Hawk’s Vision
OptionHawk’s thoughts on markets, finance, trading, and life.
How I Trade Inside Multiple Timeframes Actively
It’s not a crime to take bullish short-term trades while medium term bearish…. Our lead indicator, NYSI, turned bearish 2/8 and has turned out to be a great lead indicator once again as it was a time I exited my longs and took April SPY puts. That same signal turned...
Planning the Next Decade
I’ve always been averse to making big changes and taking chances when it comes to my career. Much of this has to do with being the provider and a fear of failing to keep my family well-off. As you grow older you realize just how precious life is and having turned 39...
Do Not Try to Outsmart Your Signals – The Key to Trading
Discipline is the most essential quality in a successful trader in order to succeed consistently and in order to take emotions out of trading, developing signals that you will adhere to is vital. I have a long-track record of success in the markets and I can 100% tell...
How to Succeed Using OptionsHawk’s Services
As we enter a new trading year, I think it is important to take some time to write a mini guide on the best ways to use the OptionsHawk website. We already have an in-depth member guide that is sent with new subscriptions and accessible on the site but this is going...
Simplification of Trading, A Boring Yet Effective Approach
Like many things in life we tend to over-complicate trading without just focusing on the end-goal, making money. There are thousands of different strategies and approaches to trading all trying to lead to the same outcome. I have long considered a more goal-oriented...
A Tribute to Monroe
This will be the hardest thing I have ever written but I want to celebrate the life of our Yellow Lab, Monroe. It may be hyperbole for some to say that a dog is a man’s best friend, but not for me. She lived a long adventurous life and was a major part of our family,...
OptionsHawk 2020 Option Day Trading Challenge
Some of you may have seen my post earlier this week regarding a new challenge for 2020 involving flipping option contracts intraday as a way to add daily capital gains without any overnight exposure. The experiment involves roughly $5000 capital outlay positions and...
Options Flow and Earnings: Being Selective & Finding Big Winners that Fit the Formula
You often hear during earnings season that putting on options positions for earnings reports is like playing roulette, implying a low probability of winning. You also often hear a lot of people who do not hold stock/option positions through earnings which has never...
Sports Betting and Stock Trading, One in the Same
Two of my biggest passions are sports and the stock market. Growing up playing sports taught me a number of life lessons and many that I apply to investing in the markets. Competitiveness is important, such a strong desire to win that you are willing to work long...
A New OptionsHawk Product You Will Love, and Illumina (ILMN) is the Perfect Example
I have been working on a new product idea that I think will be a major game-changer and appeal to both active and inactive investors wanting to stay better informed about the stocks they own, or want to own. I have not come up with a name for it yet or a price point...