Recent content by Nicktan

Maybe the market knows something which we don't and become apparent in the future. Just a thought.

The stocks and the stock markets are going through an emotional roller-coaster of late. Its emotional because so many people and whole countries are losing a lot of money in asset values. As I write this, my small country is coming under attack from the currency speculators. Since as I have...

Unless you possess telescopic eyes, I can't foresee the market is bearish to the rest of the year. What I commented is on what had happened in the past not the future. But in saying this, there are some things in the present or the past which has such magnitute and force that will influence the...

This is a tough market all right for directional longs. There seems to be a see-saw pattern of late so it's difficult to be purely directional of one side. As I see it, we are still in the denial stage of the market. Denial that the worst is coming and believing the worst is over and things will...

glad you like it. i suggest you take a break, have a small and low risk positions until the market turns bullish again. the deep-in-the-money-calls strategy is suitable for small market drops but not steep and sudden market drops. unless you have some really good sources with a long track...

its a good strategy, but its a directional long market strategy. That is the strength and weakness. When market goes up and up, you tend to make a lot of money but when market comes down a lot, u lose it back. An excellent strategy will work in up or down markets, reason being that it has...

hi yucca, i accidentally stumbled into your options journal thread and loves all the posts so far. I like to write to show my support and to give some encouragement in trading for a retirement living. I would like to post comments too, as I believe everyone has something to learn or share with...

hi, I am new in options on futures. Last week I did a trade on ES as follows- Sold 1 naked 1200 put for 2.25pts with 5 days to expiry. Enclosed is the statement of acct. I do understanding the details except for the margins req. Looking at the acct bal, how do i know when there be a...

Hi, Earnings is not hard, easy, yes, no..its quite damn confusing at times.. Company A rpted 'blowout' numbers but the stock gap down instead cause its below mkt consensus. Company B rpted 'nasty' numbers but the stock gap up instead cause its above mkt consensus. Company C rpted...

Hi, Extract from email i got from my bud last night who is playing "earnings" results of companies.. Sent : Friday, April 27, 2007 9:27 PM shit...i spent hrs doing checking the gapping plays for two stk in screener. I did nothing. Guess what VSEA gap up $6 pre-mkt FLIR gap up $3...

Lets me tell you something about Soros; He will make comments when he knows he is right, he has already taken a big position in the mkts & by commenting he is hoping that the masses out there will believe him & thereby taking appropriate actions to prove him right....ever heard about his theory...

I m an account holder with easy-forex.com which is based in Australia. They are a mini-forex broker basically in day trading of major currencies & gold/silver. They used to have futures on forex but the service was discountinued later. The only thing i like about them was i can fund my...

Hi all, U talking about scalping options? Nicktan