This forum is out of control. I never know when people are serious or just flat out trolling. If this dude is serious, all I can say is wow. How...
A stock picking system that worked in a bull market, you don't say..... Where do these "traders" come from, seriously :)
With the short spreads TT talks about most, 60 months is plenty of time to get an idea of what's working and what isn't. They aren't scalping...
Where are you finding 20+ years of reliable data? I haven't found any sources that are reliable going back much further than 5 years....
I see why conversations like this always fall off the rails. You guys are confusing semantics with your point of view. "accounting for...
Oh man, another guy saying the option greeks are useless? Where do these people come from... You do realize you're posting in an OPTIONS forum...
No nerves were touched :) It's just a VERY common misconception in the options world that there is literally another person on the other side of...
Open interest is just a pool of option contracts. You don't have to find an exact counter party individual on the other side of every trade you...
Why do people always think there's "someone" on the other side of the trade? Like you thought that when you sell an Iron Condor, that someone...
Nobody is saying the greeks are useful FOR YOU. Clearly you're one of these guys that trades options exactly like they trade stocks. Close your...
Charm, Color, and Speed can all be important if you're trying to align a broader portfolio of several different positions and expiries into a more...
Trading plan? Controlling risk? Is that what you think you did with this trade? You rolled the dice on an OTM call, that's it. There was no...
You are right, that would accomplish what he's asking, but that would be a terrible strategy since you're giving up the prime risk reward time...
Uh no, completely wrong. If you were to systematically sell volatility over a long period of time, your expected gain would be the volatility...
"Back testing has very (if any) limited use. Show me historical data for stock option strategies from 100-500 stocks over a 1-5 year run and I...
"I often hear people say what you said, "...until it does not work anymore". If it stopped working it could not have been based on the basics of...
Oh man, please don't tell me you're actually live trading... Not only are your math skills seriously lacking, but you also seem to have a problem...
Honestly, I've not heard a single successful option trader warn against short positions. Of course you should be on the short side of options...
People can give you a bunch of long winded reasons why what you're talking about doesn't work in practice, but as simply as can be stated, it's...
You're just digging a deeper hole for yourself, but by all means don't let the rest of us stop you as it's quite impressive to watch. I'll state...
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