Advanced Option Strategies

Rather than view strategy as a selection of options, here is another approach: creation or invention.
Strategic planning is not strategy
Strategic Planning, often synonymous with Annual Planning, details how you are going to get where you have decided to go. It is a description of how you will achieve your goals — those milestones you established [...]

Placing iron condor spreads on the broad market indexes is a relatively conservative, non-directional trading strategy that may be used for consistent income generation.  This strategy profits as long as the index trades within the channel formed by the two spread positions.  It is best used during sideways or slowly trending markets.Condor SpreadsA condor spread [...]