Thanks aardvark for explaining my reasoning - it wasn't meant to insult stock traders, but simply to point out the complexity of options vs stock...
Some discussions here are almost impossible to follow while others are at the other extreme. Of course, there are a whole bunch in between. If you...
"If I waited until after it opened and established my net credit proceeds from the credit would have been $125 more" But you couldn't have known...
I get 7/20 for earnings (optionsxpress site). daddy's boy
Ah, even better. Risking $8.60 to make $1.40, iow return of ~16% over 14 days. I noticed the short call has a delta of 0.13 and thus a probability...
It comes in waves. daddy's boy
Not sure if this is of any use in this discussion, which seems to have become rather convoluted. But if I'm looking to buy, for example, a...
Quote "Cost $35 - original short put $35 - new put -------------------- $70 - total cost" I think you've added up the strikes to give you a...
Let's see if I can work out what you're doing. You have been assigned on a short put and are now long the stock. You want to sell the strangle....
forex-forex wrote: "Also a reward:risk ratio of 1:11 isn't all that good, 1 trade in 11 will put you back to square one." That's assuming he...
Surely you can't be serious! daddy's boy
"Reward:Risk ratio = 1:11" That's 8.6% for 14 days or, put differently, approx 0.6% per day or approx 223% per annum at forex-forex assumed fill...
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JSHINV Sorry, didn't mean to offend and wasn't sure how much you know or don't know, that's why I posted my explanation. You also wrote...
Happy riding. daddy's boy
JSHINV Ok, covered call is synthetic equivalent of naked put, just in case you weren't aware. So, cc's aren't a good strategy to use if you are...
That's funny :D . Btw what's your question? daddy's boy
That's only 9 traders out of 17. Still a bit early to extract any meaning since the sample is so small. All one can conclude so far, assuming the...
The question should really be: How much of one's prostitution profits go into one's trading account. Daddy's boy
I must admit, I like marketsurfer and thunderdog. I think they are both swell chaps and wish them well. It would be lovely for us all to meet one...
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