You've probably noticed it before. A conflict breaks out somewhere in the world, and within hours, Bitcoin's price drops. It seems like bad news for crypto, right?
But here's the strange part: at the exact same moment prices are falling, people inside those war zones are rushing to buy Bitcoin. For them, it's not an investment — it's a lifeline.
So how can the same asset be crashing and saving lives at the same time? Let's break it...

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U.S. equities finished last week on a softer note, with investors increasingly rotating away from crowded risk and re-pricing both AI winners/losers and the rate path. For the week ending Feb. 27, the S&P 500 fell 0.4%, the Dow lost 1.3%, and the Nasdaq slipped 1.0%, while Friday’s session saw another broad decline as inflation worries and geopol...

In the previous posts, we analyzed strategies and key considerations for buying options for trading earnings. Overall, buying options during earnings season is generally a “low win-rate, low payout” game, which in theory is not very cost-effective.
That naturally leads to the next question: If we use options selling strategies to trade earnings, can we improve the win rate and make money more easily?
In theory, yes — but there are severa...