Options Trading Podcast
Ready to trade options? The Options Trading Podcast is the go-to source for options traders who want clarity, consistency, and control in their trading journey. Built on the trusted educational foundation of OptionGenius.com, this show delivers straightforward, no-fluff insights to help you master the world of options trading.
Episodes
198 episodes
Should A Beginner Trade Options, Or Is It Too Risk Starting Out?
Options trading often comes with intimidating jargon like volatility, derivatives, and implied risk, but you don't need a PhD in finance to get started. In this episode, we cut through the noise to explore why options have a "dangerous" reputat...
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Episode 200
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15:46
Why Might An Option Be Exercised Or Assigned Early (Before The Expiration Date)?
For many new traders, the expiration date feels like a hard deadline, but in the world of American-style stock options, the "anytime" rule changes the game. In this episode, we clear the fog around early exercise and assignment to explain...
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Episode 199
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14:04
What Is the Put/Call Ratio and What Does It Indicate About Market Sentiment?
While many traders search for a "magic key" to predict the markets, one of the most effective gages of market mood is also one of the simplest: the Put/Call Ratio (PCR). In this deep dive, we cut through the noise to show you how actual money i...
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Episode 198
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18:24
What Is Price-To-Sales (P/S) Ratio And How Do I Use It?
If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the "alphabet soup" of financial ratios, this episode is your secret decoder ring for one of the most powerful, yet deceptively simple, valuation tools available. Unlike the classic P/E ratio, the P/S ratio wo...
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Episode 197
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19:15
How To Spot Red Flags In Earnings Reports?
Earning season is often treated like "report card day" on Wall Street, but you can’t always take the headlines at face value. Companies are experts at dressing up their numbers to paint a fantastic picture that might hide less shiny truths unde...
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Episode 196
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23:53
What Is Backlog In Manufacturing Companies?
While it might sound like a simple "to-do list," backlog is actually one of the trickiest and most vital numbers on a manufacturer's balance sheet. In this deep dive, we cut through the noise to define backlog as the dollar value of firm, legal...
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Episode 195
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20:49
How Do I Interpret Unusual Volume In The Underlying Stock?
While price tells us what happened, volume is the market's hidden language—it reveals who is moving the chess pieces and the conviction behind the move. In this deep dive, we demystify the "giant neon signs" of the stock market to help options ...
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Episode 194
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18:45
What Is A Collar Options Strategy?
Many traders are intimidated by complex finance terms, but the collar is a surprisingly straightforward and intuitive move for conservative investors. In this deep dive, we break down how to create a "bumper" for your stock portfolio to lock in...
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Episode 193
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19:04
How Do I Use Momentum Indicators For Entry And Exit Timing?
Staring at a climbing stock and wondering whether to hit buy or sell is a universal agony for market participants. In this episode, we move past the search for a magic crystal ball and provide a practical framework for managing the timing probl...
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Episode 192
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19:38
How Do I Avoid Burnout From Trading?
Trading is often described as an exhilarating roller coaster, but there is a critical point where the intensity crosses the line from challenging to genuinely damaging. In this deep dive, we explore "Trader Burnout"—a silent career killer that ...
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Episode 191
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21:39
How Do I Stay Consistent When My Results Are Inconsistent?
If you’ve ever found a new trading system, felt fired up for a few days, and then ditched it the moment a win didn't materialize, you are stuck in the "Strategy Hopping" trap. In this deep dive, we move beyond the search for the "secret sauce" ...
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Episode 190
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15:53
Market Too Hot or Too Cold? How to Trade Options Anyway
When you look at a chart and the price is screaming "too high" or "too low," the biggest mistake you can make is jumping in blindly. In this deep dive, we perform a strategic overhaul of how to handle stretched markets.We move beyond bas...
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Episode 189
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15:08
How Do I Set Realistic Profit Expectations?
In the world of trading, fantasies of doubling your money every month ruin more careers than bad strategies ever will. In this episode, we perform a much-needed "expectations intervention" to help you swap out the YouTube hype for professional ...
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Episode 188
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13:46
How Do I Use Multiple Timeframes To Confirm An Options Setup?
For options traders, context isn't just a "nice-to-have"—it's a necessity. Because we fight the clock (Theta) and volatility (Vega), jumping into a trade based on a single short-term signal is a recipe for getting whipsawed. In this deep dive, ...
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Episode 187
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18:25
How Do I Confirm A Chart Setup With Multiple Signals?
If you've ever spotted a textbook pattern only to watch it fizzle out instantly, you know that the market is a factory for false signals. In this episode, we move past the guesswork and provide a structured, four-layer framework to help you fil...
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Episode 186
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15:38
How Do I Identify My Psychological Weaknesses In Trading?
You can have a perfect technical setup and a proven strategy, but if your P&L still looks like a roller coaster driven by a toddler, the problem isn't the market—it’s you. In this deep dive, we unpack why trading acts as a psychological pre...
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Episode 185
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20:11
How Do I Avoid Perfectionism In Trading?
While we are often taught that perfectionism is a strength, in the high-stakes world of trading, chasing flawless execution is a psychological landmine that sets you up for financial and emotional failure. In this deep dive, we unpack the "Perf...
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Episode 184
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19:32
How Do I Set Realistic Financial And Performance Goals?
Many ambitious individuals treat goal setting like a wish list, but disconnected fantasies aren't motivational—they're stress machines that lead straight to reckless behavior. In this episode, we unpack the behavioral psychology behind effectiv...
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Episode 184
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17:58
How Do I Analyze A Company’s Product Pipeline?
If you want to understand where a company is going, you can't just look at today's earnings; you have to look at tomorrow's products. In this deep dive, we move past yesterday's news to unpack the "growth engine" of a business.We provide...
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Episode 183
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17:53
How Do I Prevent “Anchoring” To Old Price Levels?
In the fast-paced world of options trading, the past can be a quiet assassin that suffocates consistency. Anchoring bias is one of the most common psychological traps, causing traders to fixate on historical reference points—like their entry pr...
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Episode 182
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15:35
How Do I Avoid Confirmation Bias In My Trading?
While fear and greed are the obvious enemies, confirmation bias is the silent saboteur that disguises wishful thinking as disciplined analysis. In this deep dive, we explore why our brains are evolutionarily wired to seek certainty and how this...
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Episode 181
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17:39
How Do Bond Yields Influence Stock Market Valuations?
While corporate earnings and Fed moves get all the headlines, there is a quieter lever deep inside the economy's plumbing that sets the foundation for every stock valuation out there: bond yields. In this deep dive, we unpack why the bond marke...
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Episode 180
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18:36
How Do I Keep From Quitting Too Soon In My Trading Journey?
Most traders walk away just before their breakthrough occurs, simply because they treated a marathon like a sprint. In this deep dive, we unpack the "hidden metric of success": longevity.We analyze the trio of psychological pitfalls—unre...
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Episode 179
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14:39
How Do I Recognize When I’m Trading Emotionally Instead Of Logically?
You can have a statistically perfect system and still fail because your brain is biologically wired to respond emotionally to wins, losses, and volatility. In this deep dive, we shortcut the path toward consistency and profitability by dismantl...
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Episode 178
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13:39
How Important Is Brand Strength In Valuation?
For decades, investors counted factories and inventory, but today, physical assets rarely account for even half of a successful company's market cap. In this deep dive, we explore the era of the intangible asset and reveal how the "invisible po...
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Episode 177
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15:57