Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 7-20-26

Trading Credit Spreads With Master Trader Technical StrategiesCredit spreads are often presented as an options strategy built around probabilities, premium collection, and time decay. Those factors matter, but they should not be the starting point.The starting point...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 7-13-26

Many markets beneath the headline indexes have been trapped in trading ranges since sometime in May.Geopolitical news surrounding the war between the United States and Iran has added another layer of uncertainty, producing abrupt and erratic price movement within the...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 7-6-26

Although technology (QQQ, XLK, SMH, DRAM) showed relative weakest, the broader market averages continued to grind higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Transportation ETF, and the NYSE Composite closing at or near new all-time highs.Semiconductors...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 6-29-26

Since May, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 have been locked in a wide sideways correction.  Patterns featuring such broad trading ranges and significant distances between swing highs and lows typically signal elevated uncertainty among market participants.Last...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 6-22-26

By the end of the week, after all the violent gyrations, the market closed around the prior week’s close but with minor gains in the Index ETFs.  The QQQ was the best performer with over 2% gain with the strength of semiconductors.Two big news events for the week...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 6-15-26

By the end of the week, after all the violent gyrations, the market closed near where it started — around the prior week’s close.SPY remains in a weekly uptrend despite the recent volatility. The prior advance was extended, so some backing and filling is normal. The...