Hi guys, Has anyone ever looked at this etf from an options perspective? Looks like the options are actively traded. I am thinking of selling...
donahuedc, Ok thanks, maybe there is no secret backdoor to cheaper insurance after all :mad: At least if all the options are trading at...
McDonald's or not, nothing beats salary :D You know you have a probability of X% (say, 95-99%) of getting $Y on date Z, every month. Trading:...
Ok, but let me ask this: FIVE DAYS TO OPTION EXPIRATION, what is the exact difference between: 1) long Dow e-mini contract (with a max...
gqguy2003: 1) Interesting stuff. Just to make sure I undestand correctly: if the futures contract is expensive vs the cash index (large...
Hi guys, I am very nervous about using stops, and trying to look at options as a hedge. I know itâs been discussed here before, but I am...
You may also want to check out INO TV, a large collection of videos by well-known traders. Most of the videos are from the 1990ies I think, but...
The shorter your timeframe, the more "noise" there is in the market. No larger trend, even if it exists, may be visible. There are rare...
Check out Van Tharp's trading simulation game http://www.iitm.com/products/Trading-game.htm You will see that a 'high-probability (frequent)...
Super, thanks for the explanation, Mark. RandomZen
1. I am using proprietary blackbox I-Ching (Chinese book of Change) methodology to predict the future. It's based on a proprietary...
Sounds like a risky idea to me, although I've never tried it. Implied volatility often tends to increase before earnings for a reason: to...
timbotim, you're neither funny, nor useful. you neither learn, nor teach. you have been fooled by randomness and are, therefore, entirely...
2) Do you mean ratio spreads? would there be room for any credit though? I've read the article in your blog about iron condors earlier,...
Can you give an example of that? sounds interesting. The more insurance the better :)
It feels like the discussion has gotten way too theoretical. I suggest we turn it into an exchange of insults, an excellent way to waste...
You do need some sort of simulation of the equity curve (not only paper trading), before putting actual hard earned dollars at stake. That's...
Who knows maybe Raschke doesn't really exist, maybe it's a myth created by brokers to create euphoria among aspiring traders, and generate more...
DMO, thanks for your thoughts!!!! Yes, I have seen your posts on scalping gammas, very interesting. I've downloaded the article earlier....
Ok, thanks MTE ! Sounds like you have to know what you're doing. This may not be appropriate for everyone :mad:
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