It has nothing to do with hindsight. You simply place your trades and then you do what you gotta do. My point is that someone who placed Long...
I'll probably be badly flamed for this, but I don't really agree that anyone trading Iron Condors this past year would necessarily have a large...
I'm aware they are different trades - the OP was asking why someone might choose one over the other. I was showing that in many examples in text,...
dragonman, I realize in your example you mentioned a stock at $50 and selling a 50 Strike Call or shorting a 50 Strike Put, however, I have...
Thanks for that post NoDoji! I think great minds think alike! I don't know where people talk about options like they know how they work and then...
Ron, I'm not very familiar with futures, but with long options you also "only lose what you risk". It is only short options that can cause larger...
I just wanted to point out something here. If you watch TV or whatever, everyone is screaming about how volatile this market is and there are...
As you implied to the other guy, I believe there already was a write off done and RIMM fell that market day. Not to say I'm positive on RIMM by...
I've been doing some of these recently, even opening them halfway though the week and I've been impressed with how well they tend to work....
No, you are missing my point - first of all however, I think we need to clarify for sure - do we know what this picture really is? Is is a soup...
Yeah, how about this due allegiance - It has long been said that an ounce of gold can buy a nice suit - back when an ounce was $20 - a nice suit...
Ok, fine, but here are some more thoughts/questions about pic 1: 1. If you own a suit, does that mean you really wear it (including a tie,...
What I don't get though is the guys in the 1930s shot were wearing suits and jackets, etc. for the most part. These days if you had no money and...
What, a liberal doing that? lol. If there were pics of Romney and Corzine being buddy-buddy or whoever ends up being the GOP nominee the dems...
Forgot to report that on Tuesday, I closed the CAT trade for 4.72 (a .03 loss). OXY position still open.
Isn't it amazing how the media just ignores the Corzine/Obama relationship? Here is a guy who robbed millions of dollars from investors and gave...
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Sure I believe stories that don't show any proof. Also, the most recent post on that site is for the 17th - where were they yesterday and...
Just to point it out, with one day remaining, this now is priced at ~: $2690/$2845 JJacksET4
Closed the GS trade for 6.56 total. Other trades still open.
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