Kirk Du Plessis

Kirk Du Plessis is a founder of Option Alpha, a company devoted to empowering retail options traders with simple, powerful tools supported by world-class research and education for retail options traders. Option Alpha was named to Inc. 500's list of fastest-growing companies consecutively in 2018 at position #215 and 209 at position #723. Recently, Option Alpha traders crossed more than $1.75 billion in live option trades placed through its platform. Kirk holds a degree in Finance from the University of Virginia's (UVA) McIntire School of Commerce and has worked in various financial and investment analyst positions.

BS in Finance, University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce

• 2018 Inc 500 (#215)
• 2019 Inc 5000 (#723)
• Nasdaq
• Tradier Options Summit in Partnership with CBOE
• Chat With Traders
• Investor's Business Daily
• Benzinga
• The Investors Podcast
• Macro-Ops
• SeekingAlpha
• Smith Weekly Research
• Top Dog Trading
• Investor In The Family
• Wealth Heiress
• Top 25 Traders
• Zacks Investment Research
• Desire to Trade
• 20 Best Investing Podcasts
• How to Trade Stocks and Options
• The Disciplined Investor‍
• Rhodes to Wealth
• Yahoo Finance
• Benzinga Fintech Awards
• TradeStation
• The Outlier Podcast
• Sigma Summit 2024

• Options
• Technical analysis‍
• Fundamental Analysis
• Understanding company financials
• Economic indicators and their impact on stocks
• Technical Analysis
• Candlestick pattern analysis
• Options fundamentals (calls, puts, writing options, etc.)
• Options pricing models (Black-Scholes model, etc.)
• Option strategies (spreads, straddles, condors, etc.)
• Greeks in options trading (Delta, Theta, Gamma, Vega)
• Risk management in options
• Expiration cycles and assignment risk
• Automated Trading
• Algorithmic trading strategies
• Building trading bots
• Backtesting strategies
• Market order types (limit orders, stop orders, etc.)
• Bull and bear markets strategies
• Understanding stock splits, dividends, and buybacks
• Diversification strategies
• Asset allocation models
• Rebalancing techniques
• Risk-return optimization
• Psychology of Trading
• Overcoming cognitive biases (confirmation bias, overconfidence, etc.)
• Hedging strategies
• Leverage and margin requirements
• Trading Platforms & Tools
• Order execution and slippage
• Data feeds and market access