You're killing me! Yes I'm from the South! I live in Georgia but I've always claimed Alabama as home. Let's get that charity kick in'!
This made me laugh. It's probably easier (and in light of Karen's recent issues), that I just report YTD unrealized from April 5, 2016.
Yes I will try to incorporate that.
Thank you. That's all I'm trying to do is learn and grow. Happy trading!
One trade today. I sold the SPY 29 JUL 16 221C(3)/190P(1) ratio strangle with 44 DTE for 1.56. The account is up $695 for the day. Theta is...
I have learned much about risk management from Tastytrade. I would be foolish however to limit my learning from only one course. Mostly of my...
Points well taken, Maverick. I go to great lengths to manage risks. It is a nonstop pursuit. Can you elaborate more on risk adjusted returns?...
Maverick, I first want to really thank you for your recent questions and comments. This is the engagement and debate that I so desired when I...
I placed my comments within your original question. I hope you can see them.
. Members of our group traded similar styles through 2014 and 2015 and did very well. The key is size. You cannot get too big. Size kills.
Maverick, I am not sure that this will work. That is the reason for the experiment. I know absolutely nothing and don't claim to be an expert....
Maverick, this is an excellent question! I have two children, 11 and 6, and two Foster babies. Here's how I would explain it to my six year old....
I am familiar with him. Seems like a good guy. He runs the Tastytrade free forum. It is not associated with Tastytrade but just google...
One trade today. I sold to open 29 JUL 16 217.5C(2)/175P(1) for $1.41. It is really difficult to get my delta turned around without trading...
As you can see, my delta is not where it needs to be. I am going to get aggressive with getting it lower. When binary events such as this come...
That spike in volatility was something, huh? Four trades today. I closed these two positions: SPY 01 JUL 16 214C(3)/170P(2) SPY 01 JUL 16...
Great question Galvinlee. If there is a big gap I fully expect it to blow right past my stop loss. The first thing I do is remain calm and look...
At various places within the thread there is a link to my spreadsheet. I update it daily. Let me know if you can't find it.
Zion, I would buy the position back at $3 which would give me a total loss of $2 since I sold the options for $1. Right after I sell a...
CBC, do yourself a favor and stop following this thread. Thus, it will be shut down in your own little world. Now get off my thread and go make...
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