There is an options competence test as part of the account application (at least when I applied years ago there was one) at IB and the results...
I am swing trading a good portion of my funds with credit spreads using my own TA setups which include MA's, volatility bands and oscillators....
I disagree with people who think you are diversified too much and there are some comments from people who do not understand the essence of credit...
I want to chime in here. IB has a proprietary trading desk but after thousands of transactions with them I can say that I have always got...
I forgot to say that in the old days one had to buy one's own exchange seat for cold cash. Now you can lease one.
I think of this almost every day and I just thought I would post this for the benefit of newer traders. I started trading in the late sixties....
I do not agree with some of the posts above that are saying that ETF trading is better than individual stocks. One of the great aspect of...
I would not think of averaging a losing stock trade up or down but sometimes I daytrade scaling liquid options up and down because the risk is...
I always have some credit spreads on in stocks and indices to pay for some of my long option premiums.
If your broker does not let you sell an optionable stock short you can create a synthetic short with options: Buy a nearby put and sell a call...
OptionStar has a Futures and Futures Spread module.
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I am daytrading ES futures with BB's and oscillators all day. It definitely works on the 2min bar chart. In my experience it has worked on all...
scalping has never been easier over the years we have more liquid vehicles to trade improved data integrity and delivery great...
Coach is teaching this subject in it's purest form. So far through this thread it has been assumed that the trader does not have a clue where...
I just took took a RedOption Beyond the Basics seminar. It was truly excellent and free. They are charging for the three day advanced seminar...
This rally have come out of the starting gate slower than the previous ones. Seasonals are very unfavorable fo stocks for September just look...
This thread is interesting because the conversation shows how intricate and risky the marketmaker's job is.
First, these days, when one mentions great books on Option Trading one should include the new book by George Jabbour & Phillip Budwick:The Option...
an addition to the above post: A lot of the MM's are not independent solo operators but trade for a firm, they may make markets on several...
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