Let's talk about how you hedge with these puts. Do you buy them when you enter a trade and then trade them out? This could be a problem for a dip...
One of my futures strategies does best with a catastrophic stop. The problem with such a large stop is the psychology and having a huge loss and...
In my report, "Even More Edges", I share the expectancy formula Win Amount * Win Frequency - Loss Amount * Loss Frequency = 0 This formula...
One other question when I enter /es as the option I get the following options JUN5 11 (1) JUL1 11 (2) JUl2 11 (9) JUL 11 (30) AUG 11...
rew: but someone has to cross the spread no? I was mentioning crossing at the mid point.
1. Got it. 2. Got it. 3. Got it. Thanks. How fast/likely am I to get filled sitting on the limits? It looks like when I buy a call TOS...
okay buying the 1295 call outright caps my risk at $675 with a break even of 1308.50. market is 1304. So they want around 4 points of premium....
Can someone tell me why buying power effect changes but not my max risk when I'm setting up a vertical spread? I'm looking at the /esu1 options...
Is a flat profit split considered performance based? I.e 60/40? Im thinking this would be okay provided you didn't make it conditional. Also,...
Here using TOS, I am verifying what a call would cost me. market: 1304 strike: 1295 cost: 13.75 break even price: 1308.75 max loss:687.50...
Howard, thanks for pointing that out. I was confusing them. So, besides for the Excise rule, what are the real differences? Why do you prefer...
Howard, with the European style, you are required to hold them until expiry? I'm looking for a "futures" surrogate with limited risk/reward and...
Thanks Howard. Yes, i will need the American style options. CBOE has a good site with trade tools from all the brokers. TOS is the only one...
I've asked this before but never really got into it. Here is a CME bullet point....
I am looking for something that I can trade "just like the futures" but with limited risk/reward. I trade at NADEX now and I'm mostly pleased with...
I'd like some clarification on this. I've heard that one can't charge performance fees without being a CTA or was that for seed hedge funds? If...
Someone kill this thread(TM)
Here is a guide on becoming a CTA, seems a bit much for what I want to do: http://www.emergingtraders.com/pdf-documents/CTAguideCME.pdf...
I wanted to start this thread with ideas on how to find backers/investors for my trading. I know similar threads have been deleted. So, I'm not...
Coach: So, how did you do today? Me: Nearly terrible. I was bearish heading into the open today and didn't want to risk a lot. My system had...
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