UPDATE I will keep you posted on this trade. GLD has weekly options and I'm considering a strangle on Wednesday or Thursday with the May 27...
What does the last post say?
Do you have a link? (I think I made about 15%) PS ..... Nothing wrong with 100% loss, because maximum reward far surpasses the maximum risk...
***** That is odd. I think the administrator was testing the filter feature and entered that word and forgot to remove it. And since not to...
UPDATE: Now that the market is closed and options expired I can look back on this trade. I'm still bearish on silver, back to below $20.00....
UPDATE: Closed the SLV put @ $0.14 Unfilled Limit order on the GLD put to sell @ $0.02. Loss about $66.00 Closing at 10:00am EST would...
UPDATE: Now that the market is closed I can see were I stand on this trade. SLV must drop 2% and GLD must drop 0.75% to break even. Any drop...
I would buy 1 strike OTM options on popular stocks. Keep a list of about 50 stocks, and trim that down to about 10 stocks for a watch list. QQQ...
Buy one contract SLV May 2011 34.00 put @ $0.3827 SLV @ $34.13 http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SLV110521P00034000 Buy one contract GLD May 2011...
This doesn't make any sense. Your account balance has to be higher than the maximum loss of the IC. The long options put a cap on the maximum...
"Another big plus is that you get the trade over with and can do something else." And chasing a LIMIT order until it gets filled is a money...
I still expect SLV to reach $18.00 within a month or so. According to my May 7, 2011 chart it's all down hill from today....
To get the $5,000 discount you are assuming all the LIMIT orders get filled and that any MARKET orders would have been filled at an inferior...
FYI mikeenday holds the ET record for largest percentage gain ever for a trade posted in progress on ET. $0.25 to $5.00 = 1900%...
That's 15% OTM with 3 days left. :eek: PS .... why do people rate this thread a 1 star? I gave you 5 stars for posting such a gutsy trade....
This was mentioned a few months ago, it's revenue for ET. Scroll to the bottom , Email Advertising http://www.elitetrader.com/ad/mediakit.cfm...
If it's IB it takes 2 or 3 days to show up in your account. Friday is too early if the request was made on Thursday, you should have your money by...
How does a retail trader decide what is an acceptable price? Why do you think a MARKET order will get filled at an inferior price as compared to...
This is why MARKET orders should be considered. If your LIMIT order doesn't get filled it's because the stock is moving in YOUR direction, if it...
Can't a CRON script or something be coded to synchronize the time every month automatically?
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