Thought this was a good article. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/business/the-middle-class-is-steadily-eroding-just-ask-the-business-world.html
Nice moves in eur/usd, I've actually bought in some of my OTM Bear verticals here as we've breached 1.35. This will preserve some p/l in case we...
Broken wing butterfly. Your easiest option is to use thinkorswim.
Interesting week for sure, I was way short delta coming in to Thurs, everything peeled off as price moved to the upside back towards my short...
FWIW, I've been trading since I started this journal but had to make some adjustments. I miscalculated how much margin it would take for delta...
bank trader or independent? sounds like he'd have to be well capitalized during his run.
news?
Go on your sim account, put on the spread and then click 'Try PM' under the Account Window 'Margin Requirements' option. It's a little yellow box...
I think all the big brokers have a waiting period right after the account is opened. Once your account has been open a few weeks, you get a 2-3...
Ha :) , well after your comments I reworked some things and I think short delta lean is the way to go. I think being able to take quick profits...
What exactly is 'honestly trade for a living' ??? "They just know how to get your deposit'"...Did you have a bad experience with a prop firm?
What's your problem with this guy?
What exactly is 'collect'?
Initially I worked on short vola and short delta lean, but I kept thinking that since overall I think long delta is the way I see the market...
Right, so short delta lean wouldn't be as damaging in a market bounce-back rally because you would still earn on volatility dropping. If the...
Well from reading ET it seems that after '08, prop firms are diminshing, due to any number of factors, more regulation, high frequency trading...
Thanks for the post. Not many insights from prop firm traders on this board (maybe cause in the US they are dying).
Yeah, short vol now and hedge when/if it tanks. I think starting with short delta lean would make sense if I was opening a position with VIX...
tradingjournals, I changed because I'm more familiar with options than VXX. NKVI>NH, are you expecting a NFP 'surprise' in the first week of...
In the last journal the posts were mainly 'buying VXX partial hedge at 16.50', which IMO don't make much sense unless you were trading the exact...
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