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

Bears Maintain Their Foothold in SPY

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

A put spread would earn profits if there is little change in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY).

Bear Threatens to Claw SPY

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

A bearish option trade on the S&P 500 Index Options (NYSE: SPY).

What a Tool — the Options Calculator

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Options calculators are valuable tool for novice options traders as they learn premium pricing.

Options Offer Cheap MasterCard Buy

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Use options to buy MasterCard (NYSE: MA) for less than Warren Buffett.

Stable Oil Signals USO Option Play

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Crude oil is stabilizing so consider an option trade in the United States Oil Fund (NYSE: USO).

Greeks Predict Prices at Options Expiration

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Option expiration brings the concepts of Theta and Gamma to options traders.

Defend Profits With a SPY Option Trade

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Protect market gains and gain premium with an option spread on the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY).

Semiconductor ETF on the Brink of Breakout

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Find profits with a vertical call option spread on the Semiconductor HOLDRS ETF (NYSE: SMH).

Silver Offers Options Profits for the Savvy

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Careful options traders can profit on iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) with covered calls, and bull call and put spreads.

A Gold Bottom Signals a Put Spread

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Sell a SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) put options spread If the ETF hits its $140 bottom.

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