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Tony BattistaNick Battista

WDIS: BAT vs. BAT

Tony has already proven he can teach even the most novice of traders. But can he mold his son into a trader? Catch tastylive’s Father-Son team, Tony and Nick Battista, as Nick learns how to trade options from the very beginning and find out if the apple doesn't fall far from the trading tree.


Tony BattistaNick Battista
Intro to Options Trading | Call Options
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Intro to Options Trading | Call Options
Jul 7, 2015
Options training starts with a discussion of buying a call option as a bullish strategy and selling a call option as a b...
Intro to Options Trading | Put Options
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Intro to Options Trading | Put Options
Jul 8, 2015
The differences in buying and selling puts is discussed as an introduction to options trading.
Price Graph | Mind the Time Frame!
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Price Graph | Mind the Time Frame!
Jul 10, 2015
Why a long term time frame for a price graph is too broad to consider for an option trade with a 45 day expiration.
First Trade | Bearish on COST
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
First Trade | Bearish on COST
Jul 11, 2015
Selling Premium using Iron Condors
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Selling Premium using Iron Condors
Jul 16, 2015
An Iron Condors is a non-directional trade with defined risk that profits when the stock stays between the short call an...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
What Can We Learn From IV Difference In Expirations?
Jul 17, 2015
A difference in IV between weekly expiration dates can indicate that there is an event upcoming, before the end of the m...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Trading a Butterfly Spread in NFLX
Jul 18, 2015
A butterfly spread is a neutral position with 1 ITM option, 2 ATM options, and 1 OTM option.
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Using Skewed Iron Condors as a Bullish Strategy
Jul 21, 2015
Buy using a skewed iron condor we can take a bullish assumption and cover a small bearish movement with the credit recei...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Introduction to Volatility Products
Jul 22, 2015
Discussing the volatility products VXX, UVXY, and VIX, and how these products relate to each other.
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Profit Targets vs. Days Till Expiration
Jul 29, 2015
The target of 50% of max profit based on tastylive research is achieved around day twenty of a trade. Also disc...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Revisiting Entry Mechanics | Days till Expirations
Jul 30, 2015
Key mechanics when determining entry into a position is considering the days till expiration, reverting to the monthly e...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Neutralize Portfolio Beta Weight
Jul 31, 2015
Buying a long put butterfly, with a skew to the downside strikes creates a broken wind butterfly, which is a neutral to ...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Business as Usual, Even When You Will Be Unable To Trade!
Aug 4, 2015
With a vacation coming up we look to keep things "Business as Usual" and continue adding to the portfolio. With a couple...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Words of Wisdom | Managing Losing Trades
Aug 11, 2015
Tony offers some tradehack words of wisdom on managing losing trades and rolling for credit.
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Keep calm and know when to roll!
Aug 12, 2015
Nick gets anxious and looks to roll positions, learning a valuable lesson about selling into weakness.
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Introduction to Ratio Spreads
Aug 13, 2015
Ratio spreads are a neutral strategy similar to a covered call, but limit the risk to the extreme of an up/down movement...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Synthetic Trading Strategies
Aug 14, 2015
Synthetics are trading strategies that mirror another strategy but require a lower amount of buying power.
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Pre Expiration Adjustments & BWB TradeHack!
Aug 15, 2015
With the first expiration coming up the duo look to roll for a credit on a losing position. Tony brings in a tradehack f...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Ratio Spreads | Lower Buying Power
Aug 19, 2015
Reviewing their portfolio prior to the upcoming expiration, the duo looks to balance the long deltas for next months exp...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Extrinsic Value in Options Pricing
Aug 26, 2015
Extrinsic values can be identified by looking at the pricing of put and call options at a given strike price.
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Extrinsic Value in Options Pricing pt.2
Aug 27, 2015
Tony revisits extrinsic value in options pricing and offers up a tradehack on how to find the fair price of an option.
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Skewed Iron Condors
Aug 28, 2015
With the markets moving in the right direction for the duo, they look to neutralize delta by adding a skewed iron condor...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Stop cancel/replacing when rolling into strength!
Sep 1, 2015
When you are rolling into strength, look to fill the roll at a reasonable price but also at a price where you can be fil...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Strategies to Use With Limited Buying Power
Sep 2, 2015
To increase his number of occurrences, Nick needs to look toward defined risk trades that use up less buying power that ...
WDIS: BAT vs. BAT
Dynamic Iron Condors
Sep 3, 2015
The boys look to place a dynamic iron condor in DIA.
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