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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 #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
Show #201
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Jul 5, 2021
Interview w/ Jason Goepfert of SentimenTrader.com
In this interview, Jason Goepfert discusses investor psychology, managing risk exposure, and whether market sentiment analysis actually works.
46 mins
Show #200
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Jul 1, 2021
A Case Study on the Volatility of Bid-Ask Spreads
On this episode, we do a deep dive into the volatility of bid-ask spreads with four case studies, and discuss how you can use automation to address pricing anomalies.
34 mins
Show #199
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Jun 14, 2021
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.
46 mins
Show #198
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Jun 7, 2021
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.
1 hour 8 mins
Show #197
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Oct 22, 2020
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.
1 hour 5 mins
Show #196
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Oct 19, 2020
Hedging Short Naked Puts
This show is dedicated to helping you understand all the different ways you can hedge a short naked put.
44 mins
Show #195
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Oct 15, 2020
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.
1 hour 6 mins
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