About Tim Biggam
Tim spent 13 years as Chief Options Strategist at Man Securities in Chicago, 4 years as Lead Options Strategist at ThinkorSwim and 3 years as a Market Maker for First Options in Chicago.
He is the editor of the POWR Options newsletter.
He began his trading career on the CBOE trading floor just months before the crash of 1987. Surviving Black Monday taught him an invaluable lesson in managing both your risk and emotions. In addition, he traded for a volatility arbitrage hedge fund for over five years and created and runs an option and volatility based separately managed accounts (SMA) program.
Tim makes regular appearances on Bloomberg TV "Options Insight" and CBOE-TV "Vol 411" to discuss option strategies. He also is a weekly contributor to the TD Ameritrade Network "Morning Trade Live" and Business First AM "Trader Talk". Tim has also appeared on CNBC’s Volatility Playbook.
Tim has a Masters of Science degree in Financial Markets and Trading from the Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business. He is an avid golfer and a die hard Chicago Bears fan-so he knows about taking losses. He feels that while losses are inevitable in trading, large losses are unconscionable. Position sizing and risk control are just as important as trade selection when trading options.
His overriding passion is to make the complex world of options more understandable and therefore more useful to the everyday trader. If you would like to see more of his best options trades, then click the following link See Tim Biggam's Favorite Options Trades.
Recent Articles By Tim Biggam
Why The Latest Trade in MSTR Was The Best $30 Profit Ever
How we made a profit being bearish even with MicroStrategy (MSTR) rising 40% in just over a week
3 Big Reasons Covered Calls Make Sense Now
The combination of high implied volatility along with near record stock prices and stock valuations sets up ideally for selling calls against your stock.
Two Reasons That Resulted In Profits In Two Weeks for SMH
How taking advantage of extremes in IV in an extremely oversold SMH paid off
2 Big Reasons The Semiconductor Stocks Are Poised For a Pop-And the Best Way To Play It
Be like Buffett and Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful with an option strategy on semiconductor stocks like NVDA that make up the Semiconductor ETF (SMH)
2 Big Reasons The Semiconductor Stocks Are Poised For a Pop-And the Best Way To Play It
Be like Buffett and Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful with an option strategy on semiconductor stocks like NVDA that make up the Semiconductor ETF (SMH)
Two Reasons To Be Both Bullish And Bearish
Short IV and make money for nothing with a QQQ iron condor option trade
Two Reasons To Be Both Bullish And Bearish
Short IV and make money for nothing with a QQQ iron condor option trade
Why Valuations And Volatility Ultimately Matter In Microsoft And Other AI Fueled Stocks
Looking back at how Microsoft (MSFT) has fared in the last month from maniacal melt-up to mini melt down
3 Reasons Tesla Is Looking Tired And Toppy
Tesla (TSLA) looks to have stalled after a red-hot rally.