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The Option Alpha Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Kirk Du Plessis. It has 246 episodes, with the latest published February 2026.

At Option Alpha we are devoted to empowering traders with simple, powerful tools supported by world-class research and education. For far too long the options industry has been fragmented, lagging, and unnecessarily complex. By developing industry-first automation technology, enhancing data and information accessibility, and nurturing our thriving community at every level, Option Alpha is changing the way people trade options forever. We’re more than just a software company; we’re leading a movement of traders at every level who are unlocking more freedom through improved and expanded options.

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245: Avoiding the "Pearl Harbor" Portfolio

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244: Top Trader Interviews - Jack Krupey

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243: Longtermism - The New Battle Cry for Short-Term Options Traders

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242: Checklist Before Going "Live" With Real Money

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241: Top Trader Interviews - Kevin

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240: Thinking In Probabilities & Risk

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239: The Rise of 0DTE Options: Is It a Game-Changer for Traders?

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238: From Developer to Options Trader - Interview w/ Jack Slocum, OA Founder

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237: 0DTE Trading & Gamma Exposure - Interview w/ Mat Cashman from OIC

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236: Gamma Exposure for Options Traders - Interview w/ Lex from Tradier

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235: Top Trader Interviews - FK

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234: Reboot - The Comeback Tour Starts Now

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233: Interview with Adam Cohn: Former Market Maker & VP – TradeStation

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232: Tips and Tricks for Navigating Options Expiration

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231: The 10 New Trading Psychology Challenges Emerging from Autotrading

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230: An Evolutionary Perspective on Why Autotrading Will Dominate

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229: 15 Options Trading Questions from ChatGPT

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228: Price Recovery Analysis - How Long Does It Take To Get Back To Even?

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227: What 20-Years of Moving Average Data Teaches Us About Stock Reversals & Momentum

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226: Does Adding a "Trend Filter" Improve Directional Option Selling Strategies?

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225: 1-Year Review of $3k Monthly Iron Condor Bot

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224: Beginner's Guide to Trading Option Spreads

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223: Building a Bot for All Market Conditions: The "Hexabot" Story

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222: A Holistic View of Option Strike Prices

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221: How to Setup & Trade A Synthetic Covered Call Strategy

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220: Four "Wicked-Smart" Ways to Use SmartPricing

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219: How to Calculate Break Even Prices for Option Strategies

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218: How to Survive Bear Markets Trading Options

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217: Shop Talk: Autotrading Expectations, Trading Routine and Consistency, and Market Update

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216: Shop Talk: Twitter Bid, Oil Volatility, and Strategy Selection

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215: The 15 Trading Psychology Questions to Ask Yourself If You Don't Have a Trading Coach

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214: Build A Fully Automated Options Portfolio with $3,000 in 1-Click

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213: What I Learned From NOT Trading Last Year

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212: How Smart Traders Allocate Capital Efficiently Inside Their Bots

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211: Iron Butterfly Strategy - 8 Tips Before Your Next Trade

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210: 12 Complex Things That Are Simple To Automate w/ Bots

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209: The Doors Are Open to Autotrading & The Next Chapter of Option Alpha

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208: The Importance of Deep Work for Traders

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207: The Option Alpha "Handbook"

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206: Trendy Short Put Spread [Bot Talk]

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205: Hedging vs. Diversifying

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204: How to Intelligently Use SmartStops

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203: Interview w/ Pete Mulmat - Futures And The Small Exchange

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202: 8 Popular Decision Recipes for Automated Trading

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201: Interview w/ Jason Goepfert of SentimenTrader.com

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200: A Case Study on the Volatility of Bid-Ask Spreads

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199: Automated Does Not Mean Unattended

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198: State of the Union: Same Mission, Better Tools

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197: Fully Automated Trend Trading w/ Stocks Or Options

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196: Hedging Short Naked Puts

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