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    Am I missing something on my vertical credit spread success?

    I am looking more for lack of upside volatility indicators, not price prediction. It is easy to say with some confidence that a stock will not decrease or increase by 5% this week. I can be 90-95% confident even during earnings given the right stocks. I'm looking for better indicators that...
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    Am I missing something on my vertical credit spread success?

    So, any suggestions of which tools/software to use to better identify vertical call spread candidates (RSI (? days), 20 vs 50 EMA, MACD, etc.) ? Obviously TOS does a nice job at narrowing the list, but I was hoping to be a bit more precise. The point of selling the call verticals was to...
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    Am I missing something on my vertical credit spread success?

    Thanks for the response. I meant selling vertical call spreads on other stocks, not iron condors. That way you can choose better underlyings for the call spreads. I only sell put spreads on companies I like for fundamentals. Not sure what you mean by selling options are not "an edge". I...
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    Am I missing something on my vertical credit spread success?

    I've been trading weekly vertical credit spreads (mostly puts) off and on for a couple of years. The twist is that I focus almost exclusively on trading them during earnings announcements, essentially offering earnings insurance if you will. In the first iteration I sold far OTM naked puts...
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