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Iron Condor - How To Keep From Getting Spanked

by Ted Nino

Make sure that you have an adjustment and trading management plan in place and well thought out before you ever start to trade the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7JdysThY8">iron condor</a> option trading income strategy. Make sure you have this 'plan' all mapped out before you even start to ever even think about placing the trade. Worse case scenario is that a huge move could suddenly come out of nowhere in the market and destroy your position and put your trading account a risk as well. All it takes is one big move like this to completely drain out your options trading account.

Another way of looking at the iron condor is to view it as a sold strangle with purchased wings on the outer edges for protection. A "strangle" is where a trader buys an an out-of-the-money call as well as an out-of-the-money put option. The amount of credit that is brought in from strangle trades are considerably less than those of straddles since the options that are being sold are further out of the money. This is basically just a call option spread up above where the stock is trading at, and a put option spread position down below where the underlying is trading at. Your paired positions are the condor's wings.

Since the iron condor strategy can deliver losses that far exceed the possible gains (due to the iron condors terrible risk to reward ratio) - it is vital that iron condor traders have a rock solid plan they can follow for when the unplanned move in the market occurs. The reason for this is because winning trades with the iron condor has a lot to do with discovering a successful approach that plays off the probability advantage that comes with this option strategy. Huge, unexpected movements in the market or the underlying you are trading can have real negative effects on your condor position and your trading account.

Important Iron Condor Keys To Winning.

- Realize that adjustments will probably be necessary and that there are a number of different ways to adjust these types of trades. You do not need to follow any certain 'way' or methodology either. &#8232;

- Do not let your position get out of control and into losses. &#8232;

- Don't be careless and let a smaller size loss balloon into a giant loss. &#8232;

- Be happy with small steady wins.

Your key to success in trading this strategy is consistency in gaining profits. Don't forget that the most important thing is to keep your profits and your trading account safe at all times. Be ready to adjust your iron condor positions to hedge, stop losses, or in anticipation of trouble when there is the real possibility of damage to your iron condor option position.

I always used to make great monthly returns trading this strategy for a number of trading cycles in a row - but somehow always seemed to give it all up during the few volatile months that always seem to come along in a year. However, when I learned this ridiculously easy technique for trading the iron condor all that changed. After discovering the methods taught at this <a href="http://www.ironcondoroptiontradingstrategy.com">iron condor</a> website, I now know exactly what to do when a problem month comes along to keep from losing the rest of my iron condor profits I've accumulated throughout the year.

Ted is an option selling evangelist - particularly addicted with riding the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7JdysThY8">iron condor</a> . Stop by his <a href="http://www.ironcondoroptiontradingstrategy.com">iron condor</a> Option lab Site to discover more about his Tiptop Smooth System to play the weeklys for steady-going cashflow.

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Title: Iron Condor - How To Keep From Getting Spanked
Author: Ted Nino
Email: theeinfoco@gmail.com
Keywords: iron condor,option trading,stock trading,stock,trading,forex trading,forex,currency trading,stock market,investing,investment,finance,personal finance,wealth building,business
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Category: forex
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