Here I have a 240 tick premium , it protects me from losses by 240 ticks , my net effective risk is 300- 240 = 60 ticks my potential reward at expiry is 240 ticks for 4 weeks.
I only trade Dax German 30 options and futures , above is my example trade .I usually look for support . I look for long weekly , dailly supports or major supports on s and p , dax , dow to confirm steady markets .If I sell dax I sell monthly or two monthly puts technical analysis dax signal I will close the above trade around 10800 , both the short option and long cash.I can trade this several times a week in high volatility technical analysis dax signal I might hedge future risk with a 10300 put for 60 ticks , usually I have it covered by weekly options on another strategy https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/edge-of-buying-the-stock-market-dip.304496/
bought 10550 put for 35 ticks weekly option as protection Trading Education Buyer said: Buying dax 10650 stop 10350 , selling 10600 call for 240 , till end of this week
Real traders don't sit at a screen monitoring every tick , jumping in and out of trades , that is forex idiots. Good traders can make 1 good trade a week , make 30 ticks a week $30 per pip and it gives a nice living , but not in forex , because that is only possible in imagination in forex . You don't really need more than 20k to make $900 per week . You need discipline , mindset and very good 12 " between the ears or a really good strategy and less in the coconut. This trade already made 30 ticks
Price now 10750 , option sold is losing 44 and cost of weekly put is 35 100 (10750-10650 ) - 44 - 35 = 21 ticks profit at present
Took profit last night + 22 I have traded this 3 times this week , long , short and long Re -entered long again 10650 , sold 10600 call for 218
Closed for 22 ticks profit Total for week 66 ticks (22,22 and 22 (from a short I did not call on this journal) Next trade short dax futures 10704 sold 10800 put 223.3 bought weekly call 10800 8.3