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You said not in US equity markets. does that mean there are other option exchanges in foreign countries that may have dumb market makers? Also as I understand it legging in would not be risk less because you would still have that directional risk until you 'lock it in'.

I'm new to option trading, and I've been pigging out on tasty trade, and option alpha for the past two weeks and I've learned some options basics. I've found what (appears) to be a whole lot of risk free opportunity's on BBY which has relatively high IV. TOS risk profile shows risk free...

I actually used the wrong terms. I was thinking Pairs trades, and spreads. Pure Arb would be out of the question. What Forex pairs, futures contracts, and/or options are best for pairs/spreads?

What are the pairs trading opportunities for retail traders that exist in the market? Obviously, the small nanosecond divergences that are eaten up by HFT traders do not qualify, so what divergences would be there for the average folk? Divergence time frames - minutes, hours, days, etc. Asset...

I nearly coughed up my coffee when I read that first sentence. LOL

Thats exactly what I'm thinking. Could I turn my $2000 into $1,000,000 in 5 or so years by using technical strategies ( Selling to Resistance, buying support, etc) or is this all a pipe dream and should I focus on school, a small business, etc?

Exactly! thats basically it. Should I spend my time on my career, business(es), or trading my $2,000 account.

Ok, for those who are curious, small means $1,000 - $10,000.

Ok So two guys means two traders going back and forth in the comments, reasonable risk control would be cutting a loosing trade at 1.5-5% of portfolio, and BS means innaccurate, and not based in reality.

Hey guys, I was on Quora I believe, and two guys were going back and forth about how with a small account you can make anywhere between %10-40 a month in trading. Everything I've ever read has said this practically can't be done, unless you are using an insane amount of leverage, and taking on...

Honestly that was my first impression. This can't be right. As you said it would be a printing press. Basically I'm just trying to poke holes in the theory of finding near perfect trades by just sitting down, and 'poof' they're there.

Hi fellow traders. I’ve been thinking seriously about the markets and how some people with massive human, and computer support, who have PhDs all other advantages available to them have been unable to beat the market year in and year out (I’m talking about most fund managers), while others have...