Once you've found a great stock setup and narrowed down your options strategy the next step is determining how far out you should be placing trades. Generally speaking, we always prefer short duration trading whenever possible and right now our average holding time for all trades is around 27 days. In this video, I'll offer some guidance on how far out you should enter orders depending on current levels of implied volatility.

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