Options Playbook Radio

OPR 325: WMT FOMO TRADE On this episode, Brian summarizes last week's trade of buying put spreads in the Qs (Nasdaq 100 - Stock Ticker: QQQ). His trade for this week is selling a put to buy a long call spread in Walmart (Stock Ticker: WMT). He calls this a fear of missing out (FOMO) trade around earnings. The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

OPR 324: Buying Put Spreads in QQQ On this episode, Brian summarizes last week's trade where he did a diagonal spread in EBAY going into earnings.  Then he discusses most of the FAANG stocks announcing earnings this Thursday.  His trade for this episode is buying put spreads in the Qs (Nasdaq 100 - Stock Ticker: QQQ). The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

OPR 323: Going Diagonal into EBAY Earnings On this episode, Brian does a diagonal spread in EBAY going into earnings. The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

OPR 322: Huddling Up About The Mysteries of the Wheel and More On this episode, Brian and Mark answer your questions about annuities, low risk trading, what people are trading at Ally, the Wheel Strategy and much more.  The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 321: Huddling Up About Vertical Stop Losses and Black Swan Put Spreads On this episode, Brian and Mark answer your questions about the expiration calendar, stopping losses from vertical spreads, "Black Swan" ratio put spreads and much more.  The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 320:  Boost Your Income with Holiday Covered Calls On this episode, Brian first checks in on last week's ratio butterfly trade in United Airlines Holdings.  Then he talks about holiday covered calls in Apple. The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 319: Another Swing at the Bat with a Ratio Butterfly in UAL On this episode, Brian first checks in on his skip strike butterfly in United Airlines Holdings (UAL) from last week. Then he does a ratio butterfly in United Airlines Holdings (UAL). The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 318: Skip Strike Butterfly in UAL On this episode, Brian first checks in on his bearish trade in US Global Jets ETF (JETS) from last week. Then he does a skip strike butterfly in United Airlines Holdings (UAL). The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 317: Piling Onto Airline Downgrades With Jets Put Spreads On this episode, Brian first checks in on his airline doppelganger straddle in United Airlines (UAL) and Southwest Airlines (LUV) from two weeks ago. Then he does a bearish trade in US Global Jets ETF (JETS). The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 316: Huddling Up About Butterflies, Time Spreads, Straddles, Trading Floors and More On this episode, Mark and Brian huddle up to answer all of your questions. Mark and Brian discuss: Has the change in commission structure caused a bit change in the types of trades that Ally's clients are doing? Do we ever trade traditional butterflies or only skip strike butterflies? What is the right environment for a time spread?  Preference to take off multi-leg trades like straddles and condors as a unit or by legging out of the individual components based on performance. What we think will happen to options when the trading floors come back. And much more… The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 315: Time to Try Out an Airline Doppelganger Straddle On this episode, Brian tries out an airline doppelganger straddle in United Airlines (UAL) and Southwest Airlines (LUV). The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 314: SPX Call Spread With A Twist On this episode, Brian reviews the successful skip strike butterfly in Google (Stock Symbol: GOOGL) trade from last week and then he looks at a long call spread in the S&P 500 Index. The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 313: Another Swing at the Bat in GOOGL On this episode, Brian explores using a skip strike butterfly in Google (Stock Symbol: GOOGL).  The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 312: Huddling Up About Crude Oil, Straddles, Fig Leaves and More On this episode, Mark and Brian huddle up to answer all of your questions in this wild pandemic market. Mark and Brian discuss: How you manage short calls? Why you would leg in or sell options against the momentum? Do they think USO is going away? What gave them the aha moment in stocks? And much more…(including an appearance by Brian's son). The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.   Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. 

OPR 311: Playing FAANG Earnings With A Google Skip Strike Fly It's FAANG time! On this episode, Brian explores using a skip strike butterfly to make a post-earnings trade in Google (aka Alphabet). You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, and on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

OPR 310: Breaking down Crude Madness in USO, MRO and XOM On this episode, let's sell a cash secured put in Exxon Mobil (ticker symbol XOM).  You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, and on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

OPR 309: Betting On Big Crude Movement With MRO Straddle On this episode, we are looking at a straddle in Marathon Oil Corporation (ticker symbol MRO).  You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, and on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

On this episode, we are selling a put spread with the intention of buying the stock in Allstate Corporation (stock symbol ALL).  You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, and on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

Today we are rebroadcasting an episode that was initially released on April 24, 2019.  We are discussing a bearish trade on Tesla.  You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, and on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

OPR 306: LIVE PANDEMIC HUDDLE On this episode, Mark and Brian huddle up to answer all of your questions in this wild pandemic market. Mark and Brian discuss: Their thoughts (and yours) about current market valuation and volatility. When you should close ITM calls. Should you alter the structure of your iron condors? What happens to your options positions if the markets shut down? And much more... The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com.