Recent Content by timytime

  1. Let's talk about our returns. Got any?

    Plain and simple being long options entails much greater risk than being short by virtue of the premium paid and the time frame that the buyer has...
    Post by: timytime, Oct 11, 2003 in forum: Options

  2. Do you tell people you're a trader?

    If humility is a product, therefore, trading is a large part of the GNP.
    Post by: timytime, Sep 8, 2003 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. Do you tell people you're a trader?

    My response to "Isn't that risky? I tell them that with a few clicks of my mouse, I can have all of my investment capital converted to cash. I...
    Post by: timytime, Sep 7, 2003 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. What's a cost efficient way to PROVE your track record to eventually start hedge fund

    Take this statement seriously. Continue to trade for your own account and never have to answer to other investors or some commodity futures...
    Post by: timytime, Sep 7, 2003 in forum: Professional Trading

  5. Does the IRS audit Traders frequently ?

    The fact that traders generate huge 1099 sales, would make one think that the irs would be looking at traders very closely. However, I have filled...
    Post by: timytime, Sep 5, 2003 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Need help on new strategy

    I have many years of trading options under my belt. The surest way to minimize your profits is to use spreads as trading vehicles. One trades...
    Post by: timytime, Aug 31, 2003 in forum: Options

  7. Draw-Down Analysis

    Was not meant to be taken that way. He is taking on a whole new set of rules with OPM. My reference to Mr. Schwartz's bad experience was a lesson...
    Post by: timytime, Aug 20, 2003 in forum: Trading

  8. Draw-Down Analysis

    Good luck in the OPM world. I suggest that you read the chapter in "PIT BULL" where the famous trader Marty Schwartz, after many years of trading...
    Post by: timytime, Aug 20, 2003 in forum: Trading

  9. Let's talk about our returns. Got any?

    Of course you are right, very few hold to expiration, My point is the odds of what you are up against. If premium did not exsist in options, I...
    Post by: timytime, Aug 10, 2003 in forum: Options

  10. Let's talk about our returns. Got any?

    Back in the 80's, I use to trade 100 to 300 contracts per day paying high commisions while I was a broker. I had some good months and bad but...
    Post by: timytime, Aug 10, 2003 in forum: Options

  11. Career Advice Needed

    An I-bank would not expose you to the type or quantity of trading knowledge that you would get at a hedge fund. Also, many hedge funds do not...
    Post by: timytime, Aug 4, 2003 in forum: Professional Trading

  12. A Quote we can all understand.

    As business psychologists often point out, entrepreneurs have a high tolerance for risk. Thus their own perception of the odds they’re facing...
    Thread by: timytime, Jul 30, 2003, 0 replies, in forum: Psychology

  13. The Vix (everything you ever wanted to know)

    Here is an article on the vix that Larry Connors published today....worth the read. http://biz.yahoo.com/tm/030728/10468_3.html
    Thread by: timytime, Jul 28, 2003, 3 replies, in forum: Trading