Description
Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan break down why widening spreads should always come before adding contracts when scaling your options trades. They get into how to handle toxic coworkers in flat organizations, what the silver crash taught traders about managing volatile instruments, and why taking a pay cut for the right opportunity might be the smartest career move you make. Plus: how to read the market after a crash, when tech jobs will recover, and a heated debate about whether corporate culture actually matters.
#lossdog #optionstrading #careerdevelopment #stockmarket #financialfreedom #tradingstrategy
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:10 Why you should always widen spreads before adding contracts
3:05 How to deal with toxic employees in flat organizations
8:19 Managing iron condors based on volatility levels
10:47 Caller Larry asks about defensive positioning after losses
15:03 Caller Vince asks about the Lossdog platform and pricing model
19:12 New CME silver and gold micro contracts explained
20:49 Caller Eduardo on taking a pay cut for career fulfillment - stay the course
26:52 In a 'crash' how do you asses the market and find opportunities
32:02 Open Interest in newly tradeable puts
33:25 How to get your first customers when starting a business
37:02 Who was your most important mentor
43:08 Does corporate culture actually matter for success
48:18 When will the tech job market recover
51:44 Government taking stakes in private companies poll
52:50 Should you buy back the short leg of an iron condor for five cents
54:29 Best spread width strategy for a $2,000 account
56:38 Market talk: Bitcoin, oil, Netflix new lows, Coinbase earnings
The tension between AI and traditional software development is creating a two-tier tech job market where the top third who understand AI integration are thriving while others struggle. Commission compression over the past 25 years has made strategies like five delta wide credit spreads viable for retail traders when they used to be eaten alive by fees. Career pivots that involve short-term pay cuts often create network effects and learning opportunities that compound over time, especially when moving into fields you genuinely find energizing.
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One Lucky Dog LIVE! is your daily wake-up call for career and financial clarity—streaming live Monday through Thursday, 10-11am ET. Hosts Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan (the founders behind thinkorswim and tastytrade) along with co-host Sol bring decades of experience democratizing finance, now turning their attention to something just as broken: how we understand our professional worth.
Lossdog is the platform they're building to fix it. It's AI-powered software that doesn't just guess what you should earn—it calculates your real market value and shows you exactly how to increase it. No more vague salary ranges. No more wondering if you're being underpaid. Just clarity, backed by data.
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