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The Ultimate Guide to Selling Options in 2025: Everything You Need to Trade Like a Pro

Sean Ryan

May 5, 2025

Sean Ryan

May 5, 2025

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Mastering Days to Expiration (Option DTE) in Options Trading

This blog is going to teach you how to pick the right expiration to trade for your option selling trades….

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

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How To Trade Changes In Implied Volatility and Profit Off Vega – Option Volatility Trading

Most of the time when we are selling options we are trading the difference between implied and realized volatility. This…

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

6 min read
All Posts, Option Fundamentals

Structures Used In Option Selling Strategies – Long and Short Straddles

In options trading there are two fundamental opinions that a trader can express on the market. Long volatility and short…

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

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Mastering Back Ratio Spreads: A Comprehensive Guide for Option Sellers

Back spreads, also known as ratio spreads, are an option selling structure that is highly sensitive to skew and offers…

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

4 min read
All Posts, Option Fundamentals

Options Expiration Date: The Importance of Days to Expiration in Options Trading

A key characteristic of option contracts is the number of days until the contract expires, which is often referred to…

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

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Introduction to Relative Value Trading: A Profitable Way To Sell Options

One of my favorite option selling topics is relative value trading. It’s based on finding price discrepancies between similar assets…

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 25, 2024

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Volatility Mean Reversion and Clustering – Option Selling Characteristics

Everybody seems to think that volatility is some unpredictable wild horse that bucks and kicks and does whatever it wants….

Sean Ryan

September 23, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 23, 2024

6 min read
All Posts, Option Fundamentals

How to Read an Option Chain: Identifying Option Information When Placing A Trade

I recently wrote a blog which broke down options into the Six Key Characteristics that define them. To sum it…

Sean Ryan

September 22, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 22, 2024

3 min read
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What is an Option Contract? 6 Characteristics That Every Option Has

This guide explains exactly what an option is and paints a picture of them that you can use to really…

Sean Ryan

September 22, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 22, 2024

7 min read
All Posts, Option Fundamentals

What is an Iron Butterfly and How Do You Trade Them – A Comprehensive Guide for Option Sellers

So you want to sell volatility but aren’t comfortable holding the unlimited loss exposures that come with a short straddle…

Sean Ryan

September 18, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 18, 2024

4 min read
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What is Theta In Option Selling – The Cost of Holding an Option Over Time

Theta is the greek that most option sellers are familiar with because it tells us about how much we are…

Sean Ryan

September 14, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 14, 2024

5 min read
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How to Trade Iron Condors – Ultimate Guide For Option Sellers

One of the hardest hurdles for retail traders to overcome when they look at the world of option selling is…

Sean Ryan

September 13, 2024

Sean Ryan

September 13, 2024

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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…

Sean Ryan

May 5, 2023

Micah Ng

May 5, 2023

3 min read
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KRE – Is It Crashing Yet? Calendar Trade Analysis

A while ago, I wrote about a calendar trade I put on when Silicon Valley Bank was collapsing. Because of…

Sean Ryan

May 5, 2023

Micah Ng

May 5, 2023

5 min read
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Earnings Disasters: TGT Trade Analysis

This post goes over how I think through my trades. I wanted to share this trade because the edge was…

Sean Ryan

April 25, 2023

Micah Ng

April 25, 2023

6 min read
Trade Case Studies

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…

Sean Ryan

April 18, 2023

Micah Ng

April 18, 2023

4 min read
All Posts, Option Fundamentals, Trade Case Studies, Trading Fundamentals

Relative Value Volatility Trading

Introduction In a Flirting With Models podcast, Benn Eifert, founder of hedge fund QVR advisors, discusses “volatility investing.” Benn outlines…

Sean Ryan

March 6, 2023

Micah Ng

March 6, 2023

7 min read
Option Fundamentals, Trade Case Studies

Professional Skew Trade Breakdown

Introduction I recently revisited this post by u/Fletch71011, which talks about a trade he made in Soybean Meal options. I remember how difficult…

Sean Ryan

February 24, 2023

Micah Ng

February 24, 2023

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How to Think Like a Professional Option Trader: The Secrets of the 1%

We all know that 90% of traders lose money, but when it comes to options, the statistic is even more…

Sean Ryan

August 28, 2024

Sean Ryan

August 28, 2024

6 min read
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How to Sell Options Profitably When IV Rank is Low

Compared to a couple years ago, the VIX is pretty low. We are used to seeing VIX at 25 or…

Sean Ryan

August 26, 2024

Sean Ryan

August 26, 2024

6 min read
All Posts, Trading Fundamentals

The Truth About Trading Psychology: The Real Reason You’re Not Profitable

Trader psychology is often touted as the main reason why many traders fail to beat the market. From day one,…

Sean Ryan

August 25, 2024

Sean Ryan

August 25, 2024

7 min read
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Who Trades Options – The 4 Groups That Are On The Other Side Of Your Trade

Retail traders have a habit of viewing the market as a faceless, monolithic entity they are up against. Like a…

Sean Ryan

August 22, 2024

Sean Ryan

August 22, 2024

14 min read
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The Ultimate Earnings Options Strategy – Selling Options Like a Professional 

Variance risk premiums often arise around market events that could lead to significant price changes in stocks. Examples include earnings…

Sean Ryan

August 15, 2024

Sean Ryan

August 15, 2024

14 min read
All Posts, Trading Fundamentals

The Ultimate Option Selling Strategy – A Boring But Profitable Method That Actually Makes Money

In this article I am going to teach you the most effective way to make money as an option seller….

Sean Ryan

August 14, 2024

Sean Ryan

August 14, 2024

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