Broker Specific7 min
How to Trade Iron Condors on TD Ameritrade
TD Ameritrade's thinkorswim platform supports iron condor order entry directly. You can build all four legs as a single combined order, review the net credit…
Bernardo Rocha
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Options strategies, automated trading insights, and market education.
Broker Specific7 min
How to Trade Iron Condors on thinkorswim
thinkorswim supports iron condor order entry natively, allowing traders to build and submit all four legs as a single order. This guide walks through the exact…
Bernardo Rocha
Broker Specific5 min
Best Brokers for Options Trading in 2025: Updated Rankings
The best brokers for options trading in 2025 depend heavily on what you plan to trade. For multi-leg strategies like iron condors, the list narrows quickly —…
Bernardo Rocha
Risk Management8 min
What Happens If My Iron Condor Hits Max Loss?
Every iron condor has a maximum loss defined at the moment you enter the trade. That number is fixed, known, and does not change. This is one of the defining…
Bernardo Rocha
Iron Condor Strategy8 min
What Is Assignment Risk in Iron Condors?
Assignment risk is the possibility that an option holder will exercise their option, forcing you (as the option seller) into a stock or cash position you…
Bernardo Rocha
Iron Condor Strategy9 min
How Theta Decay Benefits Iron Condor Sellers
Theta decay is not an edge in itself — it's a mechanism. The edge comes from understanding how that mechanism works in an iron condor and positioning correctly…
Bernardo Rocha
Iron Condor Strategy8 min
Iron Condors with Weekly Expirations: A Practical Guide
Weekly options expiration cycles changed how income traders approach iron condors. Before weekly options became widely available, most iron condor traders…
Bernardo Rocha
Options Education8 min
What Are 0DTE Options and Are They Worth the Risk?
0DTE options — zero days to expiration — are options that expire on the same day they're traded. They've grown from a niche tool used by experienced traders…
Bernardo Rocha
Iron Condor Strategy8 min
SPX vs SPY for Iron Condors: Which Is Better?
SPX and SPY both track the S&P 500. For most investors, they're interchangeable. For options traders running iron condors, the differences are meaningful —…
Bernardo Rocha
Iron Condor Strategy8 min
Iron Condor on SPX: Why It's the Most Popular Underlying
SPX options are the most actively traded options in the world, and iron condor traders have a specific set of reasons to prefer them over alternatives like…
Bernardo Rocha
Market Conditions7 min
What Is VVIX and Why Options Sellers Should Track It
What Is VVIX and Why Options Sellers Should Track It VVIX is the volatility of volatility index. If the VIX measures how uncertain the market is about future…
Bernardo Rocha
Automated Trading8 min
How to Read a Trading Strategy's Performance Report
How to Read a Trading Strategy's Performance Report A trading strategy performance report contains specific metrics that, read correctly, tell you whether a…
Bernardo Rocha