Just trade the squeeze... Also, trade as a liquidity provider in a big market on the outside of the range. In moderate to high volatility...
That was a confusing fed statement... By the market action you can tell everyone is a bit confused right now. Everyone needs to sleep on it. Not...
It's just frigging exhausting holding position during slow rises... Ran out of mental stamina. The bull market trend is unbroken in the big...
This will just be a thinking aloud and chit-chat thread. Starting off... This has been a most exhausting day to be on the bid. The market has...
The problem is that the behavior of the S&P changed early august... It shifted from trending into June, then ranging/cyclic into July, then in...
Kk, good luck to ya! Remember... Past market behavior doesn't guarantee future market behavior. I would suggest adding in a second element to...
You should avoid holding weekly options beyond a few hours, and not overnight... Decay is horrible! Entering positions in the morning isn't a bad...
Still holding them? Those calls closed the day at 1.14. You might get an exit tomorrow morning. Kinda a coin flip. Maybe people will get excited...
Volatility behaves differently and patterns are much more complex in a bear market. You don't get spikes of complacency then further fall over and...
Should work well until this bull market uptrend slows down.
Most strategies requiring two related products... Interesting... Sounds like a complex combination of arbitrage and momentum trading. Kinda like...
Approved, yess!!! Will be a few more days before liquidity bumps up and tightens the spreads in... Was kinda hilarious the first day they were...
Nope. I generally hold options positions for 3-5 days. However, I sometimes do 1-2 hour long intraday trades if the opportunity presents itself.
No, two points would likely provide optimal liquidity. However, with the low volatility of this current market a one point strike would be better...
For those who don't know... It's the amendment to allow a $1 strike interval for the DIA and SPY Etf's above a $200 strike price....
Anyway... I'm off to sleep! Not going to miss out on a day of moderate volatility. Gnight xelite! Moderate... Relative to the average volatility...
Why would you bother trading something that is not a major? The spread is terrible... Your kind of cutting your own throat if you trade anything...
Most retail traders and trading systems are logical and predictive, not statistical and probability focused. For example... A common train of...
"Spikes? What spikes?" - xelite777 Honestly... Have you ever traded the EUR/USD or GBP/USD? It's not uncommon to see 50-100 pip moves occur...
Using statistical approaches you can trade consistently without having the slightest clue where price is going to be in three bars, five bars,...
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