aphexcoil: Absolutely Amen to that! I do think it's my responsibility as a trader to know how to hedge risk and react to events. I'm not thinking...
Let's say you were long an unhedged stock portfolio on 9/11/01 (as many of us were). After the US markets were shutdown, what would have been some...
I know the option you sell helps finance the one you bought, but you are also giving up a large chunk of your upside. Doing these w/ a week or...
Vinnie, Yeah, I loved Murcer when I was a kid. He mostly had just warning track power, but don't most of us? I'll think over shortboy, you...
Nonetheless, my observation seems pretty valid. He enters orders as follows: KSS sell 500 @ 65.70, buy @ 62.10, buy-stop @ 68.10 If you're...
How did you decide on Longbull? Who else did you look at? I'm also thinking about day trading and am wondering if it's better to startout with a...
Are you using Shortboy? What does he do with open positions that don't hit his buy stop or his buy limit?
Do you think Level II quotes are helpful/worth the cost for: 1- day trading tying to get <=$.25? 2- day trading going after a bigger move?...
I imagine there is a plethora of orders of all types entered before the market opens. How does this hodge-podge of market, limit, stop, stop...
No, I forgot to put the word "heard" after "I've." Sorry.
It seemed like a good idea when I owned it, but it never worked properly, along with the rest of 2000i. I am almost positive that TS no longer...
Do those exisit in the options world?:confused:
What bad habits are you refering to? I didn't know paper trading can develop bad habits.
DeMark and McMillan have written that options may make good vehicles for day trading. But I look at the spreads and liquidity of even the...
Sounds like we've got our own ECN here. :) Thanks for the answers.
What if this happens: You buy a liquid option, let's say an at-the-money IBM 80 call. The market keeps going up to 120. You now own what I...
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