Although a short iron condor with the inner wings being OTM by the price of the straddle, and the outer wings being one strike further out, is...
So, I take it that taking the opposite side, i.e sell a straddle and buy a strangle, will win 2/3rds of the time, and lose 1/3rd of the time?
Considering that if the wings are 2 SDs away from the body, 95% of the time the underlying's movement will not exceed those boundaries. Although...
I like high probability spreads, so I'm going to construct iron butterflies using a long ATM straddle, and a short strangle that's OTM by twice...
Maybe I should do that with a few hundred dollars for a year or so, and write a report
Is using the price of the ATM straddle a good way to select the short strikes for a long iron condor? That is, go long an ATM straddle, and go...
Yeah, and futures have better tax advantages. Btw, I'm a girl.
Yeah. .
I do want an LLC though, even if it will cost more, because I don't want to commingle my personal finances and investments with my business...
Good idea. I'm going to stay away from the ES though, because that's been taken over by robots. Also, what month do most stock index futures...
Yeah, discipline and risk management goes a very long way. I know. My goal is to have a reward/risk ratio of at least1.5 and a winning...
I also know how to scalp. Every trade begins as one. I'm not a novice trader, just new to futures trading.
One of my friends is a successful self-employed futures day trader, and I have him to mentor me. As long as I do proper risk management and not...
I prefer futures due the favorable tax treatment and the 23 hour trading day.
Yeah, maybe I should trade the NQ instead.
I plan to enter a trade if the Heikin Ashi candlestick chart shows a strong trend, and I don't like automated trading systems. I'll protect myself...
Yes, I see that now. Also, my max gain was not 2, it was my minimum. I hope to make much more than that during trades, but 2 points is the minimum...
Hi guys! I'll be beginning to trade the ES futures in a few months, and I'd like some advice on my risk management strategy: 1. Risk only 1% of...
So are the others. But it's not really cost we need to be concerned about, but ERoEI.
Now, I mean that if the free-market price goes out of range, it buys and sells electricity futures, modifies capital and reserve requirements,...
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