"There are very few options strategies that are of value. They only belong in the hands of very experienced traders, and they do NOT involve...
you got it dug- oil down
I averaged down a little today also, right at the high. Well if nothing else with the dividend you are still getting over 4% return on the stock.
As a long term IB client, I wish they spent less time defending themselves on this board and more time answering the phone and treating their...
Hey this is nothing compared to the first few years where I actually lost $. I was just making a comment that I've got the same amount of $ in my...
I thought I had a moderately good year since I was up 25% in my account for 2007. Now I am right back where I started . Probably not the only one...
"We play for cash, not for proportion of successful trades." Interesting comment. I play for cash also because I'm small time and occasionally...
"The term "edge" is most commonly referred to as capitalizing on inefficiencies in the pricing of options. It's not really a comment on guessing...
"The reason there's no edge in buying vs selling is that options are priced very efficiently these days, so you cannot beat the market by just...
" Let's say your winning ratio is 50/50......... "Assume you win 50% of the time and assume your 5% of loses wipes out your 95% gains." I'm...
"Who cares.. it is now what it is." Well what is it? We've just broke support in major indexes after a double top that has failed. For most...
Well here we are again, back at support levels for the 3rd time over the last year. It seems whenever we break support and the market screams...
"There's no edge in selling options vs buying them." I see this quote often, and fail to understand it. I would really like to see the...
"Not to mention there is no edge in that trade at all since you'll find the SPX vs. SPY or OEX priced to perfection. " I Think you...
"IOW there are other strategies that work better on a consistent basis" Feel free to share them with me. Although I do trade spreads and have...
Stock optons go off at 4:00. Index options, QQQQ's, OEX, etc... trade longer.
Some years ago I had IB go down when I was long 50 contracts on the QQQ's as the Naz started a dramatic 3 day slide. Couldn't get out of the trade...
This post has been done before, look at the archives. But ... biggest move I ever missed - I was trading options fulltime on the Q's and TASR but...
I don't know if it is zero risk, but I was looking at a system that employed selling naked puts on S&P stocks, looking at what % of the S&P those...
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