Hey ETs Question for you: So I understand that options are priced perfectly to reflect all possible outcomes. They generally all have an...
Yes of course as I stated my data is limited and I am still in the process of collecting, hence why I mentioned there was only 66 data points. I...
Hey ETs I just started exported my trade data to excel to do some analysis and see how my system is going so far. My question for you guys is...
Cool thanks guys. Was just curious, because I hear many new options trading talking about doing this like its a fool proof strategy. Obviously the...
Hey Guru. Thanks for the response. So if i understand you correctly, selling puts, until assigned, then selling covered calls, until shares called...
Hey ETs I am looking for some data on a strategy that I am having trouble finding a name for. I assume somebody has done backtesting on this...
Thank you all for the awesome input, and especially RM for taking the time to speak on the phone. I will keep you all updated as to how my...
I used deep ITM calls as a stock replacement, nearest expiration. Usually delta 0.8 , so time decay is not as much of a factor, but it does come...
I trade Spy. 5,15,30 minute time frames. I would use the last year.
Great info in that link. Question; how exactly do you go about backtesting? What software do you use? Where do you acquire your data? Do you need...
I Its discretionary. I look for setups that have a high prob of success, and I only take entries where I see potential for a 1:2 risk reward. I...
I do appreciate the input. I spend a lot of time in front of the screen but I realize many times that things are not as they seem at face value,...
So using my original example : " if the stop loss and profit target were the same distance away (or 1:1 risk/reward), and I picked my trades...
Essentially I am "assuming" that if the stop loss and profit target were the same distance away (or 1:1 risk/reward), and I picked my trades...
Thanks for the response! I was hoping to get your attention. Now to clarify, there are some setups where I will risk more to make more, or risk...
I have been trading for multiple years now with mixed success. I have taken the time to educated myself on different strategies and have found...
So my initial thought process when I thought of the trade, without knowing what a box spread even was, was that I would be able to buy a put...
Thanks for the insight! I did do a little more digging on ET and realized people saying these arb opportunities are extremely rare and generally...
Because, as the stock price moves past your short put strike, your making money on the long call and vise versa. Its a different risk profile.
The short strangle has a risk graph with unlimited loss potential past each short strike, where as the box spread is a complete horizontal line...
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