I am considering supplementing my learning experience by enrolling in some type of options trading education. Have you used any of the online...
@Maverickz good point - I actually do have a non-free data source available, so let's assume that is not a problem. I am much more interested in...
Yes you could, but it really depends on how you use it. It can be hidden in some way, as you said, but on the other hand, if you are using it to...
Good question, I should have explained it better :)! So compared to automated backtesting, where you define the trade/strategy and let algorithm...
Hey guys, I am hoping that some of the members might be able to help me with a bit of a research I am doing! I am working on a tool for manual...
What do you guys think about logging your trades, and how do you do it? I still have a lot to learn about options so I would like to also learn...
@lawrence-lugar I see! But even with systematic, logical approach (which I really like as a concept), I guess there are some triggers to coming up...
I am interested in how do you guys get ideas for your options trades. Does it mostly come from books and tutorials, or you get them on forums /...
@Martinghoul I value your opinion, but please let's try not to pollute this thread with personal feelings and posts that are not in any way...
@OptionGuru @Visaria thank you for your feedback - I feel like the point in this case was that trader should make sure that target profits are big...
Thanks guys, that is some great feedback! Ok, so few key points I feel are repeating and are therefore probably extra important: - coming up with...
Thank you all for your responses! Maybe I was not clear enough in my question, but I am not looking for concrete advice on how to trade, nor I...
Thanks! Is there anything else I can do except choosing liquid market / instrument, specifically asking regarding options?
I know that I should take into consideration commission and liquidity costs (bid-ask spreads) when considering placing a trade, however I am not...
While learning about options I talked with experienced options traders, and what I have learned is that they have well defined “trading systems”...
Ok @Shay, thanks for explanation - so as you said, you are looking for interesting prices, but including effect of IV, and not excluding it as I...
Ok sure, I left open the question of using the same symbol or not, but approach is the same. Why would you not normalize over IV, do you have some...
@Shay interesting idea :)! From what I understood, you would like to find a way to check if price of certain option at certain time is in some...
I would say strategy B - reward is two times bigger while the probability of success is less than two times smaller. My total reward is (win_rate...
@newwurldmn From what I heard so far from experienced traders, selling naked options is very dangerous and should be done only by very experienced...
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