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About Tony

I have been trading options since 2010 and have been testing and experimenting with various trading styles. Fundamental Analysis based, Technical Analysis based, Trend Following, Day Trading, Swing Trading, etc.

My primary option trading strategies incorporate volatility and I am constantly experimenting with various trading strategies to improve my PNL.

I hold two Master’s degrees (MSc and MBA) with career experience as a cancer research scientist and a digital marketer.

Entries by Tony

SPX Iron Condor Strategy

July 8, 2017/2 Comments/in Trading Strategies and Ideas/by Tony

While doing some research on how to sell Iron Condor in a low volatility environment, I came across to a video that talks about time decay made by Tastytrade. The image below is taken from the video and it shows Theta (time decay) against Days to Expiration (DTE). When it’s 75 DTE, 90% Out of the […]

Can I Sell Iron Condor in a Low Implied Volatility Environment?

May 11, 2017/0 Comments/in Trading Strategies and Ideas/by Tony

I know there are people out there who manage to make a consistent 20% return by just simply selling options on major indexes such as SPX and/or SPY continuously with the Iron Condor strategy. One question I had was about Implied Volatility. Would such trades still work even in the low IV environment? Logically, it […]