Newbies puzzling the intricacies of credit spreads. I took a quick and dirty look at the NDX. Here is what I got Stanford. I think it was...
200 pts out on the NDX sounds very interesting. The monthly doesn't sound very interesting though. The reason I went to weeklies is the...
The 100% correct trade each time? I'm kind of disappointed this week. While my trade is still going good, the idea that I could CLOSE THE...
I'm beginning to like WEEKLY TRADING. You start on a Monday and finish on a Friday. In my time zone, I start with the market open at 7:30 a.m....
Binary options I took the time to look them up on the web. There seems to be some new outfit advertising to trade them. I read a couple of...
Hi Sugar Your experience with wider spreads is interesting. I haven't really been able to put it in context with my own WEEKLY style of...
Philosphy! In the first 100 comments on Phil's thread here on this forum, some guy jumped in one time, when I was reading them and mentioned...
OOOOh my! Interesting comment, but binary options are the same as a vertical spread with a single option? Could you kindly elaborate in...
Jerkstore I didn't get that latter paragraph of yours? My understanding is that the OEX index settles the next day, Saturday, though I...
SONOMA First I would like to graciously thank you for responding. Not many professionals would take the time to teach basics to a beginner....
WOW! Sonoma! I certainly appreciate what you are saying, but as a novice I don't understand it. I'm going to study some more on this....
High Sea I agree sort of: TOS have closed me twice on live chat now. They give me CLOSING instructions, but really cannot do them until...
Well it was in interesting experience this morning, being expiration Friday and for this NOVICE a new one. Only trading spreads for 12 weeks....
If anybody should know, you should. That is interesting and I am wondering on the draw downs. Could you go into more detail of the experiences...
With respect to risk management, I have always said the best risk management with these positions is to simply not dedicate all your capital to...
Konviction It's all GREEK to me! ( pun intended ) When Phil moved on to discussing Flys, calendars, straddles, I just assume he got bored...
There are regular gaps in the OEX but normally they run only 3 to 5 points. I've never seen one in the past two years do 60 points. In Bear...
Well it is Thursday and I am nervous about reaching expiration tomorrow Friday on the weekly. I had a 3 strike cushion which has been violated...
Thanks for the response SUGAR. This thread seems to be dead? I'm still reading the threads, up to about 90, of several thousand. Got me a lot...
2 SIGMA SPREAD TRADING Thats interesting because I have been diddling with it. To me it looks more like it would be covering all around the...
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