't have to be complicated. Before automation, you had to complete countless tasks manually for every position. Now you can automate these repetitive processes with bots. Here are 12 examples of complex things you can automate with bots.
1 hour 3 mins
Show #209
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Jan 18, 2022
The Doors Are Open to Autotrading & The Next Chapter of Option Alpha
In this episode, we share how to get access to our new platform and what comes next on your autotrading journey. We’ll also explore why we built the platform, what it does, and what’s next for Option Alpha.
1 hour 21 mins
Show #208
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Sep 13, 2021
The Importance of Deep Work for Traders
What is "Deep Work?" How can it help your investing and your life? In this episode, we'll discuss the concept's roots and share tips to improve your daily routine.
33 mins
Show #207
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Aug 16, 2021
The Option Alpha "Handbook"
Learn more about the Option Alpha Handbook, a free, non-subjective, digital encyclopedia for everything you want to know about trading.
47 mins
Show #206
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Aug 11, 2021
Trendy Short Put Spread [Bot Talk]
Follow along step-by-step as we build a bot and update automations. Learn how to use the Backtester to identify a strategy and create a bot template with simple, specific decision criteria.
1 hour 26 mins
Show #205
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Aug 2, 2021
Hedging vs. Diversifying
What is hedging? What is diversifying? Are they the same thing? This episode takes a closer look at the pros and cons of each concept, portfolio risk management, and what you really need to know about correlation.
36 mins
Show #204
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Jul 26, 2021
How to Intelligently Use SmartStops
Learn how to intelligently use SmartStops to optimize your trade exits with Option Alpha's proprietary technology that lets you set a profit target and trail the position with a stop loss.
22 mins
Show #203
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Jul 19, 2021
Interview w/ Pete Mulmat - Futures And The Small Exchange
On this episode, Pete Mulmat of the Small Exchange joins the podcast to discuss futures contracts. Learn why Pete is on a mission to make futures more accessible with small, standardized, and simple contracts.
52 mins
Show #202
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Jul 12, 2021
8 Popular Decision Recipes for Automated Trading
Decision recipes are the building blocks of automations. On this episode, we highlight eight popular decision recipes used in the autotrading platform.
34 mins
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