%% I use some simple moving aVerages; but partial profits really help, as long as i dont have too many commissions /slippage.They dont raise margins on UPRO + such, but if they did, i would swing position trade smaller, but NOT get in a hurry about it..........................................................................................Time tend to be a friend, collecting dividends or selling insurance.I seldom see anything close to random in a bullmarket/this market; bear trends are not as orderely usually LOL.
I had same question to OP. what happens if First step the price goes down ( assuming your starting point is LONG) This prompts me to ask you (Cannon trading) a Cross Margin and execution question 1) Covered call" In equity space the OCC and Broker recognizes Covered call writing and treats the soled CALL as Covered With Futures + Futures option do you or any broker treat it the same way as Equity CC? 2) Married PUT or Married CALL: Same question as above since there is a Protective ATM PUT ( or CALL) covering underlying LONG futures position, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A MARGIN CALL AT ALL until expiry of the option BOTH in case of Day trading or overnight BUT many futures brokers ( sales staff) really don't answer the question they either don't understand it or don;t want to know or a throw a stock standard answer about SPAN margin But What I am really asking is if Equity + Equity Options can handle this then why can;t Futures FCm hand le it Execution: Can such order be executed as Guaranteed Combo orders? with appropriate margin offset? Appreciate if you can clear it for all
i like it. will it work this time? http://www.ask8ball.net/ after ten cycles? my token is on yes, 1, more time 2 more money 3 less uncertanty.
There are quite a bit margin breaks as well as ability to execute these as spreads. The breaks are normally for overnight trading as the day trading margins are already much lower ( example $500 for DT an ES futures) I am happy to go over specific examples / questions you have and run the margin calculator, probably best via PM?
The theory sounds reasonable but you need to see how many times it works and how time-consuming it is. What you might be missing is the cost of your extra work & time v. the extra profit gained. Personally I prefer to stagger my t/p levels and use trailing stops, that way I needn't watch the position and use my time to seek opportunities elsewhere.