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Here's a good place for you to start. http://www.cboe.com/LearnCenter/Basics.asp

As of late there seems to be a lot of negative comments on this board about options. To set the record straight, is any one out there actually, consistently, making good money with options? Please be specific - Does any one trade their OWN account using options to make a living? If you have...

Yes, I use them and I'm satisfied. Prices are good. Service is good. I do only about 2 trades a day. They do not trade futures, but if you want to trade equities and equity options, I don't think they will disappoint you.

I'm new to futures trading and I'm interested in joining MB Trading. I went to the NFA.org web site and learned that MB Trading is an Independent Introducing Broker - they are not guaranteed BUT they are an IIB for Penson financial and on the the MB web site is this: "Customer accounts...

I've been through both Natenberg's and most of McMillan's book and I'm keeping clear of selling naked. Sounds like you have already been down the path that I would like to travel. Cottle also suggested I start with the verticals. Sounds like you know your stuff. Thanks for the good advice. I'll...

Steve, Excellent points. I agree with you completely. In fact, I've already reached the point of limitations in straddles and I've begun to do work in selling premium. That's what's lead me to indexes and futures. Can you suggest a guru for when volatility is high? Right now, I'm reading...

I've been trading options on equities for a while and I want to expand into futures. I noticed that Larry McMillan runs a daily advisor service that trades options on both futures and equities. I've read his books and he seems to know what he's doing. Does any one have any experience or opinions...

Thanks, I'll check them out.

Hi, I've been trading various volatility spreads like straddles and backspreads but I've only focused on stocks. I'm currently studying futures and would to trade options in this market too. My current broker is ThinkorSwim and they do not handle futures. Does anyone know of a good broker...

I'm looking for a web site or a program that scans stocks for various technicals patterns (similar to stockconsultant.com or stockcharts.com) but... What I need is to be able to set a time period, say one month, and have the program return a list of stocks according to the scan INCLUDING the...