Thread is closed now. Good luck trading...
2002/2003 is about the time I began trading futures and futures options, yes. I had traded stocks and stock options quite a bit before that,...
Also, the reason I chose NQ this month was because I felt had a better feel for the levels. I trade TF and ES as well, though there is a big...
I will post my current market situation just as an example. NQ is currently 1625. I sold NQ 1490 and 1510 puts a few weeks earlier when NQ was...
I'm not sure what you mean by boomerang. But if you are referring to whether I set limit or market for orders, I usually start by setting limits...
I started this thread because I feel I am where many on this board hope to be, not because I am a fantastic or great trader, but because I've been...
What do they do for me? As I myself learned to trade, I am the type of trader who learns from experience. There are some traders who can read...
There doesn't seem to be a question here, but I will say this about trading futures options. When I do initiate a position, yes, part of my...
I'm not sure exactly what the question is here. If you are asking if this is what I do, I will say that I don't trade in steps and that are many...
I would probably have him shadow my trading and I would try to verbalize what is going on through my head a little. I think what is important...
I've already answered the question. I usually hedge the options position with the underlying when they go ITM.
I dislike bad months just as much as anyone but I don't really focus on P/L all that much. When a month closes, I have an idea of what I did...
I see now why you keep coming back to this question. If you google my username, you find someone else with the same username in another...
Targets - already answered this I believe. I don't have formal price targets. Trailing Stops - I've only used them once or twice I think as...
I don't calculate deltas to hedge. Unless expiration is far away, I'm usually hedging the position completely. I suppose that is taking delta...
I'll answer questions hopefully until market close tomorrow.
I have a biological science background. Economics courses in college are as much formal financial exposure as I have had.
I'm not sure what you mean by trade operation, so I can't properly answer the question. But as far as predicting the market direction, if I...
The 100% cash periods will usually occur right after expiration. Much of the time I will hold options until expiration. But there are occasions...
To discuss both your questions... I view the market as a market of buyers and sellers. So, for me, I tend to think that for my buy to be...
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