I had asked this question in another post but mostly got people responding who didn'tât know what a covered call was and started ranting about...
"Of course I'm biased since I've been on both sides of the equation but....if you have a couple of $million to engage in working strategies, and...
Lots of blue on my screen with LFC, NOK , F up. Did short some GSF DEC calls against my long Jan calls though in case that continues to slide,...
Boy people have made this complicated. 1. My original suggestion was that even if you sell at the bid, you can sell a deep in the money covered...
"fading gaps" as a primary strategy will fail. I'm curious why you think this is true since it is one of the few trading strategies with a...
I started out with $30,000 of mostly borrowed $ I had to repay back in a year and it was hell. Losses were hard to take and there is draw down on...
My 2 cents - I thought the market had double topped at 1300 and also read an article by abig name technical trader who said we had formed some...
"Chris, I have to agree with Nazzdack. Trading around a loss and screwing around with it only complicates your trading. I think it's better to...
" The only thing you say that makes sense is that you are a small time player for sure. " Christ, it shouldn't be that hard to understand...
" Where are you supposed to come up with the margin for all this naked shorting? How do you figure there is naked shorting? You already own...
First off I'm not major player, just a small time options trader. Since my account is small, I watch every penny and work hard to limit my losses...
Well with earnings report coming up I would expect them to run COP down since I think earnings will be good this quarter. I went long on some VLO...
When I used to trade Taser, I noticed how often the stock seemed to close on expiration Friday at a price close to the option strike price with...
"Son, because stocks are set to have a good sharp pullback here, there is no more dumb money left to buy your stocks now. Lessons learned the hard...
Yea I know it's not a direct correlation and I follow DIG and DUG when I want to look at oil more directly. I know that my COP stock price is...
I still think oil is a good play, but always wonder why my energy stocks like VLO and COP often drop on days like today when oil goes up. I would...
Well I know that when I quit posting 5 years ago it was because like many, I originally thought joining a board would improve my trading...
Funny, I can accept loses without it bothering me. But missing a big move on a stock I'm following eats me up. It usually happens becuse I...
"if you are trading options, then you need to know the rules" I guess my question wasn't worded clearly. I understand the rules regarding options...
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