cdcaveman Yup! But have to stick with them until I can get my equity back above $10,000 the minimum for IB brokers. Plus I'm a bit leery...
Okay! Added another trade. TLM Sept PUT 12/11 @.35 cents Just ran it through the debit spread calculator. Maximum gain is $100 Figure $20...
Well I closed the APPL trade with a small profit. Then I got screwed up with my QQQ trade. Being in the habit of doing 1 contract, I closed one...
I started getting some forum emails. About debit spreads. The point about having too many contracts is a valid one. However, the guy who got me...
Traderlux I think I goofed? In re-reading my order entries, it looks like, instead of doing a debit spread otm, and a credit spread otm. I...
Well I looked at the trade and when I tried entering a condor, the credit spread was closer to the price action and I didn't like that. I was...
Traderlux Thanks for chiming in! I'm not really following this? If I was to do a call debit spread right now with AAPL at 597, I would...
Still learning how to trade debit spreads and figure it with timing the market in paper money. Not yet ready to jump into cash trade with them yet.
The debit spread premiums stay the same, no matter how many months out you go. I was pricing the premiums on debit spreads, which I'm...
July 23 Got some big market movers the rest of this week. Wonder which way the market will go.
Thanks for the inputs this Saturday morning. Put 5 debit spreads on, different stocks. It wasn't the way I planned, but seems to be evolving...
Well Thursday before the close. Have to admit I was not on the computer much this week, and just reviewing, two of my debit spreads were beyond...
Both you guys, the nice one and the rude one. Thanks for the comeback. I had more or less just figured that out as well. My trouble was, I...
Just read your link TRADERLUX. Thankyou for the link. Some new factors I absorbed. I guess I was trying to fathom, at what point would I close...
Thanks Traderlux. I do really appreciate people with a positive mind set, instead of this harass, insult and negative stuff. Warped minds I...
Of course! I'm a novice. Lots and lots of questions novices don't even know enough to ask the right question many times.
ATTICUS I do have a question? One of my three debit spreads, WMB 29/30 went above the 30 strike briefly today. The question in my...
I have no idea. I'm a novice technical trader, losing money. My trades just finished putting on. wmb 29/30 at .66 cents - stock at...
While my thread might be titled trading long straddles. For now, I shall be concentrating on weekly VERTICAL DEBIT SPREADS. Got back...
I got the following two tricks, from the LAZY TRADER website. Haven't tried them yet, but since I'm playing with learning the Debit Spread and so...
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