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i think the idea of a reasonable positive feedback loop is required to make it in trading.. you can't think your way into good trading.. i never understood the expression.. "dig your way out of a hole" is that even it?

i personally feel.. that if your going to continue down the options journal.. using the next platform that comes out with the newer forms of research for vol trading will in the end keep you behind the curve... there is no substitute for knowing how to use a spreadsheet program... in the end...

true.. NT is easy and quick way to program and indicator..

yeah.. when 'they" can get away with it.. they will .. simple as that.. exploiting those liquidity holes/ dry ups etc.. has to be quite lucrative. SPX options i've read can get hairy i heard.. you think its like the biggest MM book is just outright leveraging the exit door getting...

yea i looked at it a ilttle more.. i actually thought it died.. haha didn't realize it was a flash crash kind of thing... you can only wonder what kind of bot algos are roaming/punching around looking for liquidity holes..

why are you posting hyperlinks? this is junk... i.trkjmp.com/click?v=VVM6MzE5ODI6MTA5NjpjYXNpbm86Njc5Y2YzOWRjNzk1YWFiZWE3ZDMwZjg2MjBiZWE2Yzc6ei0xMjY5LTEzNzE4ODp3d3cuZWxpdGV0cmFkZXIuY29tOjMwMjk0OmY5OWRiYzMxOGVkMjk1OGQ0MWZiMjViMTM2ODUwMmY5

rises on hope.. falls on reality

Funny how loses still hurt even at small nominal amounts.. I took losses martingaling short in the euro as well... I was setup it to think I could call a reversal in a very long uptrend ...

ahhh ive used that before.... are you with oanda....

Dude...seriously? the fact that you didn't think to google "pip value calculator" before asking here at ET not only makes me question your trading ability but also your intelligence....I mean placing a trade before you even know your risk :confused: ET has really become amateur hour and...

i'm sorry he didn't give you the perfect entry date..

in a short ((entry-exit)x100)x2.5)-5 2.5 is the notional.. 25k here.. 5 is what you figure i'm paying in commissions at IB... total pip value x 100 multiplier times notional of trade minus commissions.. i didn't know it exactly.. but when i saw the margin requirements.... i...

hey.. i posted this in my journal... but i'm wondering if the math is right here we go... was looking for an entry short.. this is where i'm taking it.. SLD 25K USD USD.JPY Cash 90.956 JPY IDEALPRO 22:35:17 ChartTrader856098315 sub account BOT 25K USD USD.JPY Cash 90.718 JPY...

BOT 25K USD USD.JPY Cash 90.718 JPY IDEALPRO 00:20:51 ChartTrader856098315 sub account Using USDJPY as an example, this yields: (.01/130.46) x USD10,000 = $0.77 or 77 cents per pip 25,000 notional a pip (.01) = 1.925 puts me at 23 pips on that trade.. is that 45...

http://www.deltaquants.com/sticky-strike-and-sticky-delta.html

here we go... was looking for an entry short.. this is where i'm taking it.. SLD 25K USD USD.JPY Cash 90.956 JPY IDEALPRO 22:35:17 ChartTrader856098315 sub account

volatility cones.....

Looked into some of these...... let me know i want data to... intraday is important to me.. having an account with live vol actually gives you access to their data i think

commercial capitalization... Whats that mean... banks in this case?

no.. your buying the month that earnings will be in.. your selling the month in front.. say apple reported jan 23... you buy the 25th expiration.. you sell the previous.. the 18th.. .. the previous expiration doesn't include the implied jump for earnings.. it just loses value while the...