How Dangerous is the Condor?

Welcome to this article on trading options for income or as a business. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the great risk taken on while trading an Iron Condor just before expiration.

What You Should Know Before Trading Options

Today we’ll be discussing the differences between investing with stocks and options. Let’s first tackle the less complex investing vehicle, stocks. Most of the world already knows, but in case you don’t, stocks are directional trading vehicles. If we are long the stock, then we make money when the prices of the asset rises, and we lose capital as the underlying asset drops in price. We can also sell a stock short in which the profit comes when the stock falls. In any case when investing with stocks, the direction is what matters. We don’t need to worry about market volatility or time.