Exactly.... and it might go up again if you hit say 50 mln. It's about capital and lifestyle preservation.
Where did I state that a failing trader should increase their account size? Do you know how many people blow up their accounts when they think...
I assume it's a way to give you a true portfolio vega... in which they show where your IV exposure is, front month usually moves more than back...
I think it should depend on your total net worth. If you don't have much... than you might as well put everything in a trading account. If you...
Really? I would argue the opposite... since a 50% return seems like a high risk strategy, therefore you wouldn't want to put most of your net...
The reason for SIPC is if your broker fails that you are insured for (some of the) account value... I'm not talking about the sky falling.... but...
He wants to split it because of better account protection... "as we get better account insurance protection that way"... which would be in case...
What you could do, if you're afraid of IB bankruptcy and have a large amount in account with them... is open another options trading account,...
Yep... I had that a lot when I was trading options as a MM. You get very good opportunities if the market opens way of the close... resting...
Fair enough :) Back to your question then... it indeed seems the stop-sell was triggered immediately since you put it above the current market....
You can't use it for expected move... since VIX is always higher than am ATM IV, which is more suitable for something that relates to research to...
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Me thinks this all is a BS statement from OP... maybe if I read it backwards as his nickname suggeste it might make sense :) What? [IMG]
Paper trade? Because we haven't traded around 6000 in NQ for quite a while... Just about any statement in this post of yours is incorrect
I wouldn't hold to much value to VIX, as the VIX is an average of IV's across several (most) strikes. So it also incorporates skew... What would...
Yeah, I came across another vid about GS, Google etc... [MEDIA] Here they say you can't make money buying the straddle because, while the IV...
Yeah, they screwed up in that example :D... Not sure how they exactly did their research on that... there are more variables that should be...
Okay, I think I'm pointing to the videos where they have those guys on the show, to give a better statistical background. But maybe it doesn't...
rrrrrrrrrrrrr.... Sorry... I fell asleep.... Again... you say you don't work hard and have lots of time to do all kinds of fun stuff... yet here...
No shit Sherlock... sarcasm seems completely waisted on you, signs of ignorance. And btw, what is then your point in ever so often repeating the...
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