Good comment Wheezoo re volatility, I learnt something there which is actually quite obvious. But re your "Trends are meaningless to a...
Hi Global. I don't think your response addresses my question, but I find your trading approach quite interesting. I'm fairly accomplished at TA...
Ok, thanks for the replies. It got me thinking more clearly about this. IV is the markets perception of future volatilty and compares to...
Ironchef, yes options further out are priced at a premium. But a higher IV has a marginal impact on price and doesn't appear to compensate the MM...
I'm a discretionary trader and have built up over many years a good level of expertise in technical analysis focused around classical charting...
Jalee I trade chart patterns all the time but I'd never think of using a computer program to screen them for me. You need a good charting...
Markuzick, I appreciate your effort to use non-professional jargon to a mostly non-professional readership. I immediately got what you were...
Papertrading is an excellent way to test a new approach or technique, for an experienced trader. It's unlikely to be effective for an...
Yes, those would seem the available alternatives on todays price. Your last sentence seems an odd question.
The answer is to close the trade. Exit. This should be a simple trade but I've struggled to work out what's going on from your info. Is the "60...
The conventional approach I believe is to use a collar, as others have outlined here. As an alternative, I'm wondering whether a Put Ratio...
I was researching a similar question for myself recently for Eurex equity options. I came across Tradestation Global, a UK based company in JV...
nln1972 yes you've been lucky, but yes it's a sound strategy for certain types of traders. I have no time to trade atm, but last year was testing...
Frontyard, your first issue is that the NZ options markets barely exists. I haven't bothered following it but I thought only a literal handful of...
Hi John9999. It's human psychology. Tversky and Kahneman won a Nobel Prize understanding problems like yours. Suggest you go and read up on...
BeartoBull, you're asking questions that no one can properly give you in a post reply. Years of accumulated wisdom takes years to learn. However...
Hi Newwurldmn. Can ask what you mean by "local" something? E.g. "local" gamma. I'm sure it's something obvious but I'm not familiar with the...
It sounds like you can pick reversals in the market with some accuracy, but guess that your method doesn't tell you how far or fast the move will...
Hi Ironchef. I'm a retail trader using my own funds, based in Sydney. I've never worked in the finance industry, but do have quite substantial...
Is it ok to say that I too trade without Stops... feels like coming out for the first time! I was originally taught to trade with the...
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