Why is that?
Hi guys, most of the trading strategies I've read on the internet are day trading strategies (eg the Cowabunga System and the 3 Ducks system from...
I bought a vertical spread (bull put spread) in the demo version of IB, saw the spread that I just bought in the 'Trades' section, I closed IB,...
If you had to choose between trading stocks or trading stock options, which would you choose and why? Is there any advantage in trading stocks?...
Can you please recommend a good stop loss distance for my trades? I tried a 5% stop loss for my trades but got stopped out repeatedly by normal...
I've been having great success buying minor dips in Investor's Business Daily's CANSLIM stocks for a 5% swing trade profit. The problem: when I...
Thanks for your reply LanceJ. Can you tell me what the typical loss looks like when you unwind your spread? Is it something like $20 per contract?...
Thanks for your reply lindq. So you're saying it's commission + spread = bare minimum loss I'll experience if the stock hits my stop loss? In...
Hi guys, I have a question about the minimum risk involved in trading a bull put spread. Let's say the stock is at $389. I sell the Sept....
What should the minimum volume/open interest be for you to consider it tradable?
How much money am l I leaving on the table by trading options with 0 volume and 0 OI? Is it really that bad?
What about 0 volume in addition to 0 OI?
Hi guys, I've been reading about some great strategies using bull put spreads with growth stocks. Can I put on a bull put credit spread if the...
Hi guys, William O'neil (the founder of Investor's Business Daily and the author of How to Trade Stocks) said that CANSLIM stocks typically go up...
Can you recommend any backtesting software that's free or paid?
Thanks for the reply Scataphagos. So it's wise not to use moving average cross overs in general? Or just for swing trading?
Hi guys, I'm new at swing trading stocks. Can you please share with me what pair of moving average crossovers you recommend for swing trading? I'm...
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