In one sense you are correct. But what is the risk of you losing your premium? Far as I can see with 90 day options trading in QQQ, any loss is...
Hoop 121 Let me reverse the question. If there is a risk, what is it? Where is it? I don´t see it.
I´m enamored of strangles and straddles. I´ve heard from two people who are making money at it. So still seeking the TRADE SECRETS of how to...
Good answer Hoop 121 I hadn´t quite thought of it that way yet.
Mushin It was real cash money. First time trying it. I will talk to TOS help on Monday.
Ha! Ha! Ha! Thanks for the input. Hope it is good coffee? Yup! The risk bothers me also, thinking about it. Have no idea what would happen...
Jeff I see the CALLS made a shallow move. I never got a signal for CALLS. Was watching Friday, but never happened. I show the chart with...
Well I´m not sure where I read that. But week before last, I was trying to close a calendar. The short side was either a couple of cents on a...
I just finished experimenting with some SIX trades. For the week, on paper. Limited test, but needed to see how they would do. 1) A Long...
Interesting reading. Picked up some opinions seem worthwhile. I´m leaning toward choosing a strangle over the straddle. Longer mid term....
Well JEFF, seems like your mechanical system gave you a good signal with that GAP UP open this Friday morning.
Forex forex I believe at one time, you were trading some trials of way OTM options. I was reading up about ratio back spreads, then decided...
Jeff Was just going to mention, the ATR and VIX are rising. So time to trade long options again. Then I see you already entered. I´m...
Babu Just reading up on butteflies. Interesting to note your closing the body first, waiting for a reaction to close the wings. I´m...
As an aside, during the past 10 days or so. I had two long option bets that did not pan out. I kept them and decided to use them as a very,...
Jeff U said something about your investing formula being adapted to changing the VIX inputs, so you got smaller increment trades, as the VIX...
I´m trying end of day, to run some different classical trades to learn them. Got bogged down with long straddle. Who would figure that, when I...
Jeff I see the VIX is dropping, so that should make it harder for you to make money with long options. The VIX and the daily Average...
I´ll post this for my fellow novices. Just got off the line with HELP in TOS. I was showing a line that I was exposed the QQQ index....
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