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
3 Big Changes Since The S&P 500 Was Trading This High
Higher interest rates and more expensive stock valuations combined with the cheapest implied volatility prices in years sets up ideally for a couple option strategies in SPY.
How Main Street Investors Can Detect Short Seller Misinformation Campaigns
How to avoid the pitfalls and find a better way to short stocks.
Profit From the Best AND Worst Stocks!
Stock markets suffered through a rough year in 2022. Major indices like the S&P 500 (SPY) and NASDAQ 100 were down double digits across the board. Yet this simple strategy showed a solid double-digit gain by taking profitable positions in both good AND bad stocks. This type of balanced approach will likely continue to outperform in what looks like to be a tough second half of 2023. Read on below to find out more...
Are Stocks A Good Buy Now – Or A Good Bye ??
Three Things To Consider When Considering Whether To Be Bullish or Bearish on the SPY.
Apple Stock Is Unchanged From A Year Ago, But Some Things Have Changed
Here's why interest rates increases and lower implied volatility make Apple a potential perfect pullback put play
Three Big Reasons Why Microsoft May Be Poised For A Pounding
A better way to play for a probabilistic pullback in MSFT with cheap puts
Three Valid Reasons To Say "Give Puts A Chance"
With apologies to John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band for the title of the article on VXN and QQQ puts
Three Better Ways To Put Profit Probabilities In Your Favor With A POWR Pairs Approach
Managing pairs trade the POWR Options way will likely manage to increase the probability of profit
Better To Be Bullish Or Bearish? Being Both Is The Best Approach
How to power up the POWR Pairs Trades to lower risk and increase return in a big range, no change market environment