A Beginner’s Portfolio, Trading on Earnings Reports and a New 0 DTE Strategy: Catch Up on What You Missed!
By:Ryan Gaynor
Here’s a beginner's guide to building an options portfolio from the start. Learn why time decay and volatility considerations make selling options different from passive investing. This 60-minute masterclass covers call/put basics, black-scholes pricing, vertical spreads and detailed portfolio construction steps. Discover approaches to managing risk, expiration timing considerations, and why some professional traders focus on theta and vega over direction. Learn how you might make the transition from passive investor to active options trader with defined-risk strategies.
Earnings trades are high-risk gambles, but broken wing butterflies offer a different approach. This Target (TGT) earnings strategy used defined risk parameters. When the retailer dropped after earnings, I achieved positive results with defined risk. The broken wing structure helps manage unlimited loss potential while capturing volatility contraction and directional moves. It’s systematic risk management for earnings trading without the typical binary gamble most traders face.
I tested a controversial 0 DTE options strategy for 100 days, taking profits at 25% of max instead of 50%. My experience showed different patterns in win rates and risk management compared to my previous approach. This counter-intuitive zero day method of trading showed different characteristics across all timeframes. Watch me go over my 0 DTE technique, strike selection and position sizing approach that influenced my same-day options trading.
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