I don't agree when you say he is not thinking correctly?
He wishes to create a limited risk position which is a perfectly acceptable way of managing risk. Some choose to use stop losses - to each their own.
Not everyone wants to micromanage every swing in a stock.
Protection via puts can be expensive. You might consider selling an OTM call option to finance the purchase of the put, ie. A collar.
I'll do this sometimes with a position that has a solid unrealized gain that i want to protect but also want to avoid selling the stock and realizing the...
Similar to me. They way I'm looking at this right now is I want to be long but I expect at least some of that gap to be filled.
I think anything below 1412 (61.8 retracement) is dangerous for the bulls so I will have a stops below there.
Just waiting for better prices.....hopefully we...
Need to control downside risk.
Possibly a collar trade: long stock, short call, long put + dividends.
This can work nicely for long term leveraged trades on the right stocks.
Not what I was looking for - scratched the NQ at BE, kept the 2600 call for potential rally tomorrow.
The market showing strength, looks like ES 1397 is next in the cards. Will reevaluate then. Cheers :)
Now short NQ at 2592 (with a 2600 call protective call) looking for ~ 50 points. After that will likely will be positioned for another +100 point upside before the serious and final fall ala GS and major ES trendline (1260 ES). Cheers.
I am looking for 1320's as a correction target also. Crazy sentiment out there right now, BPNYA RSI is 93, etc etc - top is likely near
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$BPNYA
Patience will pay off here, lots of points to capture either way - a break above day mid should trigger a gap fill around 1325 or a break below 1308 should lead to flush to or below 1300.