Core Strategies

The repeatable playbooks serious options traders come back to every month.

This series covers the strategies that do the heavy lifting in most trading accounts. The lessons here go deeper on the 'extra' plays — jade lizard, calendar spreads, and the poor man's covered call — while the strategy pillars linked below stand in for the core six income and directional structures. Use this as your strategy reference; pair it with the Reading the Market series to know when to pull which trigger.