Recent Content by dejatrader

  1. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    My comment is based on VIX. With the overall low IV across the market it seems to me that there are far fewer stocks with IV well above their HV....
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 10, 2014 in forum: Options

  2. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    Why do brokers allow reduced margin on high IV high beta stocks? That's one thing I really don't understand. I'm the first to admit that I'm no...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 10, 2014 in forum: Options

  3. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    Yeah, I thought about trying OptionsXpress until I talked to them and found out their margin requirements are consistently 5-7 times more than IB!...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 5, 2014 in forum: Options

  4. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    That's why you have to sell as far OTM as possible to give it room to move. Even then it's sometimes not enough, and you end up with a -32% month...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 4, 2014 in forum: Options

  5. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    Here's a good one: INSM last trade at $20.01 Sell Jul18 16 Put for $0.35 Margin $283 12.36% ROI in 16 calendar days (if you had sold it...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 4, 2014 in forum: Options

  6. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    I already showed you how to adjust that GOOGL trade that you posted as an example, to exceed the returns I'm making, if you're willing to take the...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 4, 2014 in forum: Options

  7. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    True.
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 4, 2014 in forum: Options

  8. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    Making money at anything is often simple, but rarely easy. Consistently being right more than 50% of the time and having bigger winners than...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 4, 2014 in forum: Options

  9. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    [sarcasm begins]You are aware that there are other stocks out there besides Google, yes?[sarcasm ends] Your example illustrates why I don't sell...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 3, 2014 in forum: Options

  10. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    I view trading like any job or business, you can have your livelihood cut out from under you at any moment with no warning, any security or...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 2, 2014 in forum: Options

  11. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    Typically I use less than 50% of my available capital at the start of the month. Like right now for July I'm at 62% cash. But when I have...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 2, 2014 in forum: Options

  12. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    xandman, I sell mostly single equities and some ETFs. I did 1 iron condor on SPX last month to try it out (never done an IC before) which made...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 2, 2014 in forum: Options

  13. 3K monthly income on a 100K account

    I've been making a living selling options since last September and using a selling strategy for more than a year before that, and have made a...
    Post by: dejatrader, Jul 1, 2014 in forum: Options

  14. Rookie Trader Journal - Advice Welcome

    I think it's silly that Pivotas is is being so hard on you for losing. Let's face it, if there weren't people like you losing their money, there...
    Post by: dejatrader, Apr 25, 2008 in forum: Journals

  15. Intraday FX Player

    Sorry, just the 1 minute by itself. Aussie is joining the party now too, and the Kiwi is thinking about it but it's a bit indecisive at the...
    Post by: dejatrader, Apr 23, 2008 in forum: Journals