Category: Tutorials

How To Choose A Covered Call Using A Predefined Scanner ($MOS Example)
In this article, we’re going to see how to choose an option for generating income. The strategy we’ll use is covered calls, which means we own a stock or will buy it then sell call options on the...

Cover Call Strategy for Micron ($MU)
On the doorstep of the Q4, U.S. stocks continue to trade at elevated levels. October is generally remembered as a volatile month, but over the last 20-years the S&P 500 index has returned 1.9% on...

How To Choose A Naked Put Option For Premium Capture
We are going to see how to choose an option for selling using a predefined scan. In this case, we’ll use the “High probability Naked puts (85% prob of worthless, good companies, good risk-return...

Directional Trading - Combing Low Volatility with Momentum and Trend Following (GDX Trade)
The options market provides several opportunities to generate revenue depending on the strategy that best suits your trading needs. One of the most popular ways to trade the options market is to...
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The Edge of Option Selling - Part 1
Option trades can be either an option buyers and enjoy unlimited profit potential and limited risk, or be an option sellers and enjoy higher probability of profit (though the profit is limited)....
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How to use SamurAI Options backtester
This is the first post, describing our unique options backtester. Our options backtester allows the user to set up an event, and then see the behavior of stocks and/or options after that...
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Using ATR when trading options (Average True Range)
Average True Range is a stock volatility measure developed by Welles Wilder in his book "New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems". The goal of the indicator is to find the "true" movement range...
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Trade post-mortem 3 - $PM $DIS $MDLZ $WMT
It's been a while since I've done a trade post-mortem. Since we have a public trade log, you can still follow on the different trades we give. Here is a current snapshot of our current trade...

Research, Analyse and Trade
Option Samurai is designed to help you find trade ideas quickly. After using our predefined scanners to find ideas quickly, we display all the trades in a table so you can compare the trades...
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Causes for stock price crash
A sudden crash in stock prices is very painful for investors and traders, and since we trade with options - Unexpected crush could be amplified and cause a lost of 100% of the money allocated to...