Reverse Iron Condors

Discussion in 'Options' started by jkgraham, Mar 7, 2012.

  1. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    Yeah. I figure he's referring to all the "papers" written by those pundit/educational websites.
     
    #71     Mar 11, 2012
  2. spindr0

    spindr0

    LOLOL... Averaging 100-120% a year? Uh huh.

    This trade has about a 25% chance of incurring a total loss.
     
    #72     Mar 11, 2012
  3. opt789

    opt789

    Doesn’t know what to call his IC, makes 100% a year with 90% probability, and says Atticus doesn’t know what he is talking about. Three strikes?
     
    #73     Mar 11, 2012
  4. spindr0

    spindr0

    You should look into triple reverse inverse short leveraged ETF's :)
     
    #74     Mar 11, 2012
  5. jkgraham

    jkgraham

    I'm not focused on one specific strategy but this thread is. Why would jump to the conclussion that this strategy is all I do or study?
     
    #75     Mar 11, 2012
  6. jkgraham

    jkgraham

    I thought that you could avoid a total loss in most positions if you see that the market moves against the position (or not enough in this case) that it can be closed for less than the total loss if done so before expiration. Do you agree?
     
    #76     Mar 11, 2012
  7. opt789

    opt789

    No offense but I have not seen anything in your posts to make me believe you are an experienced, professional, options trader. Your comment “All I care about is making money with them on a regular basis” sounds exactly like someone looking at the issue from the wrong angle. You seem convinced that you are going about things the right way and therefore can ignore what I posted. I never post this much, I am just avoiding my monster-in-law who is visiting and I am pretending to work, so I probably have no idea what I am talking about.
     
    #77     Mar 11, 2012
  8. jkgraham

    jkgraham

    HA that's funnyl. Actually I'm convinced that I'm not very interested in the trade that I started this thread with anymore. I think I will use strangles around earnings. But I am also learning as much as I can.
     
    #78     Mar 11, 2012
  9. spindr0

    spindr0

    Well, I'll give you the first two but I don't know about that Atticus comment :) :eek: :D
     
    #79     Mar 11, 2012
  10. spindr0

    spindr0

    Apples and oranges. The other peep claimed that the trade has a 90% chance of success of making the max profit of 40% and I disagree with that optimism.

    You can cut your loss anywhere you want. That's not probability. That's money management.
     
    #80     Mar 11, 2012