Bitstream -- dump which idea? Forex? Or trading in general?
Hi -- I have evolved into a directional swing trader, but one with a day job in the eastern US, which means US markets are, essentially,...
This discussion (and thanks for everyone's response) raises the big question, the one that always seems to loom in the background when spot...
I'm trying to decide where to open an account. I'm a small fish. 20k account size. Help!
Thanks Bitstream...time for me to check out futures....
Bitstream -- Thanks, in advance, for your patience here...How am I paying more for the 20:1+ leverage of a SPY ATM contract than I am for the 5:1...
Hi -- My last post was in response to Trent... Bitstream -- Thanks as well. I have been consistently profitable over the brief time I've used...
thanks...but here's where I keep tripping up... Futures offer 5:1 leverage, correct? Options offer 20:1 or, depending on the time to...
Hi -- Foir the past year or so I've devoted a stupifying amout of time to developing/refining various swing-trading systems, most of which sucked,...
no...what happens?
by the way, following RIMM? Any thoughts about today's, ummmm, interesting price action?
pure dumb luck on my part. that's, by the way, my secret -- equal parts dumb and luck, which may explain, in part, why i've never made a dime at...
I got in today on 10 contracts the Feb 15s at 2.75. Then, because I'm a cheap bastard and do not believe this will close much over 15 tomorrow, I...
i mean, my ten contracts long will always be worth more than my SIX contracts short....
Bought back four of the aug 70 calls, which I had sold for .85, for .75. Now I have a "ratioed" calender spread -- 10 contracts of the sept 70s...
Palawan, thanks foir the thoughtful reply. May ask, have you build up actual equity throlugh trading of straight options?
maybe we can start a thread...."crappy stuff on the web"...a kind of "buyer beware" of the junk out there. come to think of it "instant...
anyone heard of this thing/used it? apparently it's gussied-up channel trading. are any of these web jokers the least bit embarrased to be...
Yes, first law of trading, as in life, know thyself. And good luck to you, too. Hey, I'd love to hear your take on my questions to Palawan, as...
...or i could have just closed the damn long call in the first place.. Palawan, how do you do it? How do you stomach the 50 % drawndowns in...
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