Very interesting... I'll have to look into this method. I've just come across a very cool options analysis program that I think will be very...
Thinking a little further, I can see now that OTM options have no intrinsic value, only time value, and time value inevitably goes away... ie,...
Based on the numbers I've run so far, the profits from pair trading while consistent are fairly small. When buying equities outright, the brokers...
My idea would involve giving the option a chance to increase in value, then selling out of it long before expiration. If I didn't let it get too...
total_keops had recommended to me to look into spread betting, and he was just pointing out that it's not the same as spread trading. I'll see...
My primary reason for looking at options was as a way to create a form of leverage. As a noob with limited capital I would find it rather hard to...
Your points are well-taken, but it seems to me from looking at the charts that if one uses well OTM options, the time decay is greatly reduced,...
I'm curious if anyone is using options to execute a pairs trading (statistical arbitrage) strategy. I'm looking into pairs trading and it...
I've been looking at IG for their options and binaries. Anybody got comments on those?
I've been playing around with this platform for a week or two and I've been astonished at what seem like very high premiums. It's very difficult...
I might look at futures options in the future (!) but for now I'm looking for options that I can exercise into spot positions should I so choose....
I know about Saxo Bank and CFOS and of course Oanda has their cheesy 'Box Options', but I'd like to hear from others about any further choices in...
Thanks! I'll check them out. Any others?
I'm looking to get an account with an online brokerage to trade some stocks, but I'd like to find one that will let me open an account with a...
That may be true, but the site you mentioned (forexsignallive) does not provide a free trial. They charge $65 for a 14 day trial. It is an...
The prevalent concern is that it will stop working because so many people are using it. It is rumored that one broker at least has already raised...
I was responding to the remark that it would be foolish to let a 'robot' trade for you. Obviously one needs to start with a profitable system to...
Looks like our friend may have taken a day job!
Some of the most successful traders in history have used purely mechanical systems. Such a system would be perfect for use in an EA, in fact it...
I understood the OP as wanting to trade directly with the liquidity providers (banks, etc.) rather than having to go through the middleman (retail...
Separate names with a comma.