Capital Discussions Round Table

Tony Sizemore, from Option Elements ( http://optionelements.com ), discussed "How I Traded to Lead the Options Tribe Trading Contest." Tony talked about his JAN 2015 trade where he made a profit of more than $80,000 in his personal trading account. Tony discussed his trading philosophy. Download the video at http://capitaldiscussions.com/website-walkthrough

Steven Place, from http://investingwithoptions.com/, discussed "Income Trading Around The Earnings Cycle." presented "Income Trading Around The Earnings Cycle." Steven had an interesting presentation that talked about term structure and how stocks move AFTER earnings announcements. After the presentation, Steven and Jim went into an interesting discussion about volatility and backwardation and contango. Download the video at http://capitaldiscussions.com/website-walkthrough

Round Table with Bill Ghauri. Bill presented his Long and Short trading systems using his automated back testing solution. Bill reviewed the importance of risk and money management in trading and sizing your trades correctly. Download the video at http://capitaldiscussions.com/website-walkthrough

Paul Demers discussed "Weighted Vega." Paul talked about how vega comes out of options in different expiration months at different rates. Trading at-the-money calendars has hidden dangers. Paul never puts at-the-money calendar spreads on. Download the video at http://capitaldiscussions.com/website-walkthrough

Ricardo Saenz De Heredia, from http://optionelements.es/ , discussed "Earnings Plays." Ricardo showed the OptionVue Earnings Tools and how to use them. Jim Graham from OptionVue joined Riardo on the panel. Download the video at http://capitaldiscussions.com/website-walkthrough

Bill Ghauri discussed "What BackTesting Taught Me about Risk/Money Management." Billtalked about the holy grail of trading: risk management. Download the video at http://capitaldiscussions.com/website-walkthrough

Dan Passarelli, from http://markettaker.com/, discussed "How Time Spreads Can Profit From High Volatility with Limited Risk." Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Jim Riggio and Paul Demers discuss Managing by the Greeks. The presentation discussed option greek ratios. Brian Johnson's book has taken the old Delta/Theta and Vega/Theta ratios to the next step by incorporating the volatility of volatility. The author, Brian Johnson, attended and participated in the chat.Paul Demers showed his spreadsheet that he is developing to try to accurately estimate vega in multi-expiration option spreads by using weighted vega Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Himanshu Raval, aka "the Calendar King", discussed "Calendars for Consistent Income." Himanshu reviewed why he likes trading calendar spreads and showed several example trades, including one during a severe market move which ended up profitable. Download the video at http://capitaldiscussions.com/website-walkthrough

Larry Richards, discussed "QuantyCarlo - Automate Your Options Back Testing." Larry talked about how to turn the tedious process of option back testing from days or weeks into minutes. Download the video at http://capitaldiscussions.com/website-walkthrough