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Contents Double Top Breakout Ascending Triple Top Breakout Quintuple Top Breakout Bearish Patterns Low Pole Reversal High Pole Reversal More Examples How Options Traders Use P&F Chart Patterns FAQ Conclusion This article is not meant as an in-depth tutorial on how to read point-and-figure charts. But rather, it is a to
The creator of this strategy certainly has a knack for creating memorable strategy names. Burrito Fly is one of his more creative ones, and even his nickname, Boomer Dan, is catchy and memorable Boomer Dan, or known as Dan Westbrook in real life, has been trading options for 20 years and shared his latest strategy […]
But what if you zoomed out to 12, 18, or even 24 months, collecting a large premium upfront on stocks you actually want to own, with a massive buffer before you’re even at risk? That’s the LEAP put strategy, and in this video you will see exactly how it works in practice, plus some of […]
In a little-known corner of nasdaq.com is the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright Research Hub (NDW for short). Dorsey, Wright & Associates was founded by Tom Dorsey and Watson Wright in 1987 as a technical analysis firm that specializes in Point-and-Figure (P&F) charting, Relative Strength analysis, momentum investing, and rules-bas
Contents Volume Profile Informs Support/Resistance Early Support Turned Resistance High Volume Nodes FAQ Conclusion Support and resistance is one of the first concepts every trader learns, and most traders learn it the same way: drawing lines on a chart where price has previously reversed. That approach works. But it h
Most people who trade SOXL buy and hold it hoping to ride the semiconductor wave. The problem is the maths of a 3x leveraged ETF works against long-term holders through daily compounding decay. But here’s what most people never consider. That same extreme volatility that destroys long-term holders creates some of the h
Nobody makes a YouTube video about the trade they placed on a Monday, checked once a few weeks later, and closed for a quiet profit four weeks later. There’s no drama, no shocked face thumbnail, nothing to talk about. And yet that trade is almost certainly better than the one where someone stayed glued to […]
A calendar option strategy is where the trader sells an option and buys another option with a further-dated expiration with the same strike. It is not obvious why some brokerages allow calendar spreads to be traded on SPY but not on SPX. By the end of the article, you will understand why. Calendars are commonly […]
If you’ve watched my video on the best delta for selling puts, you already know the naked put framework. But put credit spreads introduce a variable that doesn’t exist with naked puts – spread width. Get that wrong and you’re either taking on too much risk for too little reward, or your probability of profit […]
We typically don’t hear about the CBOE 1-Month Implied Correlation Index (also known as the COR1M) because it normally doesn’t give us that much interesting information, except when it reaches an extreme. And it reached one such extreme on June 2nd, 2026. Let’s see what happened. The COR1M does not appear on the nightl
The bull put credit spread is one of the most popular bullish option strategies. It is a vertical spread because both options share the same expiration date, and it is often one of the first multi-leg strategies that every options trader should learn. After becoming comfortable with this strategy, some traders may begi
We are all familiar with the volume histogram at the bottom of the chart. But that only tells you the volume of transactions at a certain time. What is more important is to know the volume of transactions at a certain price. This is known as the volume profile that many institutional traders use. Many […]
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