F Cubed: Fitness, Finance, and Faith

Is the Short Put the BEST Options Strategy? 

How does it stack up against the Short Strangle?

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So with ES up almost 200, NQ up 700, and the Dow up over 1,000 from the light CPI print this am, now what do we do?

Here are three things you might want to consider doing as a permabull to take some risk off the table moving forward.

So how to make money selling options?   

This is the question that everyone wants to know, or at least everyone who wants to know how do options work in trading. As very much a selling options for beginners video, or even a primer to selling options explained, this video is a good start to answering that question.  

This video was brought to you by F Cubed with your host Dr. Jim Schultz (who also hosts From Theory to Practice on tastytrade as Dr. Jim)

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Extrinsic Value - what a fascinating metric. 

Multi-layered and multi-dimensional, Extrinsic Value does so much to help option sellers.

In this episode, we share a few thoughts around its ability to measure the aggregate time decay in your portfolio, as well as the additional buffer it provides to your position.

Do you ever feel like you're ill-equipped to share the Gospel?

Do you ever feel unprepared to shine Christ's light onto the world around you?

Don't be.

God doesn't call the equipped - He equips the called.

Do you love your training?

I mean like LOVE your training.

Does it get you excited to get to the gym or slurp down a protein shake?

If not, you're doing yourself a disservice, and you're making the process harder than it needs to be - needlessly so.

One of the key building blocks to all of options is Option Moneyness.  

Whether you’re looking at purely in-the-money and out-of-the-money options, or you’re focusing exclusively on out-of-the-money calls and out-of-the-money puts, if you don’t have a clear understanding of the differences between ITM, ATM, and OTM options, it will be difficult to get comfortable with more sophisticated strategies.  

This podcast was brought to you by F Cubed with your host Dr. Jim Schultz (who also hosts From Theory to Practice on tastytrade as Dr. Jim)

New to shorting an option? There are 2 key advantages to short premium that long premium (or long options) don't have: time and volatility.  

So when it comes to selling options vs buying options, and just short options trading in general, it's important to see how these two metrics are on your side as an option seller.  

This video was brought to you by F Cubed with your host Dr. Jim Schultz (who also hosts From Theory to Practice on tastytrade as Dr. Jim)

Should you play the stock market up or down? Should you bank on a bullish or bearish market?  

Important questions that you have to answer when trying to decide if you're going to be long or short stocks. In this video, we lay out the bullish stock market case, and the bearish stock market case - focusing specifically on positive drift over time vs hedging a short premium portfolio.  

This video was brought to you by F Cubed with your host Dr. Jim Schultz (who also hosts From Theory to Practice on tastytrade as Dr. Jim)