Options Playbook Radio 231: Up- and Downside Butterflies in GOOGL and AMZN

Being in the heart of FAANG earnings season, let's look at GOOGL and AMZN. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, in on the Amazon Kindle edition. Specifically: What is happening in the markets right now? What about GOOGL and AMZN, specifically? What are the expected moves? What is our strategy? We're looking for positive theta, but negative vega Let's look at a GOOGL skip-strike butterfly Selecting strikes and expiration What is the cost? Maximum risk? Remember margin! Remember the risk of gap-up or gap-down What do we want to happen? What about AMZN? What is the expected move? Selecting strikes and expiration What is the maximum risk? Reward? What do we want to happen? Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at [email protected], or to the Options Insider at [email protected].