I have the direct number to their Active Trader Desk since the normal staff are tuned into mutual funds and even the traders seem to be fixated on...
SPX headed down a little finally today (about 1375)- trying to pick up some more put side to my 1335/1325 condor at a good premium but my broker...
Just my two cents - but I think you are 100% on correct. The single thing that concerns me about the IC play with NOV exp that I am playing is...
OK all you guys - thanks a BUNCH. I think I finally GOT IT! 1) Premium on IC is peanuts and NOT generally worth defending. 2) Adjustment...
Ok you guys are picking on the newbie on the boards. haha - That's OK and normal group dynamics. I am very philosophically in agreement with...
Thanks Yip - I am learning a lot of things here. This has to be the single best IC and options forum I have ever seen. Participants and principals...
Thanks Yip and Dagyt/Mark for your comments. My idea was not to keep doubling down but rather to try to accelerate back and get back to "even"...
Yip - thanks for your reply. This is the meat of what I wanted to get to. I also agree that the trading size is the key and that one must NOT play...
Hey some of us tend toward pessimism and cover our shorts rather than go naked shorts and assume we might lose 1, 2 or even 3 in a row. If I bet...
Yes I do know that the single option probability remains unchanged in a random system Mark - thanks. But also note the price volatility changes...
Yeah tell me about it - this is why I am at this forum to learn better adjustment strategies since this is the exact same period I lost about $65K...
I really did not want to distract from this wonderful journal discussion. But since you asked me a direct question I will respond briefly....
I don't know what the social protocol is on this board. I don't want to "hijack" a very very good topic with off-topic or tangential discussion....
Thanks MoM. I am actually well versed with probability and statistics from my prior scientific/engineering background. The thing that helped me...
Hey guys. I just wanted to introduce myself. I am new here and have been busy reading as fast as I can to catching up on about a year of your...
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