OptionGig

OptionGig

By Vivek SomaniBusinessInvesting
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OptionGig episodes

  • 050-Buying Option Can Lead To Huge Losses. I'll Show How

    Retail option traders, mostly new traders are told to buy options because the risk is limited.

    You cannot lose more than what you paid for the premium - this is the line often told to a new trader

    In this episode I will share some scenarios in which a trader can lose a lot more money when buying a put option or a call option

    I will also discuss how to avoid this scenario


    Hope you'll enjoy this episode. 

    15 min
  • 048-How To Prepare Portfolio For Holiday Season

    With holiday season kicking off with Thanksgiving Week, today's episode is a vacation checklist for options traders. 

    This is something that you can use to button up your portfolio before going off the grid to enjoy time with friends and families. This will also make sure you don’t get any surprises when you turn your computer back on after a few days of market activity.



    29 min
  • 047-Put Call Ratio and its use in decision making

    Many new option traders ask me the importance of the Put / Call ratio and how can they use it in making decisions on an option trade. I will address this question in this episode.

    Then I will discuss the option trades from previous episode and a new trade from this week.

    25 min
  • 046-Election-proofing the Portfolio and Review of Option Trades
    With upcoming elections in US, the question I get the most from our community members is : " How we do protect our portfolio from volatility of elections ?"
    I will share my thoughts on why the traditional diversification of portfolio may not work and what choices we have as an option traders.
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    19 min
  • 045-Market Maker Move, the magic number & Option Trades Review

    In this episode I will dig into Market Maker Move (MMM), the number that you sometimes see it on the Thinkorswim platform and then you don't see it. If you wondered what that piece of information is and how you can use it for trading, this episode will clarify it all

    To join the weekly webinar referenced in this episode : https://www.meetup.com/Part-time-Options-Traders-Meetup-Group/

    To view the webinar recordings offline, register at www.optiongig.com and then select "Weekly Webinar" from "Members" menu

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    20 min
  • 044-Top 3 Reasons That Keep Retail Investors Away From Options

    Every week I get to interact with lot of retail investors through webinar. When I enquire about their journey in options, I get to hear multiple reasons of why they have not yet started in options. In this episode I will talk through the top 3 reasons and explain why those reasons are just excuses. 

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    15 min
  • 042-Expensive lessons from "Zero Risk" Trade

    Many a times we come across a trade that looks to be "zero risk" on paper. Recently a trade in Nikola motors (NKLA) was talk of the town for this reason. The trade seemed to be zero-risk. I will share the story of how that trade turned to be nightmare for some traders and what can we learn from this

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    13 min
  • 041-Use This Checklist Before You Confirm Your Trade
    Trade Opening is the most important step for option premium sellers, yet not much has been talked about it.  
    Most of the folks focus on less important things - Strike price, Expiration Period, Option Strategy and no wonder, ends up blowing their account. There are other things that are more important and I cover the entire checklist in this episode.  
    If you are beginner option trader, then you must watch this before putting your first trade. Make this your muscle memory to be profitable in options trading. If you're an experienced option trader, this will serve as a refresher.
    If you have any questions, please write it in comments or email it to [email protected].   Find more videos and education content at www.optiongig.com - all for FREE !!
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    30 min

About OptionGig

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OptionGig podcast is hosted by Vivek , who is an option trader by passion and a full time manager in software industry by profession.