What's going on with volatility? Goes up and vol goes up, goes down and vol sinks. I trade on vega, and this market is crazy. My guess is...
I have posted a couple of systems here over the years. Here we go again. GLD is an interesting market, with steady upward movement, but with...
The market goes strongly against me. I see potential major loss. The risk manager cometh -- he tells me to cut the position in half. Now,...
I have misplaced the link to a market update site. It gives an update ever 30 - 60 minutes on the general market movement. I've looked all over...
I assume that between now and the end of the year, a certain country will attack the nuclear facilities of Iran. To complete the job it will take...
You should show the last person to post in a thread. Makes it easier to see if you need to look at a thread.
Did a Dec/Jan 380 call calendar yesterday. Long term trade to follow the up trend in my IRA account. Got in at 385, closed at 415 after a one...
I have some experience trading options. Got clobbered on the Iron Condor, made some money doing calendars only. I wanted to share something that...
The other day I was trying to liquidate my long one RUT sep 910 call. It was pretty worthless, but I put it out for 10 cents. What the heck, I...
1. Which indicators indicate "market noise" vs trending. 2. ATR is the daily range. What do I use for the maximum excursion? Recent market...
I understand that the Record date is the date you must own a stock to get dividends or the stock split ==> to participate in the X date. Where...
A certain well-known broker had their usual Wednesday chat, talking about the high volty and the opportunities. He then advised that this was a...
In another thread, order flow compensation was mentioned, so I sent an email to TOS asking about that. I received the following reply:...
How to evaluate two calendar positions for position sizing purposes. Let's assume each position is very close in delta, but have differences in...
I want to evaluate two calendar positions for position sizing purposes. Let's assume each position is very close in delta, but have differences in...
I noticed a skew between the March and back month options in Bank of America. Not an earnings month, so what's going on? Perhaps something...
1. Open a account with thinkorswim for 5k or less. Learn how to use their software. Ask for the Random Walk Trading commission ($1.50 with no...
Feedback from Virtual Trading sesson last Tues. I understand the concept of a losing trade, but I am very unhappy with the VT session: 1. No...
Basic question here: 2 x XYX stock at 73, short 2 x 70 calls, and long 5 x 75 calls. I am trying to understand how this works: As I...
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