Recent content by RichLyons

Say someone is selling put options and their ONLY strategy when selecting which to trade is to see which will yield them X% over X time (disregard however stupid this may be). How do they calculate this? And how do they calculate this when using margin? For example, a trader is selecting puts...

Say, for example, I want to find all stocks that fell (or increased) by 600% or more in 2008 (or better yet, over 2008 through 2009). How do I do so? Does it have to be done manually?

I'm talking about with margin, however that might be calculated. For example, $10,000 of a trader's own money, plus however much margin is needed to turn that trader's $10,000 into $18,000+ at the end of the year and so on. Is this possible to do in today's market? I have seen at least two...

Not sure; I suppose people can answer however they want and then maybe elaborate on their answer. All I know is I read many impressive things on here from people in prop firms, like making $500k-$1m a year on an $80,000 futures account, making "400% a year," etc. How they calculate it and if...

I'm wondering how many users are, where most of them are (country), and what their (and their work partners) typical returns are on average. There are some who have 200-400%+ returns a year, but if you mention that or ask about it on any forum online with other traders, you get laughed at for...

Just21 - Eh, "either," I guess (I assume that would be only possible with margin). Just as long as you're making 100%+ returns per year, over many years.

[Question in thread title.] What system do they/you use? (Assuming you're willing to spill the beans, heh.) Call or put? Selling or buying? An easy "system" or does it involve much complexity? What would you/they credit your/their returns to? Yes, I'm a noob, obviously.

[Question in thread title.] What system do they/you use? (Assuming you're willing to spill the beans, heh.) What would you/they credit your/their returns to?

I have heard yes and no from two very qualified prop firm guys. One insists that it is dead because of bots and algorithms, the other says that it is much harder than it used to be, but still profitable. Yet even another says that bots and algos have helped him. What are your opinions? If an...