For over two decades, we’ve hosted options trading webinars designed to help everyday people learn to trade with confidence. Over that time, we’ve watched options trading risks play out in real time — for better and for worse. Some students changed their careers. Others retired early. But we’ve also watched people take on far more […]
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Outdated Market Maker Theory Misled Traders
If you’ve been trading options using Greeks like Delta and strategies like iron condors or broken wing butterflies, there’s something critically important you should understand about where these tools came from — and what they were originally designed to do. In this breakdown, options educator John Locke explains the real history behind the Black-Scholes model, […]
Understand Price Moves Using IV Patterns
Implied Volatility (IV) is the market’s expectation of future price movement. Understanding IV gives you an edge: it reveals when institutions are positioning, when retail is likely to panic, and when price movement is about to reverse. This post breaks down IV behavior, shows how it ties to price action, and gives practical steps you […]
How To Make Smarter Options Adjustments
Are your options trades stuck in follow the rules and hope-mode? In this lesson from John Locke, discover how to move beyond rigid entry/exit rules and develop Stage 4 options adjustments grounded in market context, volatility, and positional reaction. Learn practical steps to manage trades better, avoid overfitting, and build the skills to make precise, […]
Reading Horizontal & Vertical Skew To Spot Major Market Moves
Traders: learn a practical, real-time method to interpret Implied Volatility, horizontal skew and vertical skew so you can spot potential market breakdowns or bounce failures before most people. This post breaks down what to watch, quick checks you can run in your software, and how to interpret skew shifts across indexes (NDX, Russell, Dow). Click […]
Market Breakdown Explained
This hourly-chart breakdown shows how to identify support failures, head & shoulders patterns, and repeated dead cat bounces. If you trade breakouts, reversals, or short-term options, this step-by-step guide explains where to enter, where to protect, and how to manage risk for high-probability moves. Click here or on the video below to learn more! Subscribe: YouTube […]
