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  1. Quit Corporate Job to become Options Trader Full-Time. Need Professional Advice.

    It didn't have to be. But happy girlfriend leads to a happy life. The girlfriend in this case is a savior in many ways and predates any trading....
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 11, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  2. Quit Corporate Job to become Options Trader Full-Time. Need Professional Advice.

    I like to think of my self as a fairly humble guy but am going to say some things that will be counter to this characterization to hopefully help...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 11, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    I love this part about ES options. They - like SPX options - also get 1256 tax treatment. I haven't stated it, but believe my total returns are...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 8, 2015 in forum: Options

  4. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    I didn't have anything useful to say. The system was just executing against the plan and I did not see a lot of need to adjust / change / modify...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 8, 2015 in forum: Options

  5. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    I signed up for the Yahoo group a couple days ago. It will give some more great weekend reading to parse through historical threads. I am...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 8, 2015 in forum: Options

  6. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    I ran this scenario and got nice results for the cost of the hedge. Buy long puts with 10% of credit each week. Buy long puts, 15% OTM 28 days to...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 7, 2015 in forum: Options

  7. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    I've heard of the following hedging strategies: 1. Buying outer period ATM or OTM puts with a % of credit collected. 2. Buying VIX and VXX call...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 7, 2015 in forum: Options

  8. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    Hi. I have periodically used the VAR analysis from with IB (and their stress test reports in the management view) to help me get an assessment of...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 7, 2015 in forum: Options

  9. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    When I first came up with this strategy, I was terrified of naked calls because of two big concerns. The first was the unlimited loss potential...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 6, 2015 in forum: Options

  10. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    Thank you for providing the great links. This will turn into my weekend reading list. Last weekend was spent going through all of the old Karen...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 6, 2015 in forum: Options

  11. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    It is due to lack of sophistication and knowledge of how futures can be used as a suitable hedge on my part. Though I did start reading ET...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 6, 2015 in forum: Options

  12. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    One other point on the returns. Starting three years ago, I started trading a variant on this in my IRA account. I have to essentially do ratio...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 6, 2015 in forum: Options

  13. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    Here are the returns that I have (net after commissions): 2011 (1/2 year): 14.44% (28.88% yearly rate) 2012: 27.69% 2013: 7.15% 2014: (9.48%) 2015...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 6, 2015 in forum: Options

  14. What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    I am relatively new to EliteTrader, but I am someone who developed a strategy which I call ratio strangles with a heavy bias of nearly 5:1 of...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 6, 2015 in forum: Options

  15. Are you a successful at home day trader with no other source of income who began with modest means?

    Hi everyone. I am a venture capitalist in my day job - with 5 years of corporate investing experience. Prior to that, I had 20 years of operating...
    Post by: NPTrader, Jul 4, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  16. any option sellers

    My numbers were accurate - and I approximated right at $830. I plugged everything into TOS Risk Profile. The variance came from having a...
    Post by: NPTrader, May 29, 2012 in forum: Options

  17. any option sellers

    Thanks for clarifying. I ran some numbers comparing two sets of positions - all Jul 19 expiration: 1) 24 naked puts, $650 strike; 72 naked...
    Post by: NPTrader, May 29, 2012 in forum: Options

  18. any option sellers

    Not sure I fully grasped what you are suggesting. You are saying have 24 naked puts along with 3 ATM synthetics (3 ATM short puts + 2 ATM long...
    Post by: NPTrader, May 29, 2012 in forum: Options

  19. any option sellers

    When I first started trading options, I was only doing spreads. Here is where I ran into issues: 1) When your spread goes ITM, it's going to...
    Post by: NPTrader, May 28, 2012 in forum: Options

  20. any option sellers

    Hi All: I have been selling volatility for a couple years, and have formalized my strategy over the past couple of quarters. Since November...
    Post by: NPTrader, May 25, 2012 in forum: Options
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