Have you guys looked at whats happening in silver/copper futures ? Thats where the money will be made IMO.
You should always close your trade before the end of Fridays close unless it's well away from the strike price. The option doesn't technically...
I got into some put spreads on SLV for 2012 at 40/30 and 2013 at 30/20 It wasn't that hard to sell the lower strikes as the spread was pretty...
I like inverse ETFs and selling ATM front month covered calls against them. I've been doing this on EDZ since October and am way ahead just...
I wouldn't worry about getting stock put to you early ... Most of the time I've seen it happen is when a position goes from far out of the...
Oil is down cause the dollar is up - the dollar is up cause of the EU crisis. Do you expect people to start driving less ? Do you expect...
If anyone uses TOS they have the running audio of the pit in the "Market Cast" chat room - Ameritrade customers can also use the TOS platform to...
4$ or 5$ Calls ? Selling any front months ?
I'm just looking into ES trading - I've been day trading ETF options mostly SPY (2-3 months out) for awhile and doing well enough, but I'd like to...
The idiots who were running the computers and were trying to auto-short everything finally figured out there was a problem when they were getting...
Hey Neke - I wish you well in your trading and hope this is a better week for you. I am curious if you're paying the full 10$ +.75/contract for...
I agree with Achilles that all those sell orders that caused all those busted trades were most certainly naked shorting. If anyone looks at the...
Think of all the put buyers who took it in the ... I'm surprised they didn't wait until options expiration week to screw with the market.
+46.50 on the ES = wow Tomorrows trading is going to be crazy.
Not to change the subject but, Stefan you can have cash secured naked puts in cash accounts like IRA accounts if you have a large enough...
I picked up 10 (longest dated at the time) calls on ESEA when it was at 4$ and PRGN when it was at 5$, but this was back a few weeks ago when the...
They didn't bust trades on the underlying from the options that you owned and they didn't say anything about busting option trades although there...
The Wiki says it all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Dykstra "In July 2009, Dykstra, whose net worth was estimated at $58 million in...
Ah well you didn't say options and that does make a difference, but I still think the fundamentals in DRYS are terrible compared to the rest of...
I think in the end the NYSE using their slowdown method will be the culprit from yesterday. The NYSE's liquidity disappeared but orders still...
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