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If you're looking for inspiration, motivation, and actioanble content during your daily commute, workout, or "me" time, then you've come to the right place. Each week we'll highlight a new trading topic, breakdown a case study or interview someone awesome about options.

Plus, we take questions directly from the community and cover the latest autotrading updates for the week. If you've already listened to our show and found our podcast insanely helpful, please help spread the word by leaving us an honest rating and review. As always, let us know how we can improve or enhance the show to help you better.
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Show #199
46 mins
Automated Does Not Mean Unattended
On this episode, we talk about the future of automated trading, if automated trading provides an edge, and the possible downsides of automated trading that you should carefully consider.
Jun 14, 2021
Show #198
1 hour 8 mins
State of the Union: Same Mission, Better Tools
On this week's show, we'll do a mini "State of the Union" on what we've been up to, what's new, and what you can expect moving forward.
Jun 7, 2021
Show #197
1 hour 5 mins
Fully Automated Trend Trading w/ Stocks or Options
This podcast walks through the two macro trend bots we built to demonstrate how you can start leveraging the new automation tools at Option Alpha to trade either stocks or options in a trend.
Oct 22, 2020
Show #196
44 mins
Hedging Short Naked Puts
This show is dedicated to helping you understand all the different ways you can hedge a short naked put.
Oct 19, 2020
Show #195
1 hour 6 mins
Short-Term Performance of Long-Term Strategies
It’s well documented that investors not only chase performance, ultimately yielding sub-par performance in pursuit, but they also do not have enough patience to stick with strategies long enough. My hope is that it ends today. You should objectively look at strategies for what their expected outcome range is, not what it’s done recently.
Oct 15, 2020
Show #194
46 mins
Interview with Cameron Skinner
In today’s show I welcome back Cameron Skinner to learn more about his strategy when trading options.
Oct 13, 2020
Show #193
46 mins
An Automated Way to Start VIX Hedging
In this episode I walk through just one type of strategy that I think is the tip of the iceberg for situational trading and hedging bots. This example automates hedging using the VIX.
Oct 9, 2020
Show #192
50 mins
Deep Dive into Options Assignment & Exercising
In this show, we will go through 18 questions to help you prepare for the inevitable moment of options exercise and assignment.
Oct 6, 2020
Show #191
59 mins
The 13 Investor Biases that Ruin Your Performance
This podcast is geared specifically at exposing 13 classic and detrimental investor biases that ruin performance. Any of these sound familiar?
Sep 29, 2020
Show #190
41 mins
A Zillion Ways You Can Save Money to Invest
I’m going to help you break down the zillion ways you can save money to invest in core concepts that I have used my own life to save money at an incredible pace.
Sep 15, 2020
Show #189
1 hour 5 mins
We’re Launching the 1st Automated Trading Platform for Options
In this episode we answer some common questions about the new autotrading platform. We’re also going to go through some of the features you will love about it.
Sep 6, 2020
Show #188
1 hour 17 mins
Options Trading Taxes for All Traders
When it comes to trading, tax concepts and terminology can get complicated fast. Our goal in this episode is to help educate and explain trading taxes for all traders so that it’s useful to you moving forward.
Aug 10, 2020
Show #187
34 mins
15 Options Expiration Questions Answered
We answer 15 of the most popular options expiration questions to help you understand and effectively navigate options expiration.
Aug 3, 2020
Show #186
29 mins
Vacation Checklist for Option Traders
This is a vacation checklist for options traders to use before going off the grid so you don’t have any surprises when you turn your computer back on after a few days of market activity.
Jul 27, 2020
Show #185
51 mins
How to Execute and Fill Options Trades
This show is dedicated to executing and filling options trades.
Jul 20, 2020
Show #184
51 mins
Adjustments Followed by Assignment [FXI Case Study]
This episode is a case study of a recent FXI position in which we were assigned stock. I'll walk through the entire position from start to finish, including all the profit and loss calculations with adjustments and early assignment.
Jul 13, 2020
Show #183
40 mins
The Predictive Power of Investor Sentiment
We explore investor sentiment from all angles and help discover which readings, if any, give predictive power to future stock market returns or trends.
Jul 6, 2020
Show #182
48 mins
Trading Psychology & Emotional Intelligence for Options Traders
This trading psychology podcast was curated to help you learn how to more effectively recognize and manage the dozens of emotional and cognitive responses you’ll encounter in your trading career.
Jun 29, 2020
Show #181
58 mins
Correlation Research Suggests Diversification Fails when You Need It Most
This podcast episode helps to explain why diversification fails when multiple securities autocorrelate during market drawdowns.
Jun 18, 2020
Show #180
35 mins
The Best Covered Call Management Techniques
This podcast episode features the best covered call management techniques for stock and options traders.
May 20, 2020
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Short-Term Performance of Long-Term Strategies
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The Misbehavior of Markets – Exclusive Interview w/ Co-Author Richard Hudson
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Interview w/ Kevin Davitt – Former Market Maker & CBOE Senior Instructor
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How to Build an Options Portfolio with Just $3,000
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