FOCUS Educational Series: Trading Ideas & Strategy Selection

Friday, January 27, 2017 8:30 – 9:00

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 – 9:45

Trend Trading with Options An introduction to long-dated options, Vertical Spreads and other strategies that may be used to reduce the cost of time while benefitting from a long term market trend. Russell Rhoads, Director of Education, CBOE Options Institute

9:45 – 10:30

Using Option Activity for Idea Generation A look at block trading activity, order flow and changes in Implied Volatility to create trading ideas. Roma Colwell-Steinke, Instructor, CBOE Options Institute

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 11:45

Trading Over Extended Markets Using technical analysis to identify potential trade set ups and applying option strategies based on those indicators. Kevin Davitt, Senior Instructor, CBOE Options Institute

11:45 – 1:00

Lunch

1:00 – 1:45

Fundamental Analysis and Option Trading Understanding the analytics behind trading Cash-Secured Puts, Long-Dated Risk Reversals and Long-Term Spreads. Russell Rhoads, Director of Education, CBOE Options Institute

1:45 – 2:30

Trading Earnings Announcements Combining current option pricing with historical stock reactions to develop option trades around earnings announcements. Peter Lusk, Senior Instructor, CBOE Options Institute

2:30 – 2:45

Break

2:45 – 3:30

Spread Trading Underlying Markets Go beyond Verticals and Time Spreads by using Intermarket Spreads and trading related Equities/ETFs/Indexes. Kevin Davitt, Senior Instructor, CBOE Options Institute

3:30 – 4:00

Positions/Portfolio Risk Management Putting it all together before moving forward. CBOE Options Institute Instructors