This is by far one of Henry’s best videos in my opinion, especially the first half. The only thing I differ on is leaving spreads open through expiration. If I can help it I always close spreads prior to expiration. No matter what. Excellent video, Henry!
The perfect explanation of an iron condor. Loved, loved how you added fear and emotion to the mix of options trading. So many people have that. I have learned from watching your videos, other videos, time after time, and explaining how you can’t let emotions dictate your moves in options trading. Being patient and letting them ride. Thanks Henry.Excellent As usual.
Great video. But isn't it recommended to manage a 30 DTE short Iron Condor after 7 days rather than letting it expire worthless? If you're up 50% after 7 days you could close the option thereby limiting your exposure to Vega?
If I’m up 50% in a week I’m definitely closing. But typically it takes a longer for that to happen unless you get a nice decline in implied volatility.
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Many thanks for the great content! Could you please make a video on what may go wrong with this method? If it expires outside our range, are we obliged to buy or sell stocks based on our call and put buy/sell options? What happens if the price of the stock ends between our sell put and buy put, outside the break-even mark?
Henry, I have watched so many of your videos, thank you for the help. I set up an iron condor for AA, meant to do AAL as per your videos, my bad, and I got put 100 shares of stock, really threw me for a loop. Obviously a bad iron condor from the start. Thanks for all you do. I will keep learning from you.
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I would not look at where the price is in relation to the bollinger band, but the overall width of the band. If you sell an iron condor during a volatility squeeze (and the price is 'in the middle of the band'), look out.
I don't quite understand. I'm getting the terminology wrong I guess. Precent return doesn't really apply to an iron condor because you are not actually spending in any money up front. After all is said and done your broker is giving You money to run an iron condor. You risk some money if things turn sour but you have capped the amount you can lose, but you don't actually have to spend any money to set up an iron condor, (unless you count the trading fees). I guess it is smart to have that at risk money set aside in the account (probably required isn't it) but unless the price goes beyond your risk limits no cash comes out of your pockets ( or trading account balance in this case). In an account like webull who pays 5% return on the cash in your account, an iron condor is a way for you to get even more money from the broker for having your cash in their bank. So if I understand it right you can increase that 5% per year by how many times you cansuccessfully run an iron condor in your account. Am I right?
Hey, so on the surface it seems like it’s a good strategy, but I went back and did analysis for the last year doing this strategy on a monthly basis and it seemed like over time, you technically “won” more trades, but the problem is the very few losers you would have had would have been massive dollar amounts so you end up losing money. In other words, picking up pennies in front of a freight train. You will nab some pennies but sooner or later that freight train is going to get closer and closer until it hits you and wipes out all your small gains.
Maybe someone can help me understand. How do you know how to pick which options are chosen above the strike price or below it? I’m new to options trading.
Henry, love your videos, learning so much while getting started on my options journey. I'm having issues with strategies like this because I opened a Robinhood account years ago and never used it, so when I started trading I didn't have tier 3 options access. Now they won't grant me access. If we can't use your link for a new Robinhood account to get tier 3 access, are there any tips for getting access? I would really like to be able to implement iron condor and credit spreads into my portfolio. Thank you
Hey Henry. Love your videos. Couple quick questions for you. 1. When you are looking at the bollinger bands in Yahoo Finance, you match the time period to the days to expiration, correct? If you are looking a 7DTE option, you would select 5D time frame in Yahoo and if you were looking at a 30DTE option, you would select the 1M time period in Yahoo, right? 2. When you were showing the example of the AMZN Iron Condor and calculating the return, you initially said it would be a 22.6% return ($113 earned premium/$500 cash outlay) but then later you said it would be close to a 30% return ($113/$387). But wouldn't the return be the first scenario because you need to secure $500 to get the $113? Just making sure I'm calculating the return correctly? Thanks again for all your 🔥 videos.
How do you feel about robinhood auto closing trades at day of expiration? This week it cost me $500 to close trades that were close to the money, and 1 trade that was 3 cents in the money but still over $1.50 away from break even. Any suggestions on how to turn this off or a platform that doesn't eat at my profits?
Henry love your content - before I take the leap and sign up - is doing a video on what times your group meets - best times of day to set trades, best times to look for ideas etc etc etc a possibility? I work waaaay too much and need to know when I should be planning work around the trading schedule that’s must condusive for being profitable - thanks
The credit is what you get today. The profit is the value on the day of expiration. On expiration all your positions get executed, they're a bit leaner meat in the strike prices on the expiration. If this makes any sense.
Why is max profit $150 but total credit only $1.13? Shouldnt these 2 be the same, given that max profit will be the credit taken if NFLX stays within these bands? Reference - 5:25
The credit is what you get now after the execution. The Profit estimate is the result on expiration. On expiration you have little discrepancy with the strike prices between the spreads.
Two things. 1. How much money does one have to have in their account to be able to make these kinds of trades? You are showing $24k buying power in the video. I'd like to know the exact amount. 2. Beringer bands. I am missing any kind of "thinking" on the bands and the target strike prices. Like, is a wide band what to look for? Or a tight band? Or, is that not really important? For instance, should only the fact the price is somewhere in the middle, is what is important at all?
@@cluggyahoo haha yup…I’m not sure writing a put spread (or an iron condor) when a stock is at it’s all time high - like AMZN was back then at $3600 - is the best idea🤣
Sorry, I missed the "New super" IC strategy part? Seems like a regular IC to me lol! Please stop sensationalising videos like you also recently did with the Covered call strategy "that nobody is talking about" (which was the same as every other video on CC!) Lastly please for the love of all that is holy, stop telling your audience that you worked at Goldman. Its repetitive and is starting to make me wonder how long you were really there! Sorry Henry, I like you and you're videos but feeling this less and less.
Those sound repetitive to you. But for new viewers, that is important. Feel free not to watch the video if you already know this. None is forcing you to. Henry is doing an excellent job of helping new viewers. For RU-vid algorithms, it is essential to “sensualize” the video title, or it will not reach enough people. You also don't know this, so I won't blame you. Go, Henery, keep going!! It's perfectly fine that you are earning money from the video views as you put effort into making it.
To sell a call, you either need to have 100 shares or enough $$ to buy 100 shares. You should not be selling options until you have a better understanding. You’re going to lose all your money.
I’ve traded a lot of short strangles. They profit faster and you’ll make more money, the problem is they tie up a lot more BP and one bad overnight move in a stock can wipe out your gains. I personally would only trade naked in indexes like spy. If you can’t afford the SPY margin, use /MES.
😂😂 these videos always try to oversimplify things and never tell you how to defend your position. “You can only lose $300” but when you got 10 or more that start going against you how do you manage it. You definitely don’t need the b bands it’s useless. Just look at the delta in the options chain. Usually delta 20 on each side gives you decent results. Implied volatility isn’t that important only around earnings. The reason is you selling one and buying one. I still don’t know how this is anything but a basic text book iron condor. I hope people don’t pay any money for this type of information and did this guy actually work for gs? I would have to see it to believe it.
Another charlatan making more money doing videos than by investing. Almost comically, the example he uses would a perennial loser. With deltas of .21 and .12 on the short legs, there would be a 33% chance of expiring ITM and a 67% chance of expiring OTM. So in two out of three months he would make $300 total ($150 twice) and in one month of the three he'd lose $350, for a consistent loss. (Ignoring ending partly ITM or closing early, which aren't preferred outcomes and would reduce your profit)
I agree. I was calculating the same. On the same boat, really digging into these things and noticing lack of explanation of the reality of these trades. If these were at least weekly, one could actually get a better scene of the stocks defined range. If you have any channels you found more helpful let me know, always trying to learn more.
The very best place to learn this the right way is the Tasty Trade channel on RU-vid. This is too oversimplified and will lead people to lose alot of money.
Henry, This is terrible advice. I hope none of your students follow it. Rarely is it advantageous to open an IC at the center of the BB. You are better served legging into each side of the IC to maximize the credit received. Furthermore PLEASE learn the difference between the "call side" and "put side" of an IC before making a video.
@@Kauffman578 I viewed this video 6 months ago and I am going from memory as I do not have time to rewatch it right now. I believe he simply reversed what he was calling the call and put side of an IC.
@@Kauffman578 IC has two sides. Selling one side of the credit spread at a time to create the IC will usually provide a better overall credit. However, this depends on your ability to strategically enter each side at a more favorable credit.
