That's the crux of my issue..I am not getting filled at the market, but always 1-3 cents less than..It appears that OH pockets a few pennies per...
It has happened pretty much every time I set a stop. Today I set my stop at 1.27 for QCOM, the bid/ask went to 1.25 and 1.26 and I was filled at...
I get the impression that these Cyprus exchanges are the bucket shops of the 21st century..
Very nice job in this crappy choppy month !
Yes, I opened a demo account and am not impressed with the selection of instruments and the platform itself. Seems to be an interesting premise...
Agreed on the vanilla options comparison for Nadex...the "other" non US exchanges offer to the touch option or 60 second directional play which...
Thanks for your insightful comment and contribution to this discussion.
Yes, I agree that the ability to exercise the option is an advantage, but conversely I don't feel that it makes up for the other deficits and...
I looked at Nadex already since it is the only US regulated exchange for binary options and was very underwhelmed. The bid ask spread is...
The doom and gloom pessimism is disheartening but not unexpected..just like internet reviews, the loudest and most agitated responders are the...
So, looking at binary options and I cant see how they would make money in the long term. You may have an edge in knowledge of your particular...
Trading time frame is intra day for 90% of trades, with occasional multi day swing trades..these gap downs and churning markets have been rough on...
Truthfully I only tried the Q's and SPY for a short time after some rough losses on individual stock options...not enough trades to say...
Very true...I have had some big winners and terrible losers with stock options (mostly from not following my rules) but also from big gap downs...
Those are good reasons for the SPY, but surely some stocks would offer similar attributes...I could be wrong on this, and maybe some traders do...
I am bullish long term and my trading reflects this, unfortunately the current market is so choppy and gaps up and down every other day that I am...
Jeff. What made you decide to trade SPY vs other ETFs and stocks ? Have you tried your model on other instruments ?
Are you trading through a prop firm or just using margin ? It says SIM but I am guessing that this is a real money account..
-190 this morning on 3 trades that were stopped out...no more trades today, just going to observe and review...
-680 today...got caught in last weeks free falling market, held them over the weekend to see if we could catch a bounce and shockingly the...
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