11 “Boring” Trading Strategies the top 1% of Retail Traders Use

Join the Lossdog waitlist at https://lossdog.com and please subscribe to this channel. Over a million trades. 45 years. And when Tom Sosnoff looked back at all of it, one thing was obvious — the strategies that made the most money were the ones nobody brags about. This video breaks down all 11 of them, with exact strike targets, DTE ranges, probability of profit numbers, and how he manages each trade. He also reveals the two strategies that account for more than 70% of his profits — and the specific mistakes that cause most traders to blow them. #optionstrading #tomsosnoff #sosnoffonmoney #lossdog #shortstrangle #jadelize #optionsstrategies TIMESTAMPS 0:00 1 million trades, 1 pattern 0:28 Strategy 1: Short Puts 1:17 Strategy 2: Jade Lizard 2:24 Strategy 3: Covered Calls 4:01 Strategy 4: Short Put Spreads 5:20 Strategy 5: Put Ratio Spreads 6:39 Strategy 6: Short Call Spreads 8:06 Strategy 7: Broken Wing Butterfly 9:33 Strategy 8: Unbalanced Iron Condor 11:04 Strategy 9: Iron Condor 12:07 The 70% reveal 12:13 Strategy 10: Short Strangles 13:55 Strategy 11: Price Reversion & Pairs Trading Most traders spend years chasing complex setups before figuring out what professionals have known forever — implied volatility structurally overstates realized volatility, which means premium sellers have a built-in edge. The strategies here aren't new or exotic. They're the ones that hold up across decades, different market regimes, and asset classes from equities to futures options. The real edge isn't the strategy itself. It's the discipline to trade it correctly, size it right, and keep positions non-correlated — which is exactly what this video gets into. More trader tools at lossdog.com