Somebody was talking to me about A.J. Brown having a webinair on straddle trading. I was looking up his last comments on the web, dated about...
traderlux A J bROWN? Now that is interesting. Is that TOS? Not even sure how you get on to the webinair thingy. He was the guy used the...
Just accidentally run into this query from Put Master I'm trying to remember when I started with cash. Think it was beginning of the year....
The win loss ratio on debit spreads for the IWM. 1 loss breaks even with 3 profitable trades. Wipes them out. To win, the win loss ratio has...
Well I lost on my CALENDAR experiment. So, don't trade calendars ( grin ) Having spent the last few months dancing around stocks, earnings...
Looks like my two Calendars in IYT and SPY are both going to lose money. Disappointing that! I thought I had them figured, but apparently not....
IWM made + $300 in paper money. I finally learned that the TOS PAPER MONEY ( PROFIT LOSS column in the MONITOR section0, has to have the...
Agreed! But a straight buy is subject to time decay losses. So people spread, so they can sit it out, if their guess is wrong. Removing some...
I'm thinking when the VIX is reading below 19, it is a good time to trade calendars?
Paper trading all, in TOS paper money. EEM 10 Nov PUTS @ .20 cents 40/39.50 TLM 1 Sept PUT 12/11 @ .35 cents QQQ 1 Sept 64 PUT @ $1.49...
Well I'm cashed out ( paper trading ) of APA, DVN, CSCO,TWC UPL. Only thing I'm still holding in the August months is an ETP Call debit spread....
Aaaah well! Sorry about that. As a beginner learning, my vocabulary may be found wanting. Yes the debit spread is one you buy with a debit to...
Nice opinions and they run the gamut of different degrees of experience. I accidently got into ETF's and have been looking them up. Other...
Appreciate your viewpoint. I have done it both ways many times. That's how come I'm down 30% on my portfolio. I'll just get comfortable with...
Pondering that IWM debit spread. I think the MONITOR page in TOS will only show as high as .50 cents profit for that spread, as they probably...
Well this novice contacted TOS help. Their answer was not clear enough for this dumb bunny. But I've been figuring it out this Monday morning on...
Didn't follow the before commentary, other than I'm stupid. With which I agree. Anybody losing 30% of his account has to be stupid. Which I am....
I've got a bit of trouble reaing and understanding my MONITOR page in TOS? There are three columns on the monitor page for all trades that...
PAAAH! Ughhhh! Had a .23 cent profit net on APA, but before I could figure out my order entries, it went south and ended up only with .08 cents...
Kind of made a mistake yesterday afternoon. Did a debit spread in puts on TLM without checking the earnings date. Turned out it was today before...
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