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It's the end of September, and we are approaching the end of the year. Before we know it, it will be Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas 🎅

The markets have had a good year so far, with ~ a 20% rise in the main indexes. But whether the markets are up or down, we are developing more tools to help you be more successful, and it's time to announce our Q3 version!

In this version:

Read more in our blog.

Sometimes, it's good to trade Iron condors. This strategy has limited risk and allows you to profit if the asset doesn't move too much. This is an excellent natural strategy where time is in your favor.

Our sophisticated Iron Condor scanner is a powerful tool that empowers you to discover the most promising iron condor trades in the market. With the recent addition of the backtest file, you can now take control of your trading decisions by evaluating the past performance of specific assets before entering a trade.

The blog post has a complete guide with the backtest file you can use, as well as instructions and the idea behind this edge so you can integrate it into your trading.

Read more and use the backtest in our blog.

After an earning event, stocks can experience a sudden price change depending on how the market interprets the company’s performance. This can be an opportunity for traders to capitalize on this volatility using options trading strategies.

The main ways to trade these events can be with the bet that the stock will not return to the pre-event price (momentum) or assuming that the stock will return to the pre-event price, and this is an overreaction (mean-revision).

We ran a backtest to see how best to play these events, and we've included a backtest file to help you see the latest stats for any ticker you like to help you make decisions going forward.

You can read more about it in our blog post and see the file there: Trading Earnings Events with Options – A Backtested Strategy.

ATR (Average True Range) is a popular technical indicator for measuring volatility. It is a powerful tool for measuring volatility in a standardized way across the entire market, and scans based on it are very popular on our platform.

Our backtest tool is a game-changer. It allows you to test how results from our scan behaved in the past, giving you a glimpse of what could be. By integrating this into your workflow, you can gain a sharper edge in your trading, paving the way for more successful trades.

Read more in our blog post about how to use it to find trades that will move (and then you can buy calls or puts) or trades that might show lower volatility (and you can sell options, like iron condors).

The blog post: Run Your Own ATR Backtests to Increase Your Likelihood of Profitable Options Trading

Wow, we are already at the end of June and have finished the first half of 2024—how time flies! It's time for our new Q2 2024 version!
We are constantly working on improving our software and releasing new versions (as we've been doing since 2020). So, as our clients, you know that Samurai is continually improving so you can sharpen your edge in the market.

In this version:

Read more on our blog

Last quarter, we added three new Excel templates to help you estimate the value of stocks using the Reverse DCF methodology. We've updated these templates and added a Google Sheets version of them.

Check it out on our blog: Reverse DCF Template.

We are changing our Credit Card processors to provide better service for our clients. This change is on our backends; you don't need to do anything, and this process should be finished by the end of the month.

We apologize for the rare cases where you might receive an email or notification about this switch. Feel free to contact us via email or chat; we will assist you as soon as possible.

We are in the midst of the earnings season, and while we do see movement in specific stocks, the market's IV has fallen and is around its long-term average.

We've published two articles on our blog on strategies to profit if you believe the IV is about to rise (Profiting from a High Volatility Option Strategies) or fall (Designing a Good Low-Volatility Option Strategy).

Depending on your market outlook, these blog posts can educate you on different options strategies, explain when to use them, and help you find ideas for trading using our platform.  

After five months of upward movement in the main indexes, the market has weakened in the last weeks. While the U.S. economy is still strong, the market movement was extreme to the upside, so it makes sense to take a breather or even correct.

As investors ourselves, we are currently favoring limited-risk strategies. We believe the potential for adverse surprise is higher than the market is pricing. We've written about these strategies in our blog, and you can read it here: