I'm simple! 23 years trading -tried everything , but UK stock options are a waste of time, so I stick with the index. I'm still solvent,making profits and I have a blog- it's free, for fun. optionsinvesting.co.uk
Only a gambler buys calls -sure they get lucky a few times then they get their predictable 10 consecutive losers. I trade strategies and very rarely place a debit trade.
Wh No, earnings trades do not need to be news driven - what if you open and close a trade before the earnings announcement? Then no news is involved, and yet you've done an earnings trade. And no, for theta you cannot substitute volatility every time.
Definitely agree with this. Being an outright buyer of long options just stacks the odds against you so much. Unless your timing is impeccable or perhaps day trading for the little leverage/Lambda they offer. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if less than 1% are successful doing this.
In order to simply be thorough, lol: Do you ever just buy ONLY PUTS to enter a trade? and just for context: Have you W1, ever personally been able to be profitable at the end of the month repeatedly by executing entrys on intraday charts below 10minute using price action?