In this post: How do our traders minimize their risk? What are the three different ways to play earnings? How many times a year do we play earnings? Earnings season is upon us, and I know many of our traders will be trading it! As you probably know, earnings trades can be more unpredictable than … Read more
In this post: What to keep in mind while using trade alerts? What is Henry Gambell’s signature trading strategy? How to read an Options Chain alert? Using Our Trade Alerts One of the best features of the Simpler Trading service, the trade alerts, enables you to trade more efficiently. Trade alerts are posted in our … Read more
Learning New Strategies Even if you’ve been trading options for years, branching out into more complex option strategies can be daunting. In order to make use of our text and trade alerts, we want to make sure they make sense. The following examples include explanations of buying long options, as well as entering into credit … Read more
In this post: What is John’s core setup? How many monitors does John use? What is the base of John’s trading? John uses a combination of indicators and market internals across his 6 monitors that he looks at daily. While he is constantly innovating these indicators, his core setup remains the same. This document is … Read more
Updated: 2/2/2022 Creating a backup of your thinkorswim (TOS) studies is a good practice for keeping your trading files safe. Even though your files are saved onto the thinkorswim servers, it’s best to keep a backup copy readily available on an external device. Like the market, you can never predict what will happen: it can … Read more
Alert sounds in thinkorswim can be helpful for your trading. But with the same bells and chimes throughout the day, you may start to tune them out. And that can be a problem when it comes to trading. Whether you swing trade or day trade if you tune out a much-needed alert that requires your … Read more
Updated 1/25/2022 In this post: How to change the thinkorswim background color? How to change thinkorswim colors? How to customize the thinkorswim trendline? I get asked often enough about how I set up the color schemes on my charts that I thought I’d create a quick guide for the process. The default black background color … Read more
In this post: How old is my current trading computer? How much RAM do you need in a trading computer? What’s a good motherboard for a trading computer? My current trading computer is about four years old. There’s no reason to tempt fate and see just how long it can last – it is time … Read more
Updated January 13, 2022 The TTM Squeeze was originally developed by John Carter, and he’s used Squeeze setups in eight $1M+ trades over the years! The Squeeze is so popular that he developed Squeeze Pro to measure even more explosive moves. One question I am often asked is how to use the Stock Hacker in … Read more
It’s easy to take our bodies for granted. After all, the human body knows what it is doing, and it is great at adapting to change. But there are times when we push it too far and it just . . . snaps…throws in the towel. And, a few years ago, that is what happened to me. I went through … Read more