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Ok JSOP, thanks. If you are trading for a larger than expected market movement, what's the best way to trade options? ATM/ITM/OTM? Straight calls/puts? Duration? Let me give a scenario, maybe it helps: 1 - (Expected movement) Expect gold futures /GC to go down from 1900 to 1800, big 100 point...

I hate time decay. Trading options has killed me in the past. Should I give up on options? Or is there a way to trade that avoids time decay? If so, how? Just do verticals?

Thanks Narafa. That helps. When you say 70% weight on Delta-Premium, would that be +.70 delta for calls and -.70 delta for puts?

Thanks guys! I didn't know about /SIL.

Why is Silver (/SI) futures margin requirement so high? $18,700 on ToS? Higher than /GC, /ES and many others.

What are some of the better ways for an intraday(scalper) futures trader to trade similarly using options (or future options)? Some parameters of futures trading: Profit target average between 5 and 30 ticks Time in trades: less than 30 minutes Aiming for at least a 1:1 risk/reward. E.g., $200...

What are we doing trading then? Are we fools? Why not just stick $10k in some IPO and let it sit there for 20 years?

And to me, just as important, how exactly to hop on it? E.g., Dotm long duration calls/puts? That's what this guy did right? Also find it hard to believe he got the calls for $1

I'm just starting to get better at short-term. Do you think one can become good at both short-term and long-term skills? Or is it better to specialize in just one?

Lol, I appreciate your reply, but it's like Einstein talking to a squirrel. I'll try to wrap my brain around it a bit more when I come back from work, maybe I can get closer to figuring it out. Thanks!

I don't get it, could you please take a look at it and fix/tell me how to fix it? The first chart on the left side is perfectly aligned. But the second chart on the right is misaligned. Thank you!

I'm trying to create bell curve (standard deviation) excel charts. Does the mean(average) always have to be right in the middle of the bull curve? If yes, why is my chart coming out this way? The mean is the red line, and it is not in the middle. And the 68.2% percent wings are also misaligned...

Is being bearish smart over the long-term (in general, not in obvious garbage like penny stocks)? It seems bulls have been winning since the beginning of time.