Sorry I forgot to indicate the number of contracts for a $10K account. 2 RIMM 2 AAPL 1 GS 1 BBY 2 BSX 2 AMZN This tied up $1990 and...
Today's Action All Credit Spreads Bull Put RIMM 60/57.5 @ .70 AAPL 75/72.5 @ 1.10 GS 135/130 @ 1.00 Bear Call BBY 50/55 @ 2.00 BSX...
Waiting patiently (or maybe not so patiently) for the FOMC announcement tomorrow. I don' t think it will reveal anything new but just in case I'd...
Thanks Mo. I must admit that it wasn't unwittingly that I asked that question. As you said, it is only obvious that for every credit spread...
I do make a lot of trades like these. But some don't fall into any of these categories. I also implied (or meant to imply) in my first post that...
Yes, I will be selling OTM. I also can't make an argument for buying OTM on that methodology. By the way, although I've been trading options...
2330% annualized ...ahhh...if only it were really that easy. :p It is nice to dream though. On the other hand. 200-300% is very possible. Of...
Interesting thing about the investing/trading world. Conventional longterm investors say that all the equity daytraders are dead, or soon will be...
I guess that was a little confusing. When I started writing the first post I realized that there would probably be a lot of people who would...
I decided to start a journal for my own educational benefit. If anyone would like to join in with helpful suggestions they are more than welcome....
You'll begin to notice something if you play a strategy similar to mine. During a Bull market bears are easy to find, and visa versa. During a...
You've now got 4 bullish positions. It would probs be in your best interest to have at least one bear. I would've recommended SHLD bear call...
Hmmm.... Didn't expect two huge jumps in a row. We'll see what the FOMC statement has in store in the near future. I think I'm holding off a...
You can do a OTO (One Triggers Other) at ToS, but with the limits you aren't guaranteed to get filled on the second order. I think that OX and IB...
That's pretty much how I felt about futures when I started studying them a while back. As an options trader there wasn't much about futures that...
ChrisM, You mentioned you're CTA. What's your basic strategy/theory on the markets? As you're probs more familiar with futures than I am....
Rarely single leg (long or short). Mostly vertical spreads with some other combos mixed in for flavor and hedging. :D IMO vertical spreads in...
Options for about a decade. I don't trade stocks short term much. I also don't have much interest in futures. Options work well enough for me.
See what I mean about precious metals right now. Locked in profits on another PAAS play today.
There's the recovery I was looking for. Hope everyone made money like I did today. Had to lock in profits on some of my FEB spreads.
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