If the market is rigged, that is great. Use a covered call strategy and get rich! There's a great strategy for every market, if you understand...
I think a $130 Call Calendar spread, selling May and buying Aug would do the trick here. Limited capital outlay, modest deltas, positive theta decay.
I'm glad he's sticking to his marxist principles. I hope he doubles spending next year. This will making the trading easier.
I hear you .. and thanks for the input. The /NQ isn't bad either, certainly tons of liquidity. My broker requires tons of margin but that is...
I have $5k and I don't go near the /es.
I'm one of the newbs with the $5K account and it is easy to see how I could have already blown out my account (but have not) #1 Low capital....
All I know is that I made good trades doing covered calls @16 until called out (happily) last Friday. Will get back in there in the next dip.
There's no escape from this madness.
I'm a thinkorswim guy .. I can tell you that their papermoney platform is 100% on par with the real account. I've even run papermoney thinkorswim...
I'm trying to convince wifey not to become a U.S. citizen, its just not worth it. She wants her social security money but the way I think about...
already happening in Massachusetts. Sales Tax increased, gasoline taxes increased, local aid slashed so real estate taxes are up, now they're...
I chart the /cl but trade the /qm .
I say AMMO nails it. There is a fallacy in your thinking. The fallacy is that you need to trade all day to make more. You are already...
Been messing with running charts off of /CL but trading /QM in paperland. It would be great if /QM would tighten up a bit but I suspect...
hey, hey I'm the real Coolio and everybody already knows I'm a beginner. :p
I don't like the bid-ask spread on the mini sometimes but it seems to tighten up when there's action. When I run my charts I run them off the /GC...
Yep, my vote is for Texas. Lived there from 1991-1996. I don't fare well in the heat so I'll just watch myself from 10 am to 4 pm during the...
Looks like the ride down will be just as fun.
This is like a baseball player announcing that he does not like batting practice or spring training because "it's not that same thing." The...
Great point .. I've set a $200/week goal on a $6000 account, trading 1 contract. Its do-able and fun.
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