Recent content by tradermaji

You are right... name calling does not make a good trader. Can I assume that good traders don't call names or try to belittle others? Or does a trader need to engage in name calling to become a good trader? Usually modesty is a desirable trait but then maybe it does not work for some. As I have...

Here is a partial list of what I used to learn about options: 1. Google Search of Options and then read up on the basic mechanics... I have dealt with just covered calls a while back and so knew what options were and how they worked. I knew about the basic credit/debit spreads, and...

I don't believe so... it is just purely whether you made money on the trade or not. I just ran those backtests as a matter of curiosity on CMLviz but not really interested in trading them because of the risk.

I ran some backtests for the last three years on the FAANG stocks using 45DTE, selling short strangles and NOT trading earnings. All of them had positive returns. However, the whenever I added a stop loss, the returns deteriorated significantly. To me, one needs gonads of steel to hold on...

Just to check out the premise of selling premium before earnings, I ran a few backtests with FAANG stocks... sell the X/Y delta strangle nearest to 7 DTE, 5 days before earnings and close the trade 1 day after earnings. All data based on EOD. Doesn't look like a good idea. Maybe only with FB...

I think the spike in IVs are shown in many sites including Options Chameleon. Here is an example using EBay... https://marketchameleon.com/Overview/EBAY/IV/ Or maybe I am misunderstanding your requirements... in that case, please ignore the post.

I believe you can do either one or a combination of both... you just have to learn how to spot the opportunities when they present themselves. If you sign up for a free membership at Optionslam and that will give you a chance to check out some of their previous webinars. They have a recent one...

Kim, Sometimes it is not worth trying to logically explain something to a person who has already decided not to believe that explanation... I think I was getting too carried away in this debate, when I just wanted to state my own experience with SO. I think we all have egos and I am no...

Yes, Sheridan... not a recommendation but an observation. I did not sign up for his classes so I can't recommend him without trying first myself.

It is really not the trades that I took based on SO recommendations but the real gains are from learning while interacting with other members on the site and understand the basis of those trades. The fact that I made a little something on the side after the commissions and subscription fee is...

I think the 10% slippage that I said was based on the official prices that SO posts... I don't think it is 34% of the total account as you posted... From my first month's experience, 5% return per month on capital, after all expenses seem reasonable. I will take even 1/2 of that on a regular...

I think you are right... I have was able to get into about 90% of the trades posted (those I followed based on the advisory email) but almost at worse prices for most of them. The slippage was bad for the thinly traded markets. However, my win rates are close to them but the net profit is lower...

That QCOM straddle picture pains me... I had tried QCOM straddles based on SO's theory and was just being greedy and did not move my bids and did not get filled. I was late by a few minutes to read the advisory email, and by that time the boat had sailed... most members hit the profit target in...

Guys and Gals... I recently became a member of SteadyOptions are here are my observations: 1. The trade alerts that I have received till now are all real... I have been able to enter some and some just moved too much after the advisory email was sent out. It is a disadvantage to run after a...

Are there any more free or reasonably priced sources for downloading long term Bond Family data? It should be like the BOA/ML data shown in the link(s) below: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BAMLHYH0A0HYM2TRIV The link above has index data for emerging markets, short, intermediate and long...