Yes ........ But the big hurdle is Psychology. How many 100% losses in a row can you take before you give up? IMO ......... You will need a...
IMO .......... 80% profit target isn't enough for a long option position - profit target should be 100%. Most trades will lose money so you need...
RE: What's the Option Decay for Holding Overnight? Easy to figure out. Check out the option chains on stocks that open at, or very close to the...
Why was it denied? Fill out another application and fudge the questions to satisfy the broker. They do not confirm your answers. Keep in mind you...
Optimal Risk would be the amount of $ or % that is worry free. :)
Your IBM trade expired below the long 130 calls. There was no exit posted so I assume the maximum loss of $460.00 was realized. IBM Jan 135/130...
Sell 2 call contracts ATM. The ATM calls would give you the best premium. :)
You don't understand R:R. I buyer of options will consider the risk to be the stop and adjust size to their risk tolerance. The Reward for long...
HEADS UP Usually GOOGL reports on Thursday's - great for those one day option plays. But this time they report on Monday Feb 1, 2016. Other...
Fair question to me. The OP wants to exit the option position when the underlying hits a certain price - in this case the strike of the option....
So what was your "trick" to avoid losses on the short puts when the underlying turns sharply against you? :)
The long options are the insurance to reduce the potential loss of the short options. There is nothing you can do at this point. :)
A very predictable and boring movie. I would like to see a movie about the person that shorted before the market crashes - and ended up with...
I also would like to add the timing is perfect for a long OTM SPY option play. Going into a new year should be a catalyst for the markets during...
I'm 100% in favor of these sort of option trades. Long OTM options provides the most bang-for-your-buck and has the best R:R of all option...
You are approaching options from the Bottom Up, instead of the Top Down. Options is a Top Down process. Focus on the underlying them build your...
The classic smiley has been changed to this :)
This is the Chit Chat forum. :)
I just read that Jeff Bezos was also unimpressed with the SpaceX rocket flight. I also see it was only a 11 minute suborbital flight - and that's...
The Space X engineers were sure excited, but I think landing a rocket is overrated. How much money is saved by reusing the rocket? :)
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