Recent Content by barney_collier

  1. stradles vs. strangles

    Perhaps the optioncoach can tell us the difference between these two ideas.
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 28, 2005 in forum: Options

  2. Magic and the "subconscious"

    If there are people making millions of dollars by trading the markets using magick, they sure do keep quiet about it. Several other approaches to...
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 17, 2005 in forum: Psychology

  3. reward/risk = 10:1 , win/loss = 1/10

    One way to think about the question "What investment returns can I expect to make?" is to obtain data on the returns made by top money managers,...
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 13, 2005 in forum: Strategy Building

  4. copper, platinum and palladium, where do you trade them?

    Like JayS, I trade the COMEX (NYMEX) metals over the phone. I don't trade silver but I do trade copper, platinum, palladium (and also gold) this...
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 9, 2005 in forum: Commodity Futures

  5. Money Management

    These underlined things are hyperlinks. You can click on them. Introduction (1) Introduction (2) Explanation (1) Explanation (2) Pictures...
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 9, 2005 in forum: Risk Management

  6. Trading Stats - What do you measure?

    M. 50th, 75th, and 90th percentile of distribution of (Margin to Equity) ratio
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 8, 2005 in forum: Trading

  7. I am Looking for these Books

    Title: Advanced Option Pricing Models ISBN: 0071406050 Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071406050/
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 7, 2005 in forum: Trading

  8. I am Looking for these Books

    If you're into options, the options book by Katz and McCormick is remarkably unlike most others. Unlike McMillan, Trester, and dozens of others,...
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 7, 2005 in forum: Trading

  9. Would you Trade a System that failed a backtest ?

    Backtests themselves don't "succeed" or "fail". They merely exist. It is up to you, the living breathing human trader, to INTERPRET a backtest...
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 7, 2005 in forum: Strategy Building

  10. the mathematics of persistence

    Unfortunately the role of luck is under-represented in this exposition. Just as it is over-represented in the aphorism " I'd rather be lucky...
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 7, 2005 in forum: Psychology

  11. My Options Play

    Do you use PC-SPAN software to compute margins? Or just call your broker's margin department?
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 7, 2005 in forum: Options

  12. Money Management

    I don't think it's correct to assume that traders maximize their utility by "fixed fractional" betsizing. People love to disagree about whether...
    Post by: barney_collier, Dec 7, 2005 in forum: Risk Management