Recent content by Sam Sanders

Well I was hoping for a bit more involved answer. I know if a stock goes up, calls=good. But in my specific scenario (small expected profit), should I use ITM/ATM/OTM calls? I assume near expiry is best? Is a 2% rise in underlying even enough to offset transaction costs?

That's what I figured, so at 9:35 what type of option trade should I put on?

Let's assume I have a profitable long US equities signal that averages 2% profit over a 3-5 day holding period. The standard deviation of the trades is about 6% and tails are relatively thin (rare to see >20% gain or loss). Entry/exits are at market open. I've been profitably trading this system...

Can you post a current spread trade and your rationale?

Adverse overnight gaps and intraday stop slippage are two very different animals. You should probably be fine intraday for 500k+ stocks within 10 cents of your stop. One exception might be 9:30-9:45 which is much more volatile. Gaps are different and should be treated as such...I wouldn't even...

Thank you all for your responses. occam I'm assuming that I have more non-marginable securities that I would've thought but I confess I haven't delved into it too much. I only trade listed stocks with >50k avg volume so I didn't originally think it would be an issue, but it appears that was...

Long-time lurker, first thread. I'm a web/mobile programmer who has spent the last 5 years writing and tweaking an automated trading system. It was profitable but rocky from the start; however, this year I've spent a lot of time on it and it's paid off. I'm up 123% for the year with a max DD of...