Recent Content by yonglonglai

  1. Starting out trading options

    Good luck reading books, i studied finance in university and it didn't teach me anything! time decay will kill you if you are trading options and...
    Post by: yonglonglai, Nov 18, 2007 in forum: Options

  2. Option Pros, Please Help

    a call options is equivalent to borrowing money then buying the underlying stock/instrument and buying put options (insurance)... This is...
    Post by: yonglonglai, Nov 18, 2007 in forum: Options

  3. volatility question

    optionsXpress has a "volatility view" which shows stock's 30day historical volatility and the implied volatility. From my understanding... if...
    Post by: yonglonglai, Nov 18, 2007 in forum: Options

  4. Writing Covered Puts

    exactly the same as a covered call, but backwards... I guess if you have a neutral or downward bias then you'll write covered puts. If you have...
    Post by: yonglonglai, Nov 18, 2007 in forum: Options

  5. Options Spreads

    I agree with you MTE... the ASX also does have 'expensive' stocks like RIO, NAB, CBA, BHP etc. > $30 and you get get $0.50 to $1.00 spreads on...
    Post by: yonglonglai, Jun 9, 2007 in forum: Options

  6. Options Spreads

    Its better because the returns are better. Simply US options increment by $2.5 or $5 per strike and Australian options increment by $0.50 per...
    Post by: yonglonglai, Jun 8, 2007 in forum: Options

  7. Most $$$$ is made by selling puts and calls!!!

    I write options and as long as you are writing covered options you are pretty safe. Your profits are capped Its just equivalent of renting...
    Post by: yonglonglai, Jun 7, 2007 in forum: Options

  8. Options Spreads

    If you want to see some examples of credit spreads in action you can check out my website: <a href="http://www.yonglonglai.com/"...
    Post by: yonglonglai, Jun 7, 2007 in forum: Options