My comment is based on VIX. With the overall low IV across the market it seems to me that there are far fewer stocks with IV well above their HV....
Why do brokers allow reduced margin on high IV high beta stocks? That's one thing I really don't understand. I'm the first to admit that I'm no...
Yeah, I thought about trying OptionsXpress until I talked to them and found out their margin requirements are consistently 5-7 times more than IB!...
That's why you have to sell as far OTM as possible to give it room to move. Even then it's sometimes not enough, and you end up with a -32% month...
Here's a good one: INSM last trade at $20.01 Sell Jul18 16 Put for $0.35 Margin $283 12.36% ROI in 16 calendar days (if you had sold it...
I already showed you how to adjust that GOOGL trade that you posted as an example, to exceed the returns I'm making, if you're willing to take the...
True.
Making money at anything is often simple, but rarely easy. Consistently being right more than 50% of the time and having bigger winners than...
[sarcasm begins]You are aware that there are other stocks out there besides Google, yes?[sarcasm ends] Your example illustrates why I don't sell...
I view trading like any job or business, you can have your livelihood cut out from under you at any moment with no warning, any security or...
Typically I use less than 50% of my available capital at the start of the month. Like right now for July I'm at 62% cash. But when I have...
xandman, I sell mostly single equities and some ETFs. I did 1 iron condor on SPX last month to try it out (never done an IC before) which made...
I've been making a living selling options since last September and using a selling strategy for more than a year before that, and have made a...
I think it's silly that Pivotas is is being so hard on you for losing. Let's face it, if there weren't people like you losing their money, there...
Sorry, just the 1 minute by itself. Aussie is joining the party now too, and the Kiwi is thinking about it but it's a bit indecisive at the...
Looks like I was right about the follow-up moves in the Franc and Yen too. My sense of direction was right and my timing was good, my stop was...
yoohoo, I was looking at a 12/26 EMA crossover which followed about 10-15 minutes of consolidation. I was expecting a very fast break which didn't...
Not this time. I caught it a bit late but stopped out b/e at least.
Slightly OT, the CAD looks to be breaking, I think it's going to be a screamer.
LOL stopped out.
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