"There is no point really in beating a dead horse." This is one of the most informative threads Iâve been involved with and if you have the...
Well coach I gave you wrong information on my trade. I didn't buy the stock at $40.20, that was a different trade. I already owned NOK stock that...
Ok, on Nov 8 Nokia stock opened at $40.75, I bought shortly after at $40. 20 Then didn't like what I saw and at 10:48.08 I sold a jan 09 LEAP sp...
Ok, here's a better example. Bought Nokia near $40 + and then it started to drop so I sold a Jan 09 30 sp Leap for $13. I'll get $43 if it gets...
If you are trading a fairly stable stock like ebay you are correct. I said in my original statement if the IV was high enough it can be...
Well I guess that depends on what you think is a good return on your $. If your exit strategy was to sell your stock when it hit $30 and you can...
Well this post got a long way from my initial comment that it was the last time I casually short some near to expiration options with little...
"I am sorry but I was trying to help you. Your story has been incomplete and shifting. Now I understand that you were long a 48 put (which should...
"You convert your long puts to a diagonal or a calendar because your outlook becomes less directional and you want to hedge the position. If the...
"You would have lost! Why, because your overall delta is negative when you have a time spread with a strike below current price. I am now...
Ok here is the deal, QQQQ's at $48+ and I go long Feb puts, Jan expiration coming up. In the 6 years I've been trading options, Jan has been a...
Next week is when the big follow thru days should occur for this to have any teeth. I don't usually use charts, but that is a classic head and...
You're no different than 98% of the rest of us. I should sell a newsletter when I put on a trade so my subscribers can do the opposite. I only...
"You need to understand options may better my friend that you seem to currently understanding." Either you didn't understand what I wrote or...
Well I did it again and for sure it is the last time. Expected a drop in Feb so loaded up on QQQQ atm 48 sp puts at $180 . Decided to reduce my...
There always seem to be a lot of people on this board who throw out opinions as if it was truth. Selling naked calls carries a risk that is...
Funny thing about reading this board, everyone goes on and on about risk management, having a system usually based on back tested strategies and...
There is an aspect of writing covered calls that many traders overlook. When a stock is at the point when you are thinking of taking profits,...
I call it covering my behind on a bad trade. But at least by collecting $300 premium on each call I had an $8 swing to the upside before I would...
I thought selling naked calls with high IV was a good thing once so sold a bunch of calls on tasr when it was a high flyer but on a dive . I sold...
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