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We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

TIP395: Option Strategies and Building a Billion Dollar Business w/ Tom Sosnoff

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

  • 01:47 - Tom’s billion-dollar entrepreneurial journey.
  • 19:12 - How to identify companies with high implied volatility and expected return and what that means.
  • 20:12 - How layering options on top of buy and hold strategies can help generate income whether markets are up, down, or sideways.
  • 31:54 - The optimal time to buy and sell an option.
  • And a whole lot more!


*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to TI-P.

0:03.2

On today's episode, we are exploring options strategies and how to incorporate them into

0:07.6

your investing arsenal with Tom Sazinoff.

0:11.1

Tom began his career as an options trader and went on to co-found Thinkor Swim, a trading

0:15.7

platform that was sold to TD Ameritrade for over $600 million.

0:19.6

But he didn't stop there.

0:20.6

He then created TastyTrade, a media company with shows focused on educating investors about

0:25.3

options and he recently sold TastyTrade for a whopping $1 billion.

0:29.7

All while making hundreds of trades per day in his own personal account.

0:33.2

In this episode, we discuss Tom's billion dollar entrepreneurial journey, the appeal of

0:37.4

options and how strategies that actually limit your profitability actually increase your

0:42.1

probability of success.

0:43.9

How to identify companies with high implied volatility and expected return and what that

0:48.8

means.

0:49.8

How layering options on top of buy and hold strategies can help generate income whether

0:54.0

markets are up, down or sideways, the optimal times to buy and sell an option and a whole

0:59.0

lot more.

1:00.0

While this discussion is focused more on trading as opposed to investing, it's a very interesting

1:04.6

new perspective to bring to the discussion.

1:06.8

So without further ado, please enjoy learning about options from the incredibly accomplished

1:10.8

Tom Sazinoff.

1:12.8

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