Options Trading MYSTERY: How to Choose Your Strike Price 🔍
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2022
- Struggling to pick the right strike price for your options trades? Look no further! In this video, expert trader, The Financial Minutes, reveals his secret method for choosing strike prices to maximize profits. You'll learn how to balance risk and reward, leverage delta to your advantage, and capitalize on hidden opportunities with in the money vs out of the money options.
This video is packed with actionable insights for both beginners and experienced options traders.
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Bro why u gotta cuss? I unsubscribed
@@daynajackson895 Shit I lost a sub
Who else thinks trading is not as easy as it seems watching UA-cam videos?😌
Watching videos gives you the information, using the info and actually trading is what makes you a better trader
What do you mean? Trading is super easy. Trading profitably on the other hand...
You have to know why the markets move the way they do. People don't understand that one simple thing and it makes trading SPY options a big guess for most. How do people keep hitting profitable trades? How do they know which direction it's going to go over the next few mos? Simple. ... Compare the Central Banks Aggregate liquidity vs the SPY Index. Spy follows the aggregates liquidity and that is a fact proven since the beginning of time(SPY)... It's that simple.. Now go make your money's 😂. Lastly... TAKE PROFITS! Don't be greedy. Take your profits and stop giving them back. I had to learn the hard way my first few years trading. GL to ALL LFG GOOGLE Options for Jan 2024 get them now!
The fact he made this comment shows he’s not going to that next’s level make room for the dogs
Yeah the basics of trading sounds easy. But low sell high… sounds sooooo east haha
THANKS FOR SPEAK SLOWLY AND CLEARLY
Thanks for clearly explaining strike prices, i was a bit confused before this video
i still am
So, would I be for example, watching my charts as I would in trading stock, following market structure, price action etc and let’s say for example when I see price return to a key level that I expect to trend up from. So I’d select a strike price at I’d near the key level price anticipating an increase?
Once I fully understand this, I’m going to use the day replay simulator to do live examples for people. The hard part about all of this is it’s hard to know without real world live examples.
I just opened my first option today. I own a few very unprofitable positions, figured I might option them for some extra 💵
At least you’re getting your feet wet and getting some practice!
Don’t feel bad I and my Son was playing around and bought one practicing on paper trade. It was our first Lmbo we started loosing money right out the gate. I was like what the Whata! I thought oh well it not real money but sheesh!!! We’re all going to catch on and make that paper!!! So pls don’t feel bad you’re not the only one!!!!
Keep the content coming.
🙏
Ok Greg this might be a stupid question for you but I'm still in the learning process i need a little help here: If you BUY a call or a put for example 1.25 ($125dlls) and the price goes against you and you let the contract expire, what's the worst scenario?
***You only loose what you pay for the premium? in this case the $125? or
***You need to buy the shares as well?
this gets me a little confused, what i know is to get out of the contract before expiration date but i just want to know what will be the worse scenario that could happen? I'm not in to selling yet because i perfectly understand the risks on "the Wheel" and i don't have the money to buy or sell 100 shares, that's why I'm more into buying calls and puts because i suppose you only loose what you pay for the premium and that's it.
Thankyou for your help i really love your channel.
Buying an option gives you the *right*, which you can decide to exercise or not. So if you don’t wish to buy/sell 100 shares worst case scenario is losing the premium paid for the option if it expires out of the money.
Worst case is you lose all your money in that option. Your strike price is the number you need to watch. If you don't hit that price either with calls or ours you will lose all your money.
Just keep this is mind the further your strike price is from the actual stock price. Harder the stock has to work to make you profitable before the expiration date. Also the longer expiration date the longer you give the stock to reach the strike price you choose. Question have to ask yourself is are you giving the stock enough time to reach strike price you choose. Maybe it needs two or three months instead of 1 month.
Woooah Woah Woah. That 'stache is ITM for sure.👍
I know i suggested this before but we need that in depth video of the call credit spread vs the put debit spread comparison pro cons when to use all that good stuff which is better. Just did a trade that was very profitable using them together combined looking at you BBBY 🤑. Keep up the good work.
Sure I can work on that. Thanks Mark!
you are amazing brother thanks 🙏 for everything
Coud you do a video with a example, like using paper and pen. I am visual and since i dont know any of this, would be easier to understand terms and how to do. Thank you
do you make more money when it expires in the money or out of the money? If a put expires out of the money how will you make money with the stock price going up instead of down how you wanted, you would be selling it for a cheaper price losing money, right?
Just gotta be BALLS DEEP in every trade you make. BALLS. DEEP
That’s how you become a bagholder
@@Rockybalboa541 I'm talking about BALLS DEEP.
@@Chris-wk8nu oh you should Of said that
@@Rockybalboa541 forgive me for my lack of clarity. I’m very sorry.
Intrinsic value = stock price - strike price.
Provided the contract is In-the-money.
He’s making seemingly effortless and I understand he’s PUT DOWN
What do you mean?
thanks for the video
So when you sell a put you have to wait until expiration? Theres not getting rid of it early like buying calls/puts?
Right. Unless the buyer decides to exercise the option early.
You can still close the position by backing back the put option. This can be done before expiration to "get rid of it early"
Sorry so if lets say my call option were out of the money meaning my strike price is lets say $30 and the stock price is $25, and I'm close to my expiration, I don't need to exercise my rights to buy the $30 dollar contract and I should just let it expire? I lose whatever I use to buy that option nothing more right? Compared to exercising that option to buy the $30 dollar price, which will make me lose less?
Think of it this way: If you can buy the shares at $25 stock price, why would you exercise your option to pay the $30 strike price?
You only lose the price you paid for the option, compared to losing $5,000 buying the 100 shares of stock at the new $25 price.
Very informative video. THANKYOU
Great informative content! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
If my options are losing money and I don’t wanna lose all my money I should sell before it expires?
Yes if you think the options will expire out of the money
Please help me understand if I’m doing this right.
Say is a stock is currently at 70, and i think it’s going to start selling from 75 so i get a put at the 75 strike price? Would this be in the money or out of the money?
For a put it's in the money when strike price > current price. With a $75 put and the stock trading @ $70 it would be in the money as you can exercise the option to sell the stock for a higher price.
@@TheFinancialMinutes I’ve noticed that, do you think it’s worth it is it’s anywhere from $2-4? Which would be around 2/400 for a contract? I’ve did my first one and it turned out profitable, I had 46% return in a day
If the stock is trading $5 below the strike it will have at least $5 intrinsic value and trade for $500. The rest of the contract's value comes from it's extrinsic value which depends on time to expiration and the individual stock's volatility.@@GiftedInvestor
I have a question and really need help. Im trading $TSLA and did a 3 option spread for $45 and was up $330 at one point and couldn’t close. Bid is $0.00. Any other way to close or will i end up owing hundreds of thousands of dollars? Also, im using a cash account not a margin account.
You could close each leg separately
love the stache King
Thanks 👨🏼
Lets say you trade pullbacks and price is coming down to entrypoint, and i have a 60 cent or so scalp. It seems that atm options need to move like a dollar or 2 to break even with premium included.. would i have to go deep itm to get alot smaller breakeven move and make profit?
If you're scalping you shouldn't be worried about breakeven, since it only applies to expiration. You're just trading the premium so if the option moves 60c with an ATM option you'll make ~0.30 per contract.
@@TheFinancialMinutes first of all thanks for getting back so quick... just to be clear then, if price hits my entry point of lets say 140. I would pull up options chain and buy an atm 140 or slightly lower itm and be good to go?
@@johnnorris10 For me it depends on my stop loss. I set my risk by multiplying the delta for an option by the distance from my stop.
@@TheFinancialMinutes ok thanks again for getting back, do you have a instagram or anything i can ask if i have any questions down the road?
Discord is the best place to reach me
discord.gg/A7VHNFk
are most of the strategies you use require level 3 or 4 options trading, I’m only at level 2
Yes I mostly trade spreads which requires level 3
@@TheFinancialMinutes Do you have any video how level 2 options margin trading account can make money with single leg option? TQ
Break even price is confusing. Isn’t break even only for shares when assigned?
Correct
@@TheFinancialMinutes awesome thank you.
wassup bro! I just moved from trading stocks to learning options and I'll probably be in your channel for a while
That’s awesome! Best of luck trading
So for call option stock prize needs to go up above your strike price. When doing one, I'll always choose a higher strike price, knowing the stock will go pass it? So this is a bullish play, am I right?
Yes you would want the stock to go up beyond your strike price by the expiration date, so this would be a bullish trade
@@TheFinancialMinutes thank you. It's so confusing watching all kinds of videos about this play. Thank you! I understand your vid than the others by far. Keep it up.
@@TheFinancialMinutes I'm this one is for buying call option,right...Not selling ?
If you are in profit could you close before the option expiring?
@@jquilespr yes! Anytime
Here ( 3:37 ) you say 0.6 delta which would mean 60% winning 40% change of loosing according to this example ( 2:49 ) yet later on in the video 4:37 you say there’s a 94% chance it’s a loosing trade so I’m a little confused how you calculated that
Delta is a way to measure the chance of the option being in the money, the chance of profit is based on your breakeven price which is above the strike price for the call option to be in the money, or below the strike for a out to be in the money
Can I trade just for the premium?
Yup no need to hold to expiration for assignment/exercising
@@TheFinancialMinutes how would i go about that. Just pick a date and price?
@@adriana-jn8rubuy and sell it like you would a stock trade.
Same way just sell it before expiration or when you see your desired premium @@adriana-jn8ru
Are your trades in a taxable account
Yes they're in a standard individual account
@@TheFinancialMinutes thanks
Options trading is a probability game
Yup
What? I need a breakdown of the charts
I've never been good at technical analysis, so probably not the best person to teach that
I listened to this whole thing and I’m still confused shit crazy lol
10:30 🔑
if your not confident in your trade . . . why are you placing the trade in the first place ???
Bro you’re saying put and calls the same
Nice start 1:08 for puts you made look like the same like calls
Ahh, the Good Ole days of living in your parents attic!
Ya wish I could go back to those days without bills
thanks, review last 5m again
10 strike long call was cheaper than 11 strike call wtf lol. Buy the 10.
The closing bell can do some weird shit to premiums and the bid-ask spread
What is in the money? What is a strick price ? What!!!!
Strike price is the price you agree to buy 100 shares at with calls, or sell 100 shares at with puts. A call is in the money when the stock is above the strike price you choose and a put is in the money when the stock is below the strike price you choose. Calls above, puts below or CAPB for short!
Buying a stock is like buying an option that never expires
Absolutely! Time decay doesn't exist in shares
@@TheFinancialMinutes
The appeal of options is that they're cheaper and the profit potential is high but I can never time the market right on optionable equities
Ngl out of the money calls make no sense
They’re ok if you expect more volatility than the market, and you’re planning to sell before expiration
They are cheaper so you can buy multiple contracts which can multiply your gains tremendously when and if the stock trades in your favor
Just by looking at his chart I can tell hw does not know what the hell he is doing
Chart analysis never has been one of my strengths, I’ve always studied macroeconomics and how Fed policy shifts the market
I appreciate your effort - still, do not see the numbers you speak. Though you don't think you're talking too fast; the numbers you report don't add up. The material is good to know but you need to "show" how it works. Painfully slow perhaps but a better way to secure a listener, follower, or member - whatever your goal in making the video in the first place.
Thank you! I do receive value (learning more) but confidence is not quite as high enough to refer to as my reason(s) to justify that trade. Sadly that may just be my ability and is not a reflection of your knowledge.
Trading is not Winning a Lottery Ticket. You need to research as much as possible.
Thanks for the update and keep doing what you do. My journey in the current market has taught me a lot of lessons, at the top of that list is that it never pays to live above one's means. I have managed to grow a nest egg of around $600k to a decent 7 figures in the space of a few months. Sad to say but a lot of us have poor money management skills. My 2 cents -get an advisor to keep you accountable and aid you make better decisions, Bryan Webster has been helping me a lot, all through my journey. I find it better to pay a little bit more for peace of mind than worry about money or market trends and still get >burned.
I will rate his strategy 90% accurate.
Bro, you lost me at Robinhood.
This didn’t help at all.