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

A Volatility Play on the Return to Normalcy

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Oct 20, 2011

Here's a short volatility trade for a return to an uptrending market.

Play Gold’s Pullback With This Put Option Trade

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Oct 18, 2011

The key to playing GLD with this put spread merely requires that the precious metal doesn’t drop too far in value from current levels.

Biogen Idec Looking to Break Out

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Oct 17, 2011

BIIB is setting up technically to run up in front of its Oct. 28 earnings announcement.

Are Your Stocks in Need of Some Short-Term Protection?

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Oct 14, 2011

The options market provides virtually limitless choices when it comes to protecting, and generating income from, your long stock positions.

A Short-Term Options Play for a RIMM Resurrection

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Oct 13, 2011

RIMM's global service outage is another black eye for the BlackBerry maker. But the charts say the stock is preparing for a potential breakout.