Except the put spread produces a credit for your account, and the call spread produces a debit. Also, which position you should choose depends on...
What kind of statistics? Guassian stats have well known difficiencies in modeling financial markets, and fractal stats are still relatively new in...
There is one way and one way only to make price go up, and that is to buy it. likewise there is only one way to make price go down, and that is to...
Only the computer that is attached to the internet needs a firewall/AV. Now, if you have the two computers connected by a network cable or through...
Not purely random, because clearly, Gaussian statistics doesn't accurately model the behavior of financial instruments entirely. But impirically,...
I am technically oriented, so that's what I tend to do, but I also realize that following price with TA is like drivng by looking in the rearview...
It is impossible to consistently forecast. Technical analysis will always be looking in the rearview mirror to see what is in front. If you're...
What is the touching probability? The probability that I used is the probability of the option being in the money at expiration (and expiration...
Well, payout = probability*(reward/risk). Let's examine two positions, buying an OTM call for 0.25 , and buying a ATM call for 1.00. You will...
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I don't like to consistently give up 0.10 on options, especially when that spread represents such a large percent of the overall premium.
No matter how much mentoring you have, there are two factors that you will never overcome. 1) You are a retail trader and therefore must buy at...
These are contradictory you realize. A dev job at a trading firm may not be any more exciting, but may allow you to make contacts within the firm...
I think his point is that prices often change too quickly and too randomly to be able to trade profitably. My advice to him is to stop trying to...
If you're trading in 5 or 10 lots, liquidity in the option is almost never a problem. However, the amount of money you may have to give up in...
Perhaps, but my point is that while a CC and a short put are theoretically (mathematically) the same, market conditions can skew that relationship.
No, but if you're trying to get out in a fast bear market, you'll likely get out of the underlying with with less slippage and narrower spreads...
If you look at the P/L profile they are, but there are practical differences. First, a CC is two positions versus one with a short put, which...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the bookie himself is not taking the other side, it's one of the bookies clients who would take the other side. If...
There is nothing special about the number 1.618 to the financial markets.
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