What's your take on this?: "Bear market: sharp, but short-lived rallies sprinkled in amongst an ongoing downtrend. The rallies are so fierce...
remember that fund managers don't have near the incentive we do to make 50%+ returns. If you were making a $3Mil salary with 25% returns, why fix...
McMillan gives a lot of actual examples in a very teachable form. I first read his books then spent about a year learning from the markets with...
maybe you guys can weigh in here on the average returns of various option spreads, per your experience. I have read on several occasions that,...
profitable methods: direction neutral option trading more reliable: predicting volatility, not direction willing to work: McMillan on...
Disillusionment, demoralization, and depression are instincts to get us out of the fight before we get killed. Heed them. Avoid the...
pain is the best teacher
I know I'm not the only one who looks for these quick pops - the idea is 1. a liquid stock/option with good potential energy 2. a quick move...
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I'll tell you the whole secret of trading, real simple. Observe, measure, hypothesize, test. Everything, that is.
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yes, look for heavy open interest in the nearest month deeply out of the money (several strikes out) options 5 days prior to earnings...
Well we can add (to the 4 fears) impatience, revenge, depression and addiction, they all have the power to wreck one's system. For example,...
LOL! That makes the ET quick comeback classic file :D to the poster, try this link http://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/021804.asp
well, the reversing put/call ratio for XLE strongly suggests a pullback in the near-term; the weekly chart shows a channel extreme - so for stocks...
Wow I am again impressed but not surprised by the depth of our members. Noting this is in the Psy section/Trading for a living: Definitely...
For the original poster: Yes, there are many benefits as described; however be aware the market news makers are paid to make meaningless ticks and...
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Observe actual option prices http://www.prophet.net/quotes/options.jsp and IV http://www.ivolatility.com/ model them with this...
yes, a very common conundrum, mine is further amplified since I only make 4-6 trades per month, waiting for 2nd sigma events. But I do papertrade...
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