The important point is that you don't want a fund to punt your money on a risky biotech stock and either blow up or take a big chunk of your...
Markets are suppose to be efficient. We should think of risk as the size of drawdowns over time. Over the Long term, where we have/expect bigger...
By definition, swing trading defines trends using historical data. When it's time to execute a trade you don't get to trade on historical prices....
Defining profitability without measuring the risk taken is cheating both your clients and yourself, no doubt to earn a bonus above the watermark....
I'm sure there's more than one way to achieve the end game. For me, it's making money to spend on other things. I would rather be lucky than...
In a chronically bankrupt industry like shipping, they provide piecemeal ownership to existing shareholders. I was able to buy stock in both...
If you look at shipping stocks in the US, they have been using bankruptcy for the last decade or more to restructure the business to raise capital...
In my own humble opinion, each person has to find a style that matches the level of stress they need to reach their optimal performance. It is...
People think that small retail orders don't get the attention of the market makers or algos. You would be surprised when you put your small order...
The algo's can monitor the order flow and react to the flow. When they see orders moving out or in and it repeats as they make adjustments, it...
I would argue that Warren Buffett's strategy is very different from most investors. If you look at where he has made his real money, stocks like...
So one of my biggest winners in 2016 was $AMZN where I bought options and rode them through the earnings event and the stock exploded multiples of...
This Bloomberg article talks about Luiz Alves Paes de Barros making 1,000% return on his stocks?...
For me, there is only one way to exit trades and that is based on my profit goal. Or when the profit of a position gets into my top ten most...
So the idea that a guy gets paid money to pick who should manage your funds who also gets paid to pick the stocks which are then charged a...
I have had ITM positions expire with delivery of stock which exceeded my capital in the account at TD. It appears that the broker doesnt assess...
The futures spreads are unique to each market based on interest rates and the cost of storing the underlying or dividends paid out. I would...
This is a function of how the broker routes orders to the floor and the algos who pick off trades: 1. TD collects $1.50/option contract from a...
The reality is very different from your scenario. Try to cover your short options when the market is gapping down and the market maker is quoting...
The markets are efficient - everyone including Tom agrees with that. End of story. There is no edge in selling or buying premium and the broker...
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