Recent content by JamesSierra

market went up...lost 2k - going to get out while I still have a profit!

xmas dream

Scalping the NASAQ...they mean the QQQ?

I was talking about this legging in spreads option strategy in the option section so I decided to do one to illustrate it with real options. Where you buy or sell one leg of the spread, wait till you have some profit in it, then buy or sell the other leg. If the stock is going down 1. Buy a...

Is MES the MICRO E-MINI S&P 500 INDEX? Futures trading? I've only traded the QQQ so don't know much else. I did trade the Canadian dollar futures once and when I was a kid my dad made me buy Six Flags stock

This is my fav one..I think I made it up. not sure. Trade based on what the market is doing, not on what you think it's doing.

Well picked a top that time. Sure lucky two days. Bought 6 puts when I woke up yesterday, then bought 6 more around 11am...sold around 3pm today for $8312.40 profit. The crazy part of it is I only was risking around $2000 and I could have bailed so not really risking $2000 either. Had 12...

Yes you are right thx! I'm too lazy in my word usage. Been into zen practice too long. I think.

this is what i was talking about. legging into strangle bought the 398 put for 1.94...sold the 396 for 2.25 thumbnail

Anybody know what this is or what do people think it is? thumbnail click to enlarge My guess is buy stop orders being hit by some computer program or person ? That looks for them? I'm just guessing here that people get in short positions, then put in a automatic order to buy (closing...