Blockhead Traders Weekly
By Blockhead Traders
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A weekly show about trading
| Episode | Date |
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Times are a-changin’: The end of the five-year run, what comes next?
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Market Musings: Sprocket888 covers items he is focused on right now.
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Covered Calls: They can feel like losing, while you are winning.
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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…what goes up…: Sprocket888’s perspective on the current market
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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The 2026 Plan: Sprocket888’s plan for 2026 and Taxes
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Washing the harvest: Tax loss harvesting and wash sale considerations.
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Taxes: Something to remember in December.
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Volatility: Price, here in an instant, gone in a flash.
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Flow Trading: A new approach to trading for viperxl007.
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Get paid to go long: Looking at $GTLB around earnings.
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Will AI take your job?: Probably, but not how you might think.
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Always choose sprinkles: If you are going to go long, consider selling PUTs to open the position.
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Health Savings Account: The little account that can
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Not always sunshine & roses: A look at a monster loss in $FI
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Today’s Middle Class: Is it disappearing or being redefined?
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Price Action: An Intro to a foundational part of technical analysis.
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Double Update: sprocket888 and viperxl007 cover their most recent moves.
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Update from sprocket888: Four most recent trades, and the accompanying logic.
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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The Daily Chores: A detailed look into viperxl007’s daily $SPY trade
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Taxes: Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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I Panicked: Panic response will always make a bad situation worse.
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Fireside Chat: Sometimes what is in your head can make a difference
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Elevated Volatility: Understand the impact before fully engaging.
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Searching and Learning: Sprocket888 is searching and Viperxl007 is learning.
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Trading callouts: A detailed look at two aspects of sprocket888 and viperxl007’s trading.
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Real Time Commitment: A detailed look at sprocket888’s time commitment.
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Retrospection: A look into the recent trading of sprocket888 and viperxl007.
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Earnings Premium: A refresher on selling premium in a highly probable manner.
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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A Daily Dose: A daily calendar spread on the $SPY for income
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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Tokenization: Your dollars and your stocks
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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You got options: In your trades and your choice of brokers.
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Post Earnings: Should you close or let it ride to expiration?
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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A Market Edge: What is this & Can the average retail trader have one?
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Broker Equality: Are all brokers created equal?
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Test Lab: Checking in on the Experiment
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Proper Position Sizing: An underrepresented superpower
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Earnings Experiments: Viperxl007 tests some ideas
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May 25, 2025 |
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Assignment: Can be more profitable than you think
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May 18, 2025 |
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High probability: Taking a deeper look at earnings trades
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May 11, 2025 |
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Earnings: Profit with Probability.
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May 04, 2025 |
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Profits: Are you an Ant or A Grasshopper?
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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The winningest move: Sometimes the winningest move is not to play the game.
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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The Tariff Meltdown: A candid reflection of the impact to sprocket and viper.
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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The Calendar Spread: A consideration for smaller accounts.
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Volatility Exploited: A major factor in probability for success.
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Strangle to Straddle: How sprocket888 ended up with a straddle on $OKTA
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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What the option?: Looking into the time impact of options.
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Stick to the plan: No matter how grim it may look.
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Mechanics of Option Buying: viperxl007 experiments with buying options.
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Boost your yield: By Selling Calls safely.
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Never stop learning: Stick to fundamentals while exploring new thinking.
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Stick to the plan: A lesson on how things can turn on a dime.
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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A thesis tested: DeepSeek news sends shockwaves through the market.
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Bitcoin front and center: A deeper look at the latest headlines.
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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When trades go bad: Keep on rollin’.
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Suprise Opportunity: Volatility opened up on /RTY.
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Secondary Signals: A way to fine-tune your trade.
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Come on baby, don’t fear assignment.
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Reflections: sprocket888 and viperxl007 look back at 2024.
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Defining the risk: Selling options safely.
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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The final countdown: The traders’ plans for the balance of 2024.
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Managing a breach: Not all trades are perfect.
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Four earnings, one day: a recap of the trades and the results.
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Post Election Reflection: Uncertainty has been dramatically cut down.
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Recent Rundown: $TEAM, $INTC, $F, $SNAP, $META, and $DFS
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Theta up, Delta down: Picking up some daily theta.
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Earnings Trades: OH $SNAP that is so $META.
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Ring the register: The conclusion of the $DFS trade.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Shadowing Sprocket888: How does Sprocket identify where to deploy capital?
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Always be ready to trim the sails: A look at a trade on $MU.
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Retirement: Even RedBananas need to retire.
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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To roll or not to roll: A look at a real example with $SBUX.
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Kid, you got options: A look at different trading tools.
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Market Ramblings: A view from the two most important schmucks on the Internet.
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Interdependent Markets: One domino away from a meltdown
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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The Short Put: Getting paid to wait.
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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$SBUX: There is life after assignment.
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Hedging: Fearful when others greedy, greedy when others fearful.
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Back to the basics: Screening for premium
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Back to the basics: Selling option premium
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Earnings with a twist: $DAL extended with a long.
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Come on baby, don’t fear assignment.
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Chips and ship: Earnings on $MU and $FDX.
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Compounding Growth: A wealth-building superpower
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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What do you meme?: Mitigating meme stock risk.
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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$GME Hype: Breaking it down.
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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A new frontier for retail traders: Spot ETH hits the ETFs.
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Strangling the monster: $NVDA earnings
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May 27, 2024 |
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Two opposing forces: Meme stock trades and conservative covered calls.
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May 20, 2024 |
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Earnings: The fastest path to volatility contraction.
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May 13, 2024 |
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Don’t take the news at face value. Check the facts.
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May 06, 2024 |
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In downtimes, keep on rolling.
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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The Halving is nigh
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Thematic Investing: An engaging way to participate in capital markets.
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Taxes, Taxes, Taxes.
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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A fireside chat.
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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When a trade is not a winner, you don’t have to call it a loser.
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Keep pushing the wheel even if it looks uphill.
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The Good, the bad, and the ugly: $MDB, $JWN, $FL.
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Textbook Earnings: Reflection on $AAP Earnings.
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Trading gym reps: Premium selling and price action.
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Earnings Miss: Manageable when premium selling.
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Bitcoin ETFs: Are they worth the hype?
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Earnings trades: Reeling in the fish.
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Earnings trades: A tale of three tickers.
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Bitcoin spot ETF: One week in
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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THE riskiest episode to date.
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Bitcoin ETF: Buy the rumor, sell the news?
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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You can be down, but you don’t have to be out.
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Theta up, Delta down.
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Bull or Bear? Should you care?
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Discipline: It takes practice to achieve.
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Earnings: With and without a safety net.
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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So you have been assigned: How to wheel out of there.
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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There is no such thing as an unloaded gun.
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Conclusion of the Earnings Trio: $GT, $VERV, $AYX.
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Earnings Trio: $GT, $VERV, $AYX
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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The Money Supply: What is it and how does it work?
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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October Maintenance: A window into sprockets management
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Earnings: First play of the Q3 cycle $WBA.
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Viewer Requested Content: usdebtclock.org and the Treasury Dollar
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Market doldrums: sprocket and viper dabble in some new tactics.
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Update on Treasuries and Hummingbot
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Update on Bitcoin Challenge
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Trading bots: directionless profit potential
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Earnings can be a healthy distraction.
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Working Session: Price Action Charting.
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Fixed Income: A New Dimension for your Portfolio.
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Current market action and what PA tells us.
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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House Bill 4763: Crypto regulation shows signs of life.
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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What is the ONE thing: The single biggest piece of advice.
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Earnings Fun: $META, $CMG, and $ROKU
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Hard Hats On: An update on some experimental topics.
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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ETFs: A flavor for everyone. Yes, even crypto.
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Covered Call: SUPER Boring, but great for getting started in options.
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Things that have never happened before happen all the time.
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Reality in trading is relative and not absolute.
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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It’s the end of crypto as we know it, and WE FEEL fine!
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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AI here, AI there, everywhere an AI!
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Options on Futures: Portfolio Nitro
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May 29, 2023 |
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What makes sprocket888’s portfolio go?
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May 22, 2023 |
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If you can be a market-maker, be a market-maker.
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May 15, 2023 |
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Stocks can and DO go to ZERO
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May 08, 2023 |
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When you can be the bank, be the bank: But not $FRC.
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May 01, 2023 |
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Risk Management: Know your delta, know your risk.
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Thoughts on the market and a new 1% trade.
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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News feeds: where do the Blockhead traders go?
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Selling Options: A detailed look at the mechanics
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Triple Threat, 1% plays, banking panic, crypto attack.
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Silicon Valley Bank collapse, where there is panic, there is an opportunity.
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Futures, not as complicated as you might think
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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1% Plays, Three months in
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Attempting to look $BYND for profit.
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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The wheel, transporting traders to profits.
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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A new trader’s confusion, The episode 100 Panel
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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1% Trade Reflections, Learning from the past.
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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1% Earnings trade, Iron Condor on $AMZN
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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The Gamma Lotto, little trade, big excitement.
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Retrospection, An important step in getting better.
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Crypto Regulation, is this the beginning of the end of crypto?
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Threading the needle on $COIN.
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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A $20 Scratcher and an update on Chikn.
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Futures, bringing excitement outside of day job hours, $/MCL.
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Viper is back in the equities game, 1% play on $UMPQ and $/ES
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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The inaugural 1% Play, a bullish vertical on $KSS.
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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The 1% Challenge
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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FTX Implosion: Is this the beginning of a larger crypto collapse?
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Can you make mechanical PA and option selling?: A working session.A
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Closing out the $AMZN earnings and ‘Can the FOMC create market pivots?’
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Preparations for option earnings play: $AMZN as an example
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Practical application of Price Action
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Does shorting scare you?
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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The Struggle is Real: Exiting a winner when the future looks bright.
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Checking in on open trades: A look at $AMZN and $CVNA
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Project Forum: Can you safely pool assets to attain something difficult?
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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A lesson on protection, plus two new trades ($VERU and $CVNA),and a look at an old one, $AMZN.
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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A little option play spice: Selling premium on earnings
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Back to the basics: Covered Call, an options trade with training wheels
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Back to the basics: A breakdown of selling a Put.
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Making a volatility play on the Russel index, a complete thought breakdown
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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From the bottom, ascending triangles are frequently appearing
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Rotten AAPL Pt3: Navigating early assignment risk.
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Binary events: Simply a price action accelerant
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Looking under crypto, the dirt under the rock.
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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CPI and Recession Risk: A look back in history for guidance.
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Rotten AAPL Part 2: A detailed breakdown of the thought process
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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A free lotto play?: Getting PAID to take a long Call
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Are markets bottoming?: Never can tell, but keep in the game.
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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FOMC Meeting 0.75% Hike: Pleasure or Pain?
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Managing a rotten $AAPL Pt. 1
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Soup, Shop, or Show: A look at three plays $CPB,$NFLX,$SHOP
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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RBLX, worst trade to date, and other market stories
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May 25, 2022 |
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Just DON’T panic
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May 18, 2022 |
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Unique strategy to crypto, The Synthetic Straddle
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May 16, 2022 |
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Preparing for retirement Part 1: Retirement Vehicles
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May 04, 2022 |
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Crypto Gaming Part 5: Not everything is made of sugar, traders BEWARE!
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Crypto Gaming Part 4: Real Time participation in an NFT Mint
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Crypto Gaming Part 3: Games beyond chikn, a trip to the Hoppers swamp
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Crypto Gaming Part 2: Down on the Chikn.farm
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Crypto Gaming Part 1: The Landscape
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Trading is not always exciting and full of profit
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ukraine leverages blockchain’s unmatched resiliency
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Volatility is high: should you be scared?
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Why Crypto?: A conversation on the question
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Limited time offer pool shutting down: moving time
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Taking the crypto plunge
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Selling a naked put explained in plain English
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Revisiting trades: $PTON and $/RTY 3.7% DROP but not so much as a scratch
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Intro to Crypto BONUS Part 4: The basic building blocks
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Reflecting back on 2021: How did our portfolios do?
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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What are Futures? Can they boost my returns?
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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7.2% in under 40 days: A naked Put on $PTON
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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A Covered Call play turning 5.6% return in under a month
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Intro to Crypto Part 3: CEX, DEX, and crypto asset movement
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Volatility Ahoy! and a look back at some fully automated trades
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Intro to Crypto Part 2: NFTs, DAPPs, DAOs, DeFi, Oh My!
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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What have I learned in 2 years: sprocket888’s trading strategy
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Intro to Crypto Part 1: What is a block-chain, a coin, and a token?
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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viperxl007’s day trading methodology and sprocket888’s order templates
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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sprocket888’s scalping setup: a look at a live scalping session
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Trading Update on Earnings Round 1 Plays: $TWTR, $LC, $AAPL, and $SOL
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Possible Q3 Earnings Round 1: $SKX, $ATUS, $ZEN, $TWTR, $FB, and $LC
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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$SESN breakout? plus crypto and price action, $SESN and $SHIB
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Price action on crypto and social: $SHIB and $FB
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Treading water and dodging bullets: $SFIX $AVIR $MVIS $DVAX
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Dampened Spirits: $FSLY, $MVIS, $RKLB
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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A low cost high protection hedge
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Moon Rockets, Low on Gas: $RKLB, $/NG
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Stuck in No Man’s Land $LAZR, $PLUG, $RIDE
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Open Plays $SESN, $MVIS, $RTY
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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$SESN from 6.00 to 0.86 in one tick
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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Open Plays $ASTR $PLTK $LAC $FSR $C $BYND
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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How to Roll an Options Position: $CVAC
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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Getting Short To Go Long
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Child Tax Credit Payments
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Meet the Blockheads Round 1
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Tickers in play $CCXI, $FSLY, /NG
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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The Soy (/ZS) Disaster
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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How to Start Trading pt 4: Open Your Account
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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How to Start Trading pt 3: Trading Strategies
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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How to Start Trading pt 2: Trading Psychology
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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How to Start Trading pt 1: Financial Readiness
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May 30, 2021 |
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin Oh My!
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May 23, 2021 |
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The ‘Bear Trap’
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May 17, 2021 |
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Screening for Premium Selling Plays
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May 09, 2021 |
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Earnings Follow Up and The Small Exchange
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May 02, 2021 |
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Earnings $NOVA, $EBAY, $AMZN
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Trading Earnings
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Taxes, Wash Sales
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Position Sizing
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Premium Selling Basics
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Price Levels
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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The Poor Man’s Covered Call
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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The Covered Call
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Mar 07, 2021 |