Monday, July 27, 2026 – Tony’s Pre-Market Playbook
New Week, New Opportunities by Tony Rago New week, new opportunities to make money! The Sunday open left us with a gap below that remains open, with the ES gap fill at 7,444 and NQ at 28,306. Oil is also back under $85, so we could have a bit of a funky open as traders […]
Volatility Is Not the Enemy — It’s the Edge
Volatility Is Not the Enemy — It’s the Edge Every time volatility spikes, I watch the same thing happen. Traders panic. They close positions early, go to cash, and then sit on the sidelines waiting for things to “calm down.” And in doing so, they miss some of the best opportunities the market has to […]
The Xmas Tree Spread — Precision, Probability, and Getting Paid
Most traders know three options strategies. Buy a call. Buy a put. Maybe sell a covered call if they’re feeling adventurous. And then they wonder why their results are inconsistent. Here’s the truth: the market gives you dozens of tools. The traders who win long-term are the ones who know which tool to pick up […]
The Options Strategy Every Retail Trader Should Know
Options get a bad reputation. People hear “options trading” and they think casino. They think leverage. They think blowing up an account in a matter of days. But here’s the truth: used correctly, options are one of the most powerful risk management tools available to the everyday investor. The problem isn’t options. The problem is […]
Earnings Flips: A Defined-Risk Options Strategy for Trading Earnings Season
How to Trade the Most Volatile Event on the Calendar Earnings season. Twice a year, every stock on your watchlist becomes a live grenade. The stock gaps up 10%. It gaps down 15%. Traders are guessing direction, buying naked options, praying they got it right — and more often than not, walking away with a […]
Understanding the Expected Move — The Most Underused Tool in Trading
Every week, the market tells you exactly how much it expects to move. Most traders completely ignore this information. That’s a massive edge they’re leaving on the table. The expected move is derived from options pricing — specifically, from implied volatility. It represents the one standard deviation range the market anticipates a stock or index […]
How I Sized Every Trade on the Deadest Tape of the Year
Hey trader, The fastest way to wreck a small account has nothing to do with picking the wrong direction. It comes from trading the right idea in the wrong size. You can be dead right on the chart and still give back a month of gains on a single oversized loss. Wednesday’s tape was as […]
Super Fly
A defined-risk options income strategy designed to take advantage of time decay and market structure. SuperFly focuses on structured trades with clear risk parameters and consistent management rules. What’s inside Super Fly isn’t an alert room. It’s a structured execution machine built around a single, repeatable protocol — with every resource you need to run […]
Xmas Tree Alerts
A specialized options strategy service that focuses on advanced multi-leg options structures designed to take advantage of volatility and time decay. Members receive alerts and education on how to structure and manage these unique trades. What’s included Real-Time Trade Alerts Get notified the moment Don places or exits a Xmas Tree spread. Every alert includes […]
Earnings Flips
An options strategy designed to capitalize on volatility and price movement surrounding corporate earnings announcements. Earnings Flips focuses on defined-risk setups that can benefit from post-earnings volatility shifts. What You’ll Get 📲Real-Time Trade Alerts Every Earnings Flip alert includes the exact ticker, strikes, expiration, and entry timing. Nothing left to interpret — you see exactly […]