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I have been papertrading the RUT, NDX and IWM and am now ready to start trading live. I am looking to trade iron condor on RUT and NDX (only 2 contracts), how is the fill for the RUT and NDX with only 2 contracts? would I get a decent fill (mid-point)? I stay away from SPX, I heard too...

I don't understand your point, are you saying don't trade at all, since selling nor buying will make any money in the end?

No problem at all, no apologies needed, I am very appreciative of your willingness to take the time at all, have a great 4th!

Coach, thanks for the invaluable information on risk management and how to gaining knowledge to trade the underlying. To prepare myself for live trading, which indices should I focus on studying. My philosophy is to get very very good in 1-2 strategies and 1-2 indices to begin with. If this...

How about max risk on credit spreads? On unrealized lost, what would be the max unrealized lost for credit and debit spreads, same as condors at 20-25%?

Hi Coach, glad you're back! Here is my progress thus far: 1. Papertrade transactions: . JUL SPY Bear Call Spread . NDX Iron Condor (from a subscription service that I currently subscribed to) 2. TOS platform: got pretty familiar with the Analyze tab. Got a good sense of the...

Haven't gotten any postings from the coach, I guess no more coaching .... thanks for the helped thus far and wish you all good luck!

I just figured out the answer to this question, so no need to help me with it, thanks!

Hi Coach, I also just figured out the answer to Q1. I am working on exercise 2.

Hi Coach, attached is my results for exercise 1. My conclusion is probability of success too low and return too low to warrant trading GOOG calls. Please let me know if you think I missed anything in my findings. Thanks much for your help, I am learning a lot from your postings, I might...

Hi Coach, I figured out the answers to Q2 & Q3, just wanted to let you know so you don't need to take time answering them, thanks much for your help.

Does anyone know in TOS Analyzer what is the difference between the probability of expiring and the delta of a particular strike? please see attached.

Thanks for the explanation. I find myself looking at premium %change more & more as I papertradel, I think it give me a better idea which strike offer the highest return given it still fall within my delta range.

here are the greeks from the Trade screen.