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OAP 151 : Adjusting Short Straddles For $540 Profit (EWZ Case Study)

OAP 151 : Adjusting Short Straddles For $540 Profit (EWZ Case Study)

Update: 2019-01-16
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All over the internet, you'll hear stories of why short straddles and short strangles should be avoided at all costs. Stories of how trading "undefined" risk positions can blow up your account when the market moves against you quickly. And while position sizing still needs to be managed appropriately, the fact remains that properly adjusting short straddles and rolling for duration and premium can help turn so-called losers into profitable positions. In today's show, we'll focus on our most recent case study in EWZ in which we turned this losing set of straddles into a $540 winner with a little patience and some mechanical adjusting.

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OAP 151 : Adjusting Short Straddles For $540 Profit (EWZ Case Study)

OAP 151 : Adjusting Short Straddles For $540 Profit (EWZ Case Study)