Thank you Mech! I never said you should have trades planned for every contingency. A plan means to have a good idea of how to adjust or get...
Yes, I shorted some contracts during the recent decline. It reduced the volatility nicely. Fortunately, I covered well before the Fed and even...
Zegras, Please take this in a positive way but it is best to have a plan for how to handle moves like this before putting a position on. These...
Can anyone share some info on how you report all of your trades to the taxman. 2006 was my first year. I use IB and am hoping that there is a...
Piccon, Do you leg in to these spreads or place the orders as spreads? Kapil
Mark, A good analogy might be if someone bought Enron for $2, rode it to $75 and stated that he has very little risk in that position because...
In 2007 lets try deep in the money debit spreads! :p
Thanks for your insights Mark.
Mark, I am still trying to get a handle on position sizing for my own portfolio. For every 100k of assets, roughly how many e-mini diagonals...
I think ROI and ROP are the same for Mark, which is why it is such a good target return. Mark, please correct me if I am wrong.
Mark, I think 4% per month is phenominal. How close do you come to acheiving this? How bad have the drawdowns been? Kapil
I had the same thought. I try not to look at it too frequently as I tend to get a little trigger happy as my deltas and gammas keep changing.
Mark, Do you find the Portfolio Analytics data on IB to be accurate? Kapil
I would add: Keep costs as low as reasonably possible. Commissions and b/a spreads can eat up a lot of potential profits.
Mark and Ryank, Are your returns based on return on margin or your total capital allocated to options? Kapil
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