by picking good stocks and selling premium to offset that disadvantage as well. that said, options are usually better for swing trading....
thats expensive. I use IB at $.75/contract no minimum and no ticket charge. i also switched over from etrade a while ago. best thing i ever...
one can do well with far OTM options as a way to play very short term (several day) directional plays on a stock with plenty of leverage. If you...
I'm surprised by that IV drop. I noticed this -- doesn't make any sense. It seems now more than ever there is more potential 'explosiveness'...
Here's the final entry for the week: apple short scalps - $589 gain: ( sold short around 67.15 and 66.70, 400 shares - covered at 65.45)...
ha.. did every short get out of apple in time? i avged around 66.80 and got out avg 65.75. looks like it recovered nicely so far to 68.16. i...
very fitting. I decided to take a loss on my ng. sold 1 QG 7.27, (previously bought 8.06) - $1980 loss sold 2 QG 7.14 (bought 1 7.50, bought...
especially since it came up so quick - stocks with this type of volatility often move more on -no- news. (i was really expecting a 10 point move)
i am in awe right now. down only 2% on 4 years of possibly incorrect earnings reports and fraud? what's wrong with this market? :)
a lot of retail is locked out before 8:00am. i am curious what happens then, then at open. i'll be shorting today. i own calls anyway, so i'm...
I was sitting there watching qg, and glanced at qm, and I saw it at 74.95 - I made a mental note how i sold at that price earlier this week...
get out quick and take your loss. and don't be too eager to rebuy.
It was announced too late. There was some selling to 65.00. This is 4 years of incorrect earnings. Even though the variance in numbers may...
i agree. but emotional investors do unreasonable things. a few days ago, i bought 5 67.5 august straddles on apple. this will be interesting.
thanks for this post. how long have you been using this software? Seems very straightforward - just installed it. How much has it made a...
Remember, no matter what anyone says, buying stocks in small lots is not investing, no matter what your time frame. It is 'trading', or at best...
must have been a margin call of some sort forcing market sale before there were any reasonable bids on the market?
the lowest risk and cheapest way is probably buying futures options.
tough day today: Here's how it actually went. In late trading, I bought 1 qg 7.66, 1 qg at 7.50. My average long is 7.74 for Sep qg 3...
natural gas is doing some very goofy swinging around lately, especially in low volume trading. First off, I'm trading only miNYs, but I have...
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