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

Drive This Semi – With Options

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Buy a call spread in Semiconductor HOLDRs ETF (NYSE: SMH) as sector returns to life.

Show Patience at These Market Levels

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Indices and momentum stocks like Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) are at levels that suggest the market is in for a breather.

Rev Up Returns with Short Puts on Ford

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Ford (NYSE: F) has held at it 200-day moving average. Try selling Ford put options.

Darwin Favors the Evolving Options Trader

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Options offer versatility. A previous trade in Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) can be modified to reduce risk, take profits.

Buy Calls in Tesoro, Valero, Western

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Buy call options on oil refiners Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO), Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO), and Western Refining (NYSE: WNR).

Charts can Tame Trading Circus of Chaos

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Use stock charts of past trading behavior to find future stock moves.

Prepare for Aftershocks With Call Verticals

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Prepare for aftershocks to the recent stock market rally with a call option vertical spread on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY).

Let’s Go Shopping … for Stocks

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

A market sell-off is when investors should prepare a list of stocks to buy like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).

Diamonds in the Options’ Rough

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Options on Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX), and Ford (NYSE: F) show relative strength for the next few days.

Buy the Dip in USO Options

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician

Crude oil pulled back, making attractive put options on the United States Oil Fund (NYSE: USO).

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