Who said that brilliant statements appear only on this Board? Here is a piece of brilliance I extracted today from the other Board. "Prices...
Wow, this really is a tough leage to play in. Mav knows my comments were not taken personal nor were they directed at anyone in particular. I...
Mav, Tao, and others... What I don't get is the necessity to put the traders in little identity pockets such as Vol Trader, Directional Trader,...
Chris and others...you're right. This is a tough crowd, as as Mav indicated in a previous posting, there is an adjustment period. However, I...
Mav, you have a gifted way of expressing yourself here. I found your comments on directional trading to be especially thought provoking. No...
Either that or they're Googleing the Greek alpabet. Have a great day. Let's not all die of boredom because the market is closed. Bob
Thanks, Coach. You and I have had some real good exchanges for a few years now and I always respect your advice. As far as just ignoring a bad...
Maverick, we've got a good discussion going here. Can you elaborate on your use of the term "benchmark"? Another thing I'd like to put on the...
Maverick, your statement, "There are two ways of making money in this business as far as I know. You either need to be a damn good directional...
Wayne, are you asking me to retroactively reconstruct a butterfly and take it from beginning to end? That wouldnât help anyone because it would...
MTE, I wasnât going to post here any more. But your posting requires me to comment here. I donât consider myself an expert on options...
Daddyâs Boy, what I am doing doesnât necessarily have a name. While I might from time to time have a feeling which direction a particular...
Daddy's Boy, I am attempting to extricate myself from these Boards because I'm frustrated by so many of the responses that seem to have only a...
Ursa, thanks for your posting. Looking back at my item #1, I should have used the term "low net debit" as opposed to "cheap". On second...
I have a typing mistake in (1), above. What I intended to say is that the further the strike price of the body leg is from the present price of...
Daddy's Boy, thanks for the posting. You inquired as to whether you might have missed something. Either you did, or I was not clear in what I am...
Ursa, generally I like the long butterfly (the OTM variety) for the following reasons: 1) Cheap...further away the body is from the strike...
Here's a cute little follow up on the AAPL Combo I currently have, which is: a) Short 800 shares b) Long 8 July $95C The net negative...
Hi Major. I take it you would not like to see any discussion here on the subject of Butterflies. No problem with that. If several others feel...
Butterflies....just wondering if there are any butterfly lovers in here and would like to take part in a discussion of them. I am biased to the...
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