Episodes

  • OPR 453: Live From OIC 2024
    May 15 2024

    The Options Guy - aka Brian Overby - joins Mark in the Southern Studio at OIC 2024 to discuss:

    • Skip strike butterfly adjustments
    • Skip strikes vs. Fig Leaves
    • 0 DTE options
    • 24hr trading in stocks and options
    • and much more...
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    22 mins
  • Options Playbook Radio 453: The Return of Options Playbook Radio
    Jan 2 2024

    We are pleased to welcome back Brian Overby and his popular Options Playbook Radio program. 

    On this episode, Mark and Brian answer your listener questions including:

    • their thoughts on options trading holding up in 2023
    • their feelings on the pattern day trading policy
    • trading VIX calls/spreads vs. VIX puts/spreads
    • whether Chicago is still the mecca for trading options
    • and much more.
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    45 mins
  • Options Playbook Radio 452: Let's Get Speculative on Oil
    Feb 28 2023

    For this week's trade, Brian gets speculative with the United States Oil ETF (Ticker: USO). 

    The Options Playbook is available at OptionsPlaybook.com, or on Amazon.

    Do you have a question that you want to be answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

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    16 mins
  • Options Playbook Radio 451: Huddling Up About 0 DTE Trading in AAPL and META
    Feb 21 2023

    On this rare live Huddle episode, Mark and Brian answer your pressing questions about: 

    • 0 DTE trading in Apple and Meta
    • The mysterious Super Bowl indicator
    • Ratio put spreads
    • "Covered" straddles
    • Stock repair trades
    • and much more...
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    34 mins
  • Options Playbook Radio 450: Booking A Long Call Spread
    Feb 14 2023

    Brian begins this episode by looking at last's weeks trade which was a long call in SNAP. For this week's trade, he looks at a long call spread in Booking Holdings (Ticker: BKNG).

    The Options Playbook is available at OptionsPlaybook.com, or on Amazon.

    Do you have a question that you want to be answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

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    20 mins
  • OPR 449: A Momentum Trade in SNAP Using Call Options
    Feb 7 2023

    Brian begins this episode by looking at last's weeks trade which was a Christmas tree butterfly in Apple (Ticker: AAPL). For this week's trade, he looks at a long call in SNAP.

    The Options Playbook is available at OptionsPlaybook.com, or on Amazon.

    Do you have a question that you want to be answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

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    17 mins
  • OPR 448: Time for a Christmas Tree Butterfly in AAPL
    Feb 2 2023

    For this week's trade, Brian looks at a Christmas tree butterfly in Apple (Ticker: AAPL).

    The Options Playbook is available at OptionsPlaybook.com, or on Amazon.

    Do you have a question that you want to be answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

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    18 mins
  • OPR 447: Huddling Up About 0 DTE Gamma Bombs
    Jan 25 2023

    Brian and Mark huddle up to answer your options questions, including:

    • Is it worth it to sell puts in 0 DTE options
    • Why aren't there same day options for single stocks
    • What are we looking forward to in the market this year
    • What will be the hot options strategy for 2023
    • How far out do we go when selling a put in a single name stock as a way to buy the stock at a lower level
    • And much more...
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    26 mins