Recent Content by DJR

  1. Trading Plan for the Newbies

    treat trading like a business, not like a hobby
    Post by: DJR, May 14, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  2. best place to start?

    i used to work as a market maker in equity derivatives for a broker. left there 6 years ago and have traded my own money since. the derivatives...
    Post by: DJR, May 3, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. Entry Barriers To a Professional Trading Career

    if 95% of traders fail. then it should be hard to get a job trading. i agree its more on who you know than what you know....i myself just got...
    Post by: DJR, May 2, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. best place to start?

    what is a flow trader....is that actually an operator putting in peoples orders, or a a prop trader that just front runs orders? avoid either if...
    Post by: DJR, May 2, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  5. Help needed

    as per above....read, read, read. for fun read Market Wizards and Reminiscences of a stock operator. if you dont feel interested after that give...
    Post by: DJR, May 2, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Novice spread question ...

    options are highly correlated. the amount an option price will change by compared to other options though is determined by many things. for a...
    Post by: DJR, May 1, 2006 in forum: Options

  7. Covered call: How do you pick best expiration month?

    yep it depends on if you are an investor and looking for yield, and hence a long term investor regardless, or a trader. when i was a market maker...
    Post by: DJR, May 1, 2006 in forum: Options

  8. Best free web based options analyzer?

    its not free.....it is worth it though and this is not a plug....but http://www.hoadley.net/options/options.htm very good and detailed. easily...
    Post by: DJR, Apr 30, 2006 in forum: Options

  9. Can Someone explain time premium with relation to puts and calls

    major difference is determined by whether or not the option is an American style...and can be exercised at any time, or a European style....and...
    Post by: DJR, Apr 30, 2006 in forum: Options

  10. Timing / leg-in a multi-leg trade = bad?

    probably a first for my reading at this website. i agree with everything everyone has said.
    Post by: DJR, Apr 30, 2006 in forum: Options

  11. Avoid low volume options?

    take into consideration that if you are buying an ITM option to reduce your risk, someone is taking on that extra risk. for that they will charge...
    Post by: DJR, Apr 30, 2006 in forum: Options

  12. Novice spread question ...

    as a sugestion to anybody posting option questions. i have traded them for years (in equities) as both a position trader and a market maker so i...
    Post by: DJR, Apr 30, 2006 in forum: Options

  13. Covered call: How do you pick best expiration month?

    i agree...google put call parity and do a lot of research. the best thing to remember when trying to learn stuff about options is that once you...
    Post by: DJR, Apr 30, 2006 in forum: Options

  14. fast arithmetic and trading: a factor?

    the reason why Optiva in particular want you do take these tests is because of the nature of thier business model. they want people who can rope...
    Post by: DJR, Apr 27, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  15. What's your #trades & %return YTD?

    makes for an interesting insight into how scalable a trading style actually is. i use leverage on my equity account of about 4-5 times, using...
    Post by: DJR, Apr 27, 2006 in forum: Trading