Recent content by thkang

both prices should converge, to certain ratio - aren't they? I can see this from long-term charts, and this means there are a lot of intraday opportunities.

there is a sucker or there is someone disguised as a sucker, waiting for the real sucker to dive in. So either way there is a sucker...

What I recently have on my mind is that learning how to be a successful option trader and learning how to 'make money' is very different. Like, you can be right for 99% times of your trades, and somehow the loss from the other 1% can give you a margin call. That's a ridiculously simple example...

what's your preferred trading vehicle then? I do the spreadbetting thing because I dont think I can go make successful directional bets on forex/e-mini and other highly volatile and exuberantly leveraged markets.

bull call -> bull put

What is the best way to exit the position? Just letting them expire?

thanks for all the advices. after some pondering I found my strategy is some mutated form of selling naked calls, that i saied hell no when I first saw its risk/reward graph. I'm more comfortable with buying options than selling them since I'm kinda null on the topic of how IVs would...

definitely not equities or bonds.. I'd like to test my humble strategy that i perceive to benefit from any market that is above certain level of volatility.

Hi, this is my first post on the ET forum and I'm shamelessly asking a question :D As a starter I'd like to have absolute profit and avoid as much risk as possible. The strategy that caught my eyes is Call Ratio Spread. Lets say a trading vehicle is priced around 31~32; than assuming it's...