Capital Discussions Round Table

Tony Sizemore, from http://optionelements.com/ , discussed "Tips and Tricks of a Professional Option Trader." Tony covered how to get filled, using OptionVue, entering and exiting spreads and more. Download the video at capitaldiscussions.com/website-walkthrough

Jamie Ruetz, from Silexx, discussed "Obsidian - A Professional Option Trading Platform." Jamie Reutz from Silexx presenting Obsidian: A professional option trading platform. Jamie did a walkthrough of their option trading platform. This is a professional tool that Jim Riggio has used for years. Jamie reviewed just a few modules as Obsidian has many modules to manage risk, trades etc. Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Dave Thomas shares his trading journey with lessons learned and answers many questions. John answers questions about his trading systems, including the M3, Rock, Bearish Butterfly and M21. Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Jerry Furst, from Traders Education Network, discussed "Technical Analysis for Option Traders." Jerry talked about how to use technical analysis to time your option trades. Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Jim Riggio, from Capital Discussions, discussed "Covered Calls." Jim talked about institutional research from CBOE and Goldmans Sachs and how variance of returns affects your realized cumulative returns. A class on Covered Calls starts on Monday January 12, 2015. For more information, visit http://capitaldiscussions.com/1/c1/

John Locke, from Locke In Your Success, discussed "Trading the M3 with Large Market Moves." John talked about his December 2014 M3 trade and how he adjusted his live $600,000 position. Despite the extreme market moves, John's trade survived without a big loss. Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Bill Visconto, from EAB Investment Group, discussed "Why Aren't My Iron Condors Working?" Bill showed us research from his quants of iron condor performance degrading in the last few years and the steepening of the volatility skews. Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Eugene Yashin, from Krasney Financial, discussed "Investing in a Multidimensional Market." Eugene talked about Investment Regimes, Anomalies Observed, One Factor Based Equity Models - pros and cons and Multifactor Based Equity Models - pros and cons. Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Ian Scott, former Goldman Sachs options floor trader, discussed "Thinking like a Goldman Sachs Trader." Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Amy Meissner discussed "The Weirdor - A variant of the Condor." Amy showed her trading guidelines and walked through her SEP and OCT 2014 trades. Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Seth Freudberg, from the Options Tribe, discussed "Becoming a professional option trader." Seth runs the Options Trading Desk at SMB Capital and talked about what it takes to succeed as an option trader. Download the video at http://members.capitaldiscussions.com/join

Ricardo Saenz de Heredia, from Option Elements, discussed "The importance of scaling into short Vega monthly positions." Ricardo compared two trades of scaling and not scaling an symmetric iron condor.

Marc Principato, CMT, showed how he uses price action and technical analysis to find trading opportunities. Marc is starting a new service called "Swing Signals" to let traders follow Marc's signals in real time. These signals are for option traders trading weekly or monthly options.

Dr. Duke, from Parkwood Capital LLC, dispelled many myths about option trading. He looked at the normal probability distribution and how expected return is calculated. For all option traders.

John Locke shows his M3 butterfly trade and how it handled a large market decline. For intermediate or advanced option traders

Tony Sizemore, from Option Elements, showed how he combines different option trades to manage his option positions by the option Greeks. For intermediate or advanced option traders