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Hey falcon, I've been wondering but how do you like that kind of living? I can see myself in a dream like that, but can't put myself to it. I'm in my early 30s, but I would love to here some benefits and disadvantages of living in such an environment. Thanks ahead for any insight.

I think I'm right where you were in the 90s, I do feel a bit of overtrading from time to time with 4-5 open short term positions. Can't stop it though, just hope I can tone it done in a couple of years too.

lol, $88. That's where I felt resistance would come into play for lnkd, but with the market holding triple digit losses, I took the quick profit and left only to later watch it hit my target as I had initially expected. Oh well, the account's finally holding above $7500 and I'm off to the...

Well, you've got AAPL supporting you on the Qs. I bet all is calm as long as AAPL hits all time highs again. I'll have to check the new high vs. new low on the nasdaq index again in 2 hours, but at 13 new high vs 9 new low, that's a ratio just above 1, not the 10-20:1 ratio I've seen over the...

Out of DIS and QCOM, the small gain and loss cancels each other out lol.....waste of time on these lesson learned.

can't complain, losing -851 on the trlg and lnkd put trade from yesterday, but closed out lnkd calls for a quick +374 return. I'll consider the -477 net loss as lucky for now as I've only done this reverse trade twice with APKT being the first time.

If the market wants to go down, we're going to need AAPL to stop making highs...otherwise, I can see AAPL will the market another notch higher.

If I'm right I think lnkd could hit $88 sometime today. But that's a 50/50 chance there for today. Reason why it's a $350 risk and not $500 or more. This is where I'll take my chances.

I was up to 8500, but lnkd put spread and trlg calls pulled me back to 7200 this morning. I'd like to hold this 7200. Added OPEN feb 45 puts at 2.15, testing the downside of this market with this trade. Also added LNKD feb 85 calls at 0.70 weeklys expiring today using 5 calls for 350 risk.

Too many trades, I'm taking losses in trlg and lnkd....

That's nice, especially a 25% option return on the SPYs given the low volatility on that index. Different trading technique there, but it works for and that's good to know.... If I was going to play puts, it'd have to be these internet related social media type stocks. After watching GRPN get...

Still holding those qcom calls traderboy23? It's not guaranteed like I said about a week ago, but history repeats itself quite a lot doesn't it? History did say that QCOM shares were going to top 61.95 before feb expiration. The average move above 61.95 was 3%, but that's only average, so I'd...

That's why I'm in these earning trades. At the first moment of smelling a correction, I have no emotions in these trades and I'm back to all cash, might even start looking at put positions ahead of weak stock reporting earnings. On the market's view, I only had this rally to 1320 on the spx...

Whoa, just noticed someone setting up a spread on trlg feb 37/41 calls. can't tell if it was debit or credit, but based on price action of trlg and its recent earning history, I think they set that one up as a debit spread. I'm talking about 1000 options at a cost of about $1.45 for the...

leveraged? My risk is only $400-$800 per trade NOW, only because the account is sitting above $7500. I was only using $300-$500 risk when my account was below $5000, so I feel I'm not over leveraged on any 1 trade. As for a trade going against me, I considered it a 100% loss and not touch it at...

As for WFM, before that crazy rally to end yesterday, I was looking for WFM to push from $76 to $81 for a solid 5 point play. But we got this wild move towards end of day yesterday pushing it from $76 up to $78 (clearly someone big had inside info). For that reason, I closed out 77.5 for nice...

I expect total loss on a -15% drop. But that's where earnings research comes in. I already the cloud sector (and nearly anything related to that area) has been strong with solid numbers from the likes of FFIV and VMW. And AKAM with its internet security play fits right into part of this segment...

I got it your point. You think I was treating this is binary options where the options would expire right away and I receive the full expected premium. That's where you're going. I see, good point. I wasn't going there though. Why didn't I put a 34/39 call spread instead if I felt 15% to $39...

Yeah, its true I can't claim 100%, maybe somewhere in the 99% range then.....I have notes on the last few AKAM reports and post earning price action. In at least the past 4 reports my notes told me AKAM went at least above 15% sometime the day after earnings, and again there's no direction here...

Yeah, its a little tricky, and I just learned this trick no more than 9 months ago.....but they key points is that AKAM was at 34, and at-the-money 34 calls priced at $2.00. My own research shows AKAM has 100% chance of hitting $38 and then the odds drop off dramatically beyond that. Here's...