I thought it was me! I look at open interest on UK FTSE options and it is rubbish- No real volatility either-VIX has not ticked above 20 for...
What a shame hardly any UK options traders these days-so much to be enjoyed and profited from
Vega as we know is the least reliable Greek,and as BS is the least reliable option pricing formula it is pretty much stick a wet finger in the...
don't waste your money on stock options- the index is safest-you'll get killed with stocks,as they can move ±5% in a day and whiplash you so fast...
Strategies are important to understand,as is the language of options. It takes years to get comfortable with options-I've been trading them since...
Xmas tree- example buy SPX 1500 put, sell 1480,sell 1460 etc ratio spread buy 1x 1500 sell 2x 1480 put. there are so many different...
I only trade the index-european style,and sell spreads and ratio spreads,Xmas trees too
Good life to you sir as Peter Griffin would say. I have nothing but praise and admiration for any of us retail traders who make money. It can be...
Put Master you are right 80% of the time but when you are wrong,try closing out your positions at market open when there's a 5% drop on a Sunday....
When do bankers get the message-they never make a profit in the long run because they have a rotten business model. They should all be run as...
cdcaveman is right- you could get luck with selling spreads- but don't dick around with stock options,only use index and european style- ie no...
Non angeli est Angela She's no angel she's angular!
Arab oil money bought much of London in the 70s when the UK was still in poverty after saving the world-twice! Seriously though the divide...
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I only trade the index- so liquidity is fine, plus the trading hours suit me plus currency risk and costs-as I no longer use IB and sometimes...
The US has been in recession for a decade or more-but it's worse than that-it is trading illegally as it is insolvent-it does not have the means...
Not one reply-I am so sick of lame UK 'traders' Surely there are some out there? Or are they all bickering among themselves imagining forex...
I've been trading for many years and simply looking for others-trading buddies, possibly newbies but not interested in those who do not trade real...
Never known that to work in the real world as someone else said -slippage and comms will kill the profit-you may get £5 while the broker gets £80!
Well it keeps on bumping higher- I have no idea what is driving it apart from bonds being such crap they might as well set fire to their money or...
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