181: This Week In Options Trading: What's Working Right Now
About this episode
Eric O'Rourke and Brian Terry discuss navigating a volatile market and effective trading strategies.
Brian Terry’s Conservative Options Income Group: https://www.stockmarketoptionstrading.net Eric O’Rourke’s SPX Trading Community: https://www.alphacrunching.com Trading in a community gives you perspective, shared ideas, and support—far better than trying to figure it all out on your own. In this episode, Eric O’Rourke is joined by Brian Terry to break down how they’re navigating a highly volatile, headline-driven market. With uncertainty tied to global events and sharp intraday reversals, both emphasize that sometimes the best trade is no trade at all—and that sitting in cash can be a strategic edge. Brian shares how he’s staying active by focusing on strength in the energy sector, using diagonal call strategies and poor man’s covered calls on oil-related stocks showing relative strength. Rather than changing strategy structures, he explains how simply rotating into stronger sectors can maintain a bullish or neutral approach even in a weak market. Eric contrasts this with his SPX-focused approach, where many bullish credit spread strategies are no longer triggering. He discusses why “flipping” strategies (e.g., turning put spreads into call spreads) doesn’t always work, based on…
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