All trading is 50/50. If you're losing more than you're making you could skip intraday trading for buy-and-hold. That requires patience but it...
The market is your best teacher. Lose to Learn = Learn to Lose
I will take the other side of this trade. PCLN will beat earnings.
Trying to bet on premium volatility building up on straddles prior to major events is very hard.
Lose money.
Life's good when you're stupid rich. If only! Sigh! Then I wouldn't post on a forum filled with posers.
Didn't his nemesis (name?) go long as he was going short? Problem is the mentality of many hedge funds that only amateurs go long, while the...
I don't like the crowded playing field of these equities. Leaves very little room for progression on price. The premiums are a little pricey as...
The most interesting part of this feud is that last week many investors went back in for a short position on Herbalife following Ackman. Discuss.
I like what Von Texas is doing but I have concerns. Problem with Options is that you lose theta everyday. So even if you buy options on oil and it...
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Yes I have a great set up for entry. No I won't share it with you. Lose money and learn like the rest of us.
Why would anybody who's made it through trial and error and a lot of luck help out an anonymous internet user for free?
Other major discount brokers are doing this too. American expatriates not paying taxes to the IRS is a liability for financial institutions. Even...
I'm so happy for you anonymous internet user. You must be legit!
These are all short straddles. The goal of this thread was to discuss if LONG straddles were ever profitable. So far it seems like not.
Changing brokers doesn't make you profitable. Many successful investors make their money with the major discount brokers. You're over trading for...
Oil is definitely coming back up. The hippie/yuppie electric car party doesn't and won't have mass appeal. My friends love their Yukons and...
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