I started a thread about the following strategy sometime ago: short puts on a number of stocks on the S&P, determine the % of the S&P these...
"Another huge bugaboo - the biggest IMHO - is the fear of missing out. That's the one that'll kill you. " You got that one right. I don't think...
The biggest mistake I used to make was thinking that if I wasn't actively trading daily, I wasn't working. I made alot of bad trades because I...
Well I used to sell both puts and calls. For the most part I sold puts on stocks I thought might take off and I was kicking myself in the ass...
I don't do overnight shorts , but have traded puts for a number of years. It's not a strategy that has been very good for me even when the market...
Well at 1282 on the S&P we are right about where we were on the last bounce that failed. If this holds awhile and moves up, I'm in. If not, back...
I must have missed some big changes in patterned day trading regulations or this boy is clueless. When I started 6 years ago there was a minimum...
If you are having trouble shorting the financials, say BOA, is there a reason you don't set up a synthetic short by selling calls and buying...
One problem with systems is that for them to work you are usually suppose to take the trade when the system says to. I think many pick and choose...
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Here is when to fade a gap . Osip closes at $38.14 then opens the next day at $84.60. Runs up to $98 then closes at $91. Can't hold the next day...
Well I know I decided to let my August puts on the OEX and calls on the Vix run yesterday instead of taking a quick 100% profit and then sold them...
I've been buying shares on a stock that is trading around $2.50-$3 and selling the Jan 10 $2.50 calls for 50% of the price of the stock. That...
Here's a funny bust story. I was trading options on Taser some years ago and went long some puts. Got a bad feeling so sold them at the bid using...
I only know of 2 systems that have historically proven to work , although there are probably others. The 1st is fading the gap. There have been a...
I've sold all my energy stocks and only have RIG and NOV left and won't be going long energy until I see a breakthrough or big pullback. But just...
Why don't you post the specifics on your COP trade. I trade COP regularly and would like to see how that is working.
Kind of an off subject comment here but, awhile ago I looked at most of the vertical spreads I had done over the last 5 years and realized that if...
Well I am far from an expert in option pricing, but I can do simple math. Your quote says that you bought stock at $8.58 it dropped down to $8.02...
"If the stock XYZ for example decreases further to 7.60 you can buy an other 196 stock to re-hedge your position and thereby locking in profits."...
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