You've probably seen this happen.

A trader enters a position with a clear risk management plan.

If the trade loses $500, they're getting out.

Simple.

Then the trade reaches a $500 loss.

And suddenly the plan changes.

"I'll give it a little more room."

At $750:

"It's already down this much....

Two traders can put on the exact same trade and have completely different experiences.

Same underlying.

Same strikes.

Same expiration.

Same entry price.

But one trader calmly follows the plan while the other watches every tick, checks futures overnight, and starts making adjustments the momen

One of the hardest things to accept in trading is that you can do everything right and still lose money.

You can have a good setup.

You can size the position correctly.

You can understand the risk.

You can follow your management plan exactly as intended.

And the trade can still lose.

That do...

One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a trader isn't losing money.

It's making money while doing something you shouldn't have done.

That sounds backwards.

After all, we're trading to make money.

But there's a big difference between making money on a trade and making a good tradin...

A Poor Man’s Covered Call is often presented as a lower-cost version of a covered call.

Buy a long-dated call.

Sell a shorter-term call against it.

Collect premium.

Repeat.

That sounds simple.

And mechanically, it is.

But a PMCC is not simply a covered call with less capital.

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