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

TSLA: Tesla Stock Is About to Spark

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Dec 17, 2014

Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) is deeply oversold. Play a rebound in TSLA stock with bull put spreads.

Fade the VIX Index Super Spike With VXX

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Dec 16, 2014

Unless we go into full meltdown mode, the VIX spike has a good chance of falling back down. Traders should be viewing the current volatility surge as an opportunity.

ALK: Alaska Air Group Flying High

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Dec 15, 2014

Alaska Air Group has one of the better stock charts in today's airline sector. Here's one way to profit by playing ALK stock with call spreads.

RSX: Russian Stocks Beckon the Brave

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Dec 12, 2014

Russian stocks have suffered the most amid the oil crash, and now the RSX ETF is calling out to brave contrarians.

GDX: Gold Miners Are Starting to Shine

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Dec 10, 2014

Higher gold prices give investors the chance to make a smart play on the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) ETF.