Tyler Craig

Tyler Craig

Tales of a Technician

Tyler Craig has been helping individuals learn how to trade as an elite instructor and personal mentor for the past 15 years. Nearly a decade ago, he joined the Chartered Market Technician’s Association and obtained the CMT designation. He specializes in derivatives trading and seeks to help others unlock the power of options trading.

In 2015, Tyler joined Tackle Trading to help bring premium investing education to the public. He has since created multiple trading systems, including Cash Flow Condors and the Bear Market Survival Guide. Every week he pens insightful articles for his two blogs: Tales of a Technician and Options Theory.

Recent Articles

MMR Options Implied Volatility Is Too Rich

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Given the cheap price tag and overall uptrend present in MMR’s stock price, selling put options may not be a bad way to go here.

Euro Options: Now on Sale!

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Anytime euro implied volatility has dropped to the current levels, it has represented an alluring opportunity to buy FXE options on the cheap.

Semiconductors Take a Leading Role

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

The sector's outperformance in Wednesday's rally could be significant. Here's an option play that keys on this potential trend.

Why VXX Should Reverse Split

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

The lower it goes, the harder it is to craft a good option spread. So, here's hoping issuer Barclays saves it from the the underworld of single digits.

At Monsanto, Seeds Be Sproutin’

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

This ag-related stock has a bumper crop of signals showing strong of growth ahead. And this call spread trade could help you harvest profits.

GLD: A Golden Opportunity Approaches

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

The SPDR Gold Trust ETF's generally sideways move may soon give way to some excitement that could make some option plays quite attractive.

Fear Is on the Ropes

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Despite the S&P 500's six-day sell-off, the VIX is hardly rising. What's behind this relative lack of volatility during a stock price drop?

Options Plays for a Netflix Resurrection

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Netflix (NFLX) has started to become more attractive from a technical perspective, putting some possible spread trades into play.

How to Ring the Register on Short Puts

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Selling a put can profit from time decay, it has a high probability of profit and it presents a more conservative alternative to buying call options.

Oil’s Slide Spells Options Opportunity

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Oil has fallen since its recent gains -- if you're willing to be it's low price will hold for the next month, now's the time to sell put options on the USO.

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