Recent Content by masterjaz_99

  1. alternative to SPY

    I think he means the share price is too expensive...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Dec 4, 2014 in forum: Trading

  2. SPY October Calls. Close, exercise or hold?

    So I was only half-tard on that one, and did not read the title of the thread and see you were asking about exercising not rolling. I have a sell...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Sep 18, 2014 in forum: Options

  3. SPY October Calls. Close, exercise or hold?

    Unless I have gone full retard, the dividend is irrelevant for those LONG calls. Only those who are SHORT calls where the same strike+expiry put...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Sep 18, 2014 in forum: Options

  4. Orders send over Interactive Brokers do not appear in the Orderbook

    I am not an expert on this, but my observations are if the order is being SMART routed, it will not show up in the orderbook whereas when it...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Jul 17, 2014 in forum: Options

  5. need some direction

    Careful to not view the probabilities in isolation. There is an innate relationship between probability and risk-reward. Change one, the other...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, May 2, 2014 in forum: Options

  6. need some direction

    Jones, Most of these trades are directional. Do you have a reasonable reason for picking the direction you did? I too follow Tasty Trades but...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, May 2, 2014 in forum: Options

  7. IB margin increase

    braincell, I too found securities I own with less than 250M cap that were not on the list. I contacted support and confirmed that only those...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Jan 13, 2013 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. How much money would you need to Martingale your way to profits?

    Yeah, not very clear, so let's start with the table I meant to have in the first post--basically the levels using 2% threshold... 10.82...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: Trading

  9. How much money would you need to Martingale your way to profits?

    Interesting 'discussion' if we wish to call it that and I thank the OP for getting the ball rolling. I think there is one item missing that may...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Feb 27, 2011 in forum: Trading

  10. Trader IQ Test: Pattern Recognition

    First time through, nonetheless, still cannot make money in the market, so what good are all these smarts?? [img]
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Jan 18, 2011 in forum: Psychology

  11. Working on Consistent Profitability

    Just a heads up that I keep sharing everywhere I see someone SIM'ing with TOS. Their order fill algorithm used to absolute crap, buying the bid,...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Oct 20, 2010 in forum: Journals

  12. Probability of success due to chance alone?

    OKAY! I found the answer myself. Some of you suggested monte carlo, others suggested that there is NO normal distribution, and others said...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Oct 7, 2010 in forum: Risk Management

  13. Working on Consistent Profitability

    tlow, Been lurking, nice journal so far with great contributors. Just a heads up--ToS sim is very unrealistic. I believe it buys the bid and...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Oct 2, 2010 in forum: Journals

  14. Trading Lessons/Insights From Coin Flipping

    Lots of good stuff so far, but, I'm thinking that there may be too much emphasis on reproducing the results of these particular conditions...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Sep 24, 2010 in forum: Risk Management

  15. Trading Lessons/Insights From Coin Flipping

    Craig, Been busy with other things, but two quick comments, thoughts. 1) The random distribution we are using (as far as I know) is a uniform...
    Post by: masterjaz_99, Sep 23, 2010 in forum: Risk Management