Episodes

  • Walking Through a Profitable Iron Condor Trade
    Oct 21 2022

    In this weekly update from 10/7/2022, I walk through an Iron Condor trade that I put on 9/1/2022 and managed until closing it a few days before the 10/7/2022 expiration date.  This trade was a success, making $1477 in just over 30 days.  I go through my thought process on how I considered adjustments along the way, and ultimately how it was closed out for a nice profit.

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    20 mins
  • A hedge fund that makes lots of money during sharp market corrections
    Sep 20 2022

    Today I discuss an article about a hedge fund that profits on large market pullbacks.  You can learn how to do this.

    Check out my website at https://commonmanhedgefund.com


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    13 mins
  • How do higher bond yields affect the stock market?
    Sep 17 2022

    Over the past several years, fixed income yields have been close to zero.  That is rapidly changing.  In this episode, I discuss this phenomenon and what this means for the stock market going forward.

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    7 mins
  • Lessons Learned from a Poorly Managed Iron Condor Trade
    Sep 15 2022

    Most people don't share their losing trades.  In this video, I talk about a trade that I badly mismanaged.  I have metrics that I use to adjust trades when the market moves against us.  In this trade, I tried to roll a call credit spread up and out, but I wasn't aggressive enough in rolling it, so I ended up having to take a pretty significant loss.  I point out several things to do differently in the future to stay out of this type of situation.

    Check out my website at https://commonmanhedgefund.com

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    33 mins
  • What kind of expertise should you be looking for when it comes to trading?
    Aug 1 2022

    In this episode, I discuss the three different kinds of expertise that show up in trading groups and forums.  This continues with the discussion from the last episode asking the question - should you pay someone in your journey of learning to trade options.  

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    14 mins
  • Should you pay someone to follow their trades?
    Jul 29 2022

    In this episode, we discuss a question posted in a facebook group recently - "Should you pay someone to follow along with their trades".  My answer is nuanced, and you first have to answer a different question before you can answer this one.

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    20 mins
  • Are we in a different market environment?
    Jul 26 2022

    In this episode, I look back at the historical performance of the S&P500 over the past 20+ years and discuss what we can learn from those ups and downs.  The question is - are we in a different paradigm going forward?  In other words, will the next 10 years be as good as the last?

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    13 mins
  • Two types of traders - which type are you?
    Jul 20 2022

    In this episode, I discuss the two types of trading mentality - trend following vs mean reversion.  Neither is right or wrong, but they are very different.  Figuring out which direction you lean can help you determine what type of trades may work better for you and what type of system you should design.


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    16 mins