Thanks, Chagi! Congratulations on your double!! Good luck with the other plays...
follow-up mini-update 8/16/2005: on options expiration week, i look for a volatile stock that is down significantly for monday and early...
mini-update 8/16/05: put a position on Aug 280 calls on CME got 7 of cmjhp for 2.35 i commend tdwaterhouse for their execution. i'm...
Very nice, Chagi!! Way to go! I hope your plays all turn out this nice (or better :) ) Your very good assessment paid off well. I'm glad for...
I am truly sorry to hear about your situation, Rob. I can honestly tell you I know how it feels. there's another thread that talks about the...
yes. every year since 2000, i've been playing options. i actually have been saying the wrong info, i made money in 2000, it's just i lost it all...
i'm not done with NFLX... it's just at this time, i'm quite bearish on the markets and even if NFLX goes up, i think it'll be an uphill battle....
very easy, actually... years of experience.... of blowing-up the account :D seriously speaking, though, i've had some very nice gains over...
update for the week ending 8/12/2005: i'm down about $80 from last friday's closing prices. considering all the whipsaw movements i saw this...
mini-update 8/12/05: closed KSS-put position. threw in the white towel... KSS Jan 50 puts - lost $630. had to give up on this. markets...
mini update part deux 8/11/05: entered a position: AMZN Jan 40 puts - risk capital $2400 (plus comm). tentative target for underlying to...
mini update 8/11/2005: NFLX Dec 22.5 calls qnqlx - sold for gain of $675 (minus comm). could have gotten a lot higher for it 2 days ago, but...
Greetings, Optionpro007 my initial reaction was to ask you for the comments regarding my trading methodology, but i've decided not to for...
http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/ i look forward to mondays (not like before), but only when i have positions. i'm also a "gambler" at heart....
Thanks, Torontoman. the problem with black-swan events is that the very characteristic of it is that it cannot be predicted or imagined until...
Taleb? From what I know, he's doing ok... probably collecting royalties from his book s :D that blowup article was about victor niederhoffer....
May God be with you, as well. Rob, my trading style is not really close to yours. you appear to be a technical trader, and i consider my...
i think what you're saying here is that you can collect those deep out-of-the-money premiums because there's no way the underlying will go there?...
Thanks for the support. Your post means a lot because I am the one posting on this thread the most and have actually considered stopping my posts...
thanks for your interest... i do watch the greeks... just for fun, though. i mostly trade based on the underlying. let's take for example...
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