Recent content by merc1979

Thanks for the idea, will look into it. What EMA's do you typically use for swing trades and day trades

I was playing with PSAR on paper trading acccount. Some of the alerts are spot on, but there are too many false positives that could blow your account. Should PSAR be used in conjunction with other indicators. For others using PSAR, what has been your strategy

I have few BAC shares at 27. I was wondering about writing covered calls for say 21 based on current stock price of 20.x. If the stock does move above, then I can roll it out for a higher strike price. I did the same last week, and then all stocks went almost 20% up, bad timing, I got...

what do you folks thinks about a bull put spread of MON for apr 65-70. The stock hasn't dropped bellow 70 that many time in a few years. if it does go below 70 on expiration, plan is to sell another 65 70 spread for next month. I am not a pro, so would like some input folks who have done...

Even if oil hits 100, but if economy continues to improve and more people start using Air travel, airlines are going to make money.

Its at the following link http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/p.php?f=margin Short Naked Call 100% * option market value + (20% * underlying market value - out of the money amount or 10% * underlying market value, whichever is greater) or $2.50 * multiplier * number of contracts...

How does IB calculate margin for short calls and puts. Can someone give an example. I looked at the site and can't understand the description. Thanks

If you pick a stock like FAS and sell both puts and calls with same delta on thursday and buy it back on Monday , there should be decent money once can make. The only problem is the stock should not go up in IV or up or down by a lot. I am going to try it out next long weekend.

oh wow, looks like i pissed off lot of folks, Not my intention. I tried to sell some before the long weekend and buy it back on the next open day and didn't seem like the price changed. MTE's answer makes sense and I like KINGOFSHORTS answer. Thanks

question says it all