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
How We Were Able To Steal Some Profits In Steel Stock Giant RIO
Using the POWR Options approach to increase returns at lower risk in iron ore mining mammoth Rio Tinto (RIO)
No Catcalls On These One Day Wonder CAT Calls
A quick walk through of how to increase the odds of success and the magnitude of return with a recent low cost call buy in Caterpillar (CAT).
3 Big Reasons Why We Shorted Oil Stocks-How We Did It-And Why We Just Covered
Shorting overbought and overhyped oil and oil stocks (XLE) with a levered up but lower cost inverse oil stock ETF (ERY).
3 Keys To The Profitable POWR Pairs Process
Using the power of the POWR Ratings to create a powerful pairs trade in Strong Buy Box Inc (BOX) and Sell rated Affirm (AFRM)
3 Keys To The Profitable POWR Pairs Process
Using the power of the POWR Ratings to create a powerful pairs trade in Strong Buy Box Inc (BOX) and Sell rated Affirm (AFRM)
3 Reasons Why Apple May Be Looking A Little Better To Buy After A Post Earnings Pullback
A drop of 10% in Apple stock post-earnings turns a former bear into a guarded bull. Selling puts to get paid to be a buyer of AAPL on further weakness.
You Can Now Get Paid To Protect Your Portfolio With An Options Collar Strategy
Get paid to protect the SPY with a collar trade that used to cost money but now creates cashflow
An Easy Way To Power Up Your Trading Profits With A POWR Approach
Using the power of POWR Ratings along with the leverage of options to turn a 13% move in Fiserv stock into a 186% gain in Fiserv options
Three Big Reasons Why It’s Finally Time To Short Apple
The Apple is looking to turn red after a long run of green