to Stanford The idea you are making money on using the credit spread as a directional play for premium appreciation never entered my head...
Stanford For myself, I set the goal that when the account balance increased 50% I would go real money. Just an idea to ponder over.
To Stanford Things I have found most useful are sloping trend lines along the tops, and going upward, sloping trendlines along the bottoms....
To Stanford Well thanks for that info on adjusting the account balance. I am though trying to trade the account like a REAL MONEY account as...
Well that was an interesting experience! Seems I had $42,000 left in my account. Tried to put on a 10 contract Short Strangle at .55 cents...
Stanford The TOS funny money web account is slow by 20 mins. So what you read in the option chain cannot be trusted. On a limit order I...
Stanford It is true you are learning and experimenting. But bottom line is the end of the month account balance earned. Not learning. The...
The SHORT STRADDLE CREDIT SPREAD. I´m becoming enamored of my experiments with the SHORT STRADDLE CREDIT SPREAD. On a risk to reward...
Stanford Early hours of Thursday morning. Had my cup of hot tea, some rum and honey and raring to go. Full of calories. Thought about...
Stanford Okay I´ve had my afternoon nap and ate lunch. Lets see, you have 15 contracts of each and you think you have a profit in total,...
Stanford Good gravy! What a lot of positions. Makes my head spin! Sad to say, I don´t understand their profit loss thingy either. They...
Stanford I've got a Vertical Spread order in with TOS at a limit of .25 cents for the last two hours. Haven't got filled yet. It's a...
Ha! Ha! Ha! "I know there is a flaw in my thinking somewhere, just too inexperienced to know what it is. Michael" You got that right (...
Stanford Hmmmmmnnnn! Don´t know if you are right or not, as we are trading different indexes. Plus I´m doing weeklies and you are doing...
Re-inventing the wheel! I´ve been going over my trading. I can make a steady $5000 a month using credit spreads of different kinds on the...
For CACHE LANDING Michael Stanford in Canada Trading Journal I´ve moved over to ¨OEX WEEKLY OPTIONS´ forum on Elite Trader.
Long Calendar Spread Thanks for the tip. Will look at it over the next few weeks. Got this weekly OEX option trading schedule heating up...
I'll cross post this from the SPX credit spread trader discussion, where I've been carrying on a conversation with a couple of guys. I like the...
Stanford Got to thinking what would be good training for this type of practical HARD KNOCKS UNIVERSITY, option derivative trading. I was...
Stanford I use the web based version because I don't have enough bandwidth and speed on my internet service. The desk top sysgtem I don't...
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