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What is an Option Sweep? An option sweep is basically when a big trader breaks up a large order into small individual trades. This is usually done in order to…

Are Call Sweeps Bullish? The short answer is not always. I have been tracking and trading Unusual Options Activity for many years and I have seen both Bullish & Bearish…

The best way for me to explain what you are seeing in a typical UOA trade is to show you an example of a typical trade and then break it…

The Thinkorswim platform can be a bit intimidating and hard to navigate especially if the only other platform you have known is something like Robinhood or one of those plain…

With the recent move by top brokers like TD Ameritrade to eliminate commissions there have been lots of new traders opening new accounts there. A lot of these traders are coming…

If you are new to the Thinkorswim platform, it can be a little overwhelming with all the bells and whistles and tabs. One of the things that can be a…

There are three ways that you can go about setting stops on your Options trades and all three methods work well whether you are day trading or swing trading.  Method…

My name is Chris Corwin Gayle and I am a trader and Trading System developer. The purpose of this article is to break down the concept of Unusual Options Activity…