I have been using the lowest leverage possible. Reducing tail risk has been my biggest headache.
In my backtesting endevours whenever I've found a strategy that generates consistent small profits with a >90% success rate, when applied in real...
Yahoo and Google finance only provide daily/weekly/monthly price data in easy to access csv formats, yet I believe their intraday data is...
Is this the black swan author you're talking about?
Just wondering whether a strategy involving the consistent buying of inexpensive, deep out the money options just to profit from rare spikes in...
Seems obvious but still, how does that explain when the index fund and the actively managed fund have different stock selections and allocations?
Take this for example...even though the actively managed fund is beating the corresponding index by over 20%, surprisingly enough its graph...
Call me stupid, but I haven't yet seen the light on the usefulness of greeks. Considering that they are merely first and second derivatives of the...
Exhibit A: Donald Trump Every expert, academic, journalist, the Pope, leaders from around the world and even the US president fearmongered THE...
F**k it I'm out. Guess i should have listened to Bogle and just stuck to index funds
I have enough capital to make one last option trade and then I'm completely blown. Thoughts? Trade suggestions? :cool: @lawrence-lugar @Handle123...
Shorted some 2060 calls earlier. Looks like I won't be trading for a while :D
Judging by how volatile the SPX has been these past few weeks, my target of 2080 isn't really unrealistic. Though yes, theres the possibility the...
I currently trade mainly S&P 500 options. Started with $1000 a couple of months back, now down to $460 due to some impulsive and rather ill...
Anything to back your claim? Berkshire Hathaway owns diversified investments in several well known companies and numerous industries from...
How'd you calculate your probability of success?
What do you mean by that?
Which one of the 3 yields is commonly used in calculations such as the benchmark for the risk free rate?
On just a BoJ let down? Unlikely... Theres still the Brexit vote in June. Depending on the outcome, they will want to recoup their losses and pump...
Wouldn't worry? The SPX traded just below 2083 in after hours trading from its previous close of 2095.15. Thats a huge move in my book especially...
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