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Wheel strategy: Trading with stocks & options | Markus Heitkötter

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Stock exchange trader and options expert Markus Heitkötter in an interview about his stock market lessons, trading as the best business, his favorite strategy in options trading: wheel strategy. An entertaining stock market interview from his trading beginnings to his current investment approach with options.

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:57 Greeting
00:01:14 Do you have to have prior knowledge?
00:02:45 How do you become a millionaire?
00:04:20 Markus Heitkötter's Stock Market Beginnings & VW Stock
00:07:50 Difference between trading & investing
00:08:45 As a civilian options trader
00:10:30 From employee to trader
00:11:40 Initial phase as a trader
00:13:10 Long in Options and writer business
00:15:00 Wheel strategy in options trading
00:19:29 Stops for options?
00:21:09 IV for options and annualized return through the premium
00:23:45 Running times
00:25:00 Theta
00:26:20 Sell calls with the wheel strategy
Markus Heitkötter's "rescue mission"
00:31:50 Trading psychology for losses
00:32:45 Gaming, Emotions & Ride Stock
00:35:10 Risk Management & Position Sizing
00:36:16 Depot size for the wheel strategy
00:37:40 Upgrading a small account?
00:38:30 Calls Long - Trend Following Strategy & Other Strategies
00:41:30 Time required for options trading
00:42:30 Indicators in options trading
00:43:45 Paper trading & deciding not to do anything
00:45:45 Learnings from Markus Heitkötter
00:48:20 Paper trading & Emotions
00:51:35 Trading, the best business in the world?
00:53:15 Give up or carry on? Depot crashed
00:56:40 Rockwell Trading
00:58:00 Farewell & Disclaimer

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