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Reverse DCF Reveals What's Priced Into Any Stock

Most traders start with a growth guess and hope the market agrees. You pick 14% because it feels right, you run a valuation, and you get a fair value that matches your bias. Then price does something else entirely. What if you flip it? In this video I walk you through reverse DCF in Option Samurai using Adobe as the example. Instead of guessing growth, you read what growth is already priced in, then compare it to what you believe is possible. You will see exactly how to: - Load the template and plug in price, cash flow, and assumptions. - Read the implied growth rate priced into a stock right now. - Compare your growth view vs what is priced in. - Spot the gap and turn it into a trade idea. - Choose the right template version for a single stock, a watchlist, or an options trade. Instead of arguing with price, you start from what price is telling you. ⸻ About Option Samurai: Option Samurai helps you find better trades faster. Our scanner, watchlists, and Excel plus Google Sheets integrations are built for serious options traders who want clarity, speed and an edge. ⸻ 🚀 GET STARTED 🌐 Try it free: www.optionsamurai.com 📖 Standard template: https://optionsamurai.com/blog/reverse-dcf-template/ 📖 Watchlist version: https://optionsamurai.com/blog/reverse-dcf-watchlist-template/ 📖 Options trade version: https://optionsamurai.com/blog/reverse-dcf-option-strategy-template/ ⸻ 👍 Like this video if it helped you 🔔 Subscribe for more options trading tips and tools 💬 Drop a comment if you have questions or ideas for future videos ⸻ 0:10 What a normal DCF gets wrong 0:36 Reverse DCF: what growth is the market pricing in? 1:01 Case study: Adobe 1:19 The inputs (cash flow, terminal growth, discount rate) 1:45 The growth assumption 2:05 Hunting for the implied growth rate 2:30 The market prices -7% a year: is that realistic? 3:10 When disagreement becomes a trade 3:26 Grab the template

Deep ITM LEAPS Strategy: How 50 Percent Becomes 109 Percent?

Most traders buy a hundred shares and never do the math on what they are actually paying for. Ten thousand dollars of stock. Full risk on every dollar. And a return measured on money you did not need to spend in the first place. Owning the shares feels like the only way to own the stock. Except, this is not true. In this video I break down how one deep in the money call replaces 100 shares for less than half the money. You will see the full math on a $100 stock why a 90 delta option moves like the shares while time decay barely touches it and why the worst case loss is a number you know before you enter. You will get the seven rules for buying these options the right way from picking the delta zone to sizing the trade like the shares it replaces and where the money you saved should actually go. I will show you the scan I built for myself inside Option Samurai to find deep ITM calls and how to manage the position when it wins by rolling the strike up locking the profit with a put or doing nothing on purpose and when it loses with one question about your original thesis. Finally you will see the same map flipped with deep ITM puts and why the short squeeze math that keeps most traders away from bearish trades does not have to apply to you. In this video you will learn 1 Why one contract at 90 delta replaces 100 shares for less than half the money 2 The seven rules for buying deep ITM options and why position sizing matters more than strike selection 3 How to scan for deep ITM calls inside Option Samurai with your own delta breakeven and max loss filters 4 Three ways to manage a winner roll up lock the profit or do nothing on purpose 5 How deep ITM puts flip the whole map for bearish trades with a capped loss and no squeeze math ⸻ About Option Samurai Option Samurai helps you find better trades faster. Our scanner and Excel plus Google Sheets integrations are built for serious options traders who want clarity speed and an edge. The scan shown in this video runs live inside the platform with the exact filters from the video so you can find deep in the money calls and puts that fit your own rules before you commit capital. ⸻ 🚀 GET STARTED 🌐 Try it free: https://optionsamurai.com ⸻ 👍 Like this video if it helped you 🔔 Subscribe for more options trading strategies and tools 💬 Comment which strategy you want us to cover next - we read every one and plan new videos from them ⸻ Chapters 0:45 What "deep in the money" actually means 1:05 The math justifying the trade 3:29 The 7 rules for buying deep ITM options 5:01 What the money you saved can do (and the leverage question) 6:02 The scan inside Option Samurai 6:57 Managing a winner 9:09 Managing a loser 10:03 The bearish flip: deep ITM puts

One List, Every Scan - Option Samurai Watchlist Tutorial

Here is a ready to paste description for the Watchlists video, in the same structure as your template: Most traders keep their watchlist in six places at once. A few tickers in desktop notes, a few more in broker tabs, and a different list typed into every scan. Add one new name and you retype it everywhere. Update one list and the others go stale. And your best scans end up running on the entire market instead of the names you actually want to trade. What if you build it once and every scan follows. In this video I walk you through Watchlists in Option Samurai, the place where you organize tickers, link them to scans, and let Smart Watchlists refresh for you. You will see exactly how to Create a watchlist once and paste tickers in seconds Use any watchlist in a scan so linked scans update automatically Include and exclude symbols with Descriptive Data, like scanning SP 500 and Nasdaq 100 while excluding your positions Import tickers from CSV and add results from any saved scan Customize columns with Price, IV Rank, Stock Score, analyst target and earnings date Use Smart Watchlists that update themselves for fresh ideas Instead of retyping lists, you manage one list and Option Samurai does the rest. ⸻ About Option Samurai: Option Samurai helps you find better trades faster. Our scanner, watchlists, and Excel plus Google Sheets integrations are built for serious options traders who want clarity, speed and an edge. Set your list once. Every scan, column and Smart Watchlist stays in sync. ⸻ 🚀 GET STARTED 🌐 Try it free: www.optionsamurai.com (no CC needed) 📖 Watchlists guide: https://samurai.froged.help/docs/en/90856237-universes 👍 Like this video if it helped you 🔔 Subscribe for more options trading tips and tools 💬 Drop a comment if you have questions or ideas for future videos ⸻ Chapters: 00:24 - Build it once and every scan follows 00:41 - Use in a scan vs Add from scan 01:00 - Include and exclude with two lists 01:29 - Import symbols 02:23 - Smart Watchlists that build themselves 02:57 - Predefined Watchlists 03:12 - Two ways to use Watchlists for scanning

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