gg12, First of all you are only trading 2 contracts so at this point none of this really matters because is a pretty small amount of money. Your...
This is a good point. Percentage return is always a function of leverage or lack thereof. 10% a month using futures and minimum margin is far...
I honestly don't mean to offend but this post shows an unusually high degree of misinformation. There are plenty of people who make their living...
Innovest_11, The numbers in your question are incorrect. If the stock is $22 and you buy the 17.5 Calls (per your post) then they will have to...
To everyone except Derivman: How come there are so many smiley face icons but no picture showing you throw up your hands and shake your head? You...
Derivman, The best advice I can give is that you should not trade options. If you feel you must then spend the next several months reading and...
Do you have access to actual time and sales, with bid/ask and time for each option? If so you can see if it was a reasonable fill, if not you may...
Interesting thread. As one who has done both, I agree that it is pointless to compare % returns between independent day trading and institutional...
This is completely incorrect. Do you have any basis in fact for this statement?
I believe your statement is a little misleading, please correct me if I am mistaken. Your margin may not change drastically during the day, but...
Thank you very much optionpro007 (apparently a poor choice for screen name) for reminding me why true professional traders do not bother with this...
Several traders I worked with constantly wondered what type of person makes a good trader when they were looking to hire new people for the floor....
So you are saying if someone had just long GOOG stock they would have a margin of 30% rather than the minimum of 15%? If so that make sense; more...
"It seems like you can make a good amount of cash if you play options right." "Well actually i've been swing trading options, and i've been doing...
Individual stocks can have unusual circumstances so I will comment on just indices such as the SPX and NDX. The shape of the implied vol curve is...
For any of you IB traders: On the "Portfolio Margin Highlights" page of IB's website it has a line I don't understand: "Classes with large...
If you want to trade a large option order in a liquid underlying then there is no problem doing 5000 or 50k contracts. Speaking as one who has...
Correct, those of us who know what we are talking about will not provide answers, but I will provide some warnings. I would like to say you...
Which firm? What software?
May I ask what JBO you are with? Speaking for options, not stock, no one can calculate their margins in seconds with regard to JBOs or Portfolio...
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