PM, I really respect what you do as you close out trade after trade profitably. I have never sold puts but I have watched what you...
[ Trade No. 2 ] SPY Dec 140 Puts Buy No. 1: 2.00 (filled) Sell Limit: 2.50 (+25%) Buy No. 2: 1.60 (not filled) Sell Limit: 2.15 ( +34% +7%)...
Opened new trade: SPY Dec 141 Calls Buy No. 1: 1.79 (filled) Sell Limit: 2.29 (28%) Buy No. 2: 1.43 (not filled) Sell Limit: 1.90 (33% + 6%)...
Yes and No (but mostly no). Here are the Yes or No sig. types: No: Most program trade output codes tell me up front if there is a Buy 1 /...
Oddtrader, Your right! A mini-me size Black Swan (or the real thing} could occur at anytime while holding. The fact is, the "mini-me size...
A couple of reasons, I am older, have never traded futures before and would hate to have to learn something new from scratch at my age....
I just closed this trade at 1.65 ( -3% ). I missed seeing a call warning indicator in the trading program this morning. "Oh well, caught it late...
Opened new trade: SPY Dec 141 Calls Buy No. 1: 1.70 (filled) Sell Limit: 2.25 (32%) Buy No. 2: 1.30 (not filled) Sell Limit: 1.82 (40% +...
Cit13, Your getting a lot of good advice, here is my 2 cents: Your setup on the SE trade was good. There is only one thing I would have done...
For me trading is like being a life insurance company: "I am assuming and managing risk based on historical mathematical probabilities." I...
Update thru November 16, 2012: 11-01-12 SPY NOV 143 puts Buy Limit: 1.85 (filled) Sell Limit: 2.40 Stop: 1.30 This trade was closed at...
I entered the following orders this morning: SPY DEC 137 Calls ( SPY at 135.18) Buy No. 1: 1.80 (filled) Sell Limit: 2.35 (30%) Buy No. 2:...
Yes, your correct. I have learned so much in the last 15 years and I am still learning things practically everyday. It never stops! If I...
But there is a serious fundamental flaw in backtesting using the Open, High, Low, & Close with historical data. Here it is: Real Example from...
The SPX (SP500) is the only major index that is still clinging at or near the 200 day moving average (see attached chart). The Nasdaq (COMP),...
Oddtrader, The trading program is looking at 3 day micro-trends and 9 day longer term trends. It evaluates both of these trend configurations...
Oddtrader, Ok any future trades I enter, I will give the SPY etf value at the exact point of entry and each evenings SPY option data, as well...
Your right, the SPY Dec 145 call strike did move below the original Stop of 1.30 on 11-05-12:...
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