I meant a large short move, I was also ahead of the huge selloff due to china uncertainty with real money late last year.
Second time I called a great short anyone take a position ??? The 195 and 193 puts are both worth over 10x what I paid for them. I believe I can...
Well his hedge fund/Ponzi scheme lost all its money and I don't think it was ever big enough to net him 45m after taxes. Must be from his drug...
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/07/martin-shkreli-uses-45m-etrade-acct-for-criminal-bond.html "Here's one guy who REALLY doesn't want the stock...
My intentions are fully directional, the only reason I am moving from futures to options is convexity of the payoff. No interest in writing...
I appreciate your concern, I guess I need to understand the mechanics of options before putting real capital up at risk. I have already been...
[img] Option value is at $13200 just liquidated since expiry is tomorrow. $3300 turned into $13200 is a 400% ROI. I traded the underlying via...
SP500 hits 1930 before the end of the week thats why I bought the 195 puts I didn't pick them at random. I just want to take advantage of the...
I have Natenburg's book on hand. Just to clarify to everyone this was a paper trade on optionsxpress :p I would never risk 3K blindly.
Bought 100 SPY 195 JANWK2 PUTS for $33 per contract so total capital outlay was 3300$ and its showing a pnl of about 2K but the underlying is...
Thank you for your replies. I am really new to the options market I have only traded futures, cfds, stocks., but I want to up my R:R...
Do short term options provide the same type of payoffs ??? Does it just depend on how far out the strike price is that determines payout ?
Just finished reading The Black Swan and one very interesting concept stood out to me. You should build a strategy around very safe investments...
I apologise maybe reading Nassim Talebs books have made me a bit pessimistic :/
I have made money trading and most likely will again when I fund my account again. But some guy with 10k is not going to make a living without...
This thread is by not meant to be offensive to anyone. I am not knocking the traders who make a decent return with decent capital and compound...
Somebody starting out with $10K capital and a brokerage account thinking its a fast track (10 years) to private planes, 6 figure vacations and...
Which do you guys find is more predictable short term intraday moves, multi day moves, multi week moves ? Multi month and multi year moves are...
You are a delusional 19yo if you think fundamentals are a waste of time. All the patterns and candles won't save you in front of a central...
Disregarding fundamentals completely is a recipe for disaster in my eyes. Especially when certain decisions have massive impact on the price of an...
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