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I am still a newbie of options. Probably the answers you seek could be found from some books from McMillan, Cohen, Augen, etc. Some old threads on ET might be also helpful. Or the best way could be practising many minimum-size trades realtime!

Now an interesting point developing, some would view options is hedged with stocks/futures, however others would use options as hedge for stocks/futures. Quite opposite perspectives for same setup!

imho, Partial view - however, Incomplete!

Apparently the guy below runs not only a CTA program but also Many other services (including joining forces with some brokers) as well! So many sources/streams of income!

imo, both yes and no, very much strategy-, timeframe- and style-specific! Just 2 cents!

(assuming IV is predictive), you should have already got the perfect answer!

"options . . . very hard to make money" iyo, is there anything ... easy to make money (in trading)?

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According to McMillan, "The strategist must be alert to the possibility of early exercise in this type of spread, since he has sold a call that is in the money." My guess: Probably any uncommon combination of uncommon volatility and uncommon leverage would kill while trading with common...

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I'm interested in knowing what his "heavy personal costs" referring to. Any feedback would be appreciated!

i.e. How to manage your Egde correctly in the long run!

Chasing the Same Signals http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470824883.html

Profit target: 6% ===> 5.5% ===> 4.7%. Probably the main problems, imo.

+1

That, is also a Lie!

Another Lie indeed!