Micah Ng

Micah (u/ArchegosRiskManager on Reddit) graduated from the University of Toronto, after having studied Finance, Economics, and Data Science. He helps create profitable traders by helping them make the most of Predicting Alpha’s data terminal, education, and trading community. Micah is currently looking to mentor 20 traders through Predicting Alpha.
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Expensive Options Case Study: TSM

This is a simple trade that will make around 1% in a month. Here is my research: What is TSMC? TSMC is a semiconductor manufacturing

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Earnings is Over! BABA Case Study

A while ago, we interviewed MIT researcher Tim De Silva, who found that selling options after an earnings event tends to make money, because IV

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EWT Trade Analysis: Foreign VRP

During my daily options scan, I found a trade that should return 2% on your margin this month. Here is my analysis. What is EWT?

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Post Earnings Trade Analysis: EXPE + ETSY

Everyone knows that after an earnings announcement, IV Crush demolishes the prices of options. However, for EXPE and ETSY, prices after earnings were still too

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What Is Predicting Alpha?

When I first learned about options, I, like many other options traders I see on Reddit, would more or less blindly sell covered calls, cash-secured

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KRE: A Case Study in Forward Volatility

Introduction Forward volatility trading can be an extremely lucrative strategy. In this article, I will walk you through my personal journey of identifying and executing