Free Lessons

One free lesson a week, cut from the live Elite Trader call. A few minutes each, on a real portfolio.

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  How Many Days for an NVIDIA Call Butterfly

  11 November 2026 · Free Lesson · 2 min

  An NVIDIA call butterfly priced before earnings, and why more room to the downside costs calendar time, with about 80 days as the sweet spot.
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  Why Skip a McDonald's Earnings Trade

  5 November 2026 · Free Lesson · 2 min

  A McDonald's earnings trade with a 2.8% window and the election in the same week, and why passing on it was the better position.
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  Why Close an EWZ Condor After the Election

  29 October 2026 · Free Lesson · 4 min

  An EWZ iron condor held over the Brazil election weekend and why the condor is done once the event has passed.
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  Why Earnings Inside an XLE Iron Condor Hurt

  25 October 2026 · Free Lesson · 3 min

  Juri von Randow walks through his XLE iron condor as Exxon and Chevron earnings land inside the trade and implied volatility eats the position.
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  IGV Iron Condor: Chart vs Flat Broker P/L

  18 October 2026 · Free Lesson · 2 min

  Juri explains why an IGV iron condor shows a flat daily P/L on a good chart day: rising IV masks the move, so he gives it a few days.

Earlier lessons

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  TLT Losing Trade: The 50% Max Loss Exit Rule

  12 October 2026 · Free Lesson · 4 min

  Juri walks through a losing TLT trade, why he thinks he is done repairing, and the 50% of max loss exit line from his backtest.
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  ServiceNow Call Fly Hedge Cost

  7 October 2026 · Free Lesson · 5 min

  How two short upper calls finance a ServiceNow call fly, leaving the hedge as the only cost, with December breakevens of 126 and 178.
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  EEM Iron Condor Red Day: Stay or Exit?

  27 September 2026 · Free Lesson · 5 min

  Juri walks through a minus 700 day on an EEM iron condor, the risk 2 return 1 maths behind slow defensive condors, and sizing.
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  USO Options Live: Calendar vs Iron Condor on Oil

  20 September 2026 · Free Lesson · 4 min

  A live USO pricing session: an 8% one-day gain on a published trade, then calendar and iron condor setups compared on oil.
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  How To Deal With IV Spikes

  15 September 2026 · Free Lesson · 5 min

  UnitedHealth implied volatility spiked overnight, so I priced the condor and checked the cause first.
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  Earnings Iron Condor: Why 44 Days Beats 16 Days

  8 September 2026 · Free Lesson · 5 min

  Why a 44-day earnings iron condor beats a 16-day one on credit, break-evens, gamma and repair time.
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  Earnings Options Checklist: Enter Late, Stay Neutral

  31 August 2026 · Free Lesson · 5 min

  Expected move versus history, volatility crush, the straddle check, and a neutral entry before the close.
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  Iron Condor Risk Reward Explained: Why I Win 1 and Risk 2

  24 August 2026 · Free Lesson · 4 min

  Why an iron condor that wins one and risks two beats the usual setup, and how the exit rule pays.