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the rule only applies to margin accounts. You can daytrade using a cash account with settled funds (options settle the next morning). That's what I do.

.ndvnl $NDX 1600 put

I'm about to enter with a 10% stop and will plan to exit within the last hour.

Where can I find a interday chart of the 87'crash? I know the market gapped way down moved up in the early AM and then continued lower. But if would be nice to see a graph. And it might be useful for tomorrow.

I trade ndx and sometimes spx options. How do options on the index futures compare? Is there better liquidity? Do they move as much on a percentage basis?

Ed Seykota, Paul Tudor Jones, the list goes on, all have done extremely well using TA. The "prince" is misinformed.

I trade NDX options and I have always used mental stops. But the other day my mental stop was hit and I froze and ended up losing much more than I should have. I no longer trust myself and I want to set the stop so that it will execute automatically. Is there any problem with placing a stop...

on a 5min chart that is.

seems much more smooth on a chart compared to the $NDX or $SPX. I was trading $NDX options and have now switched to $rut options.

I don't know, I've traded futures and options but never futures options. How do they compare?

I mostly trade NDX options but am considering switching to RUT. One trade per day because I have less than 25K so I use a cash account and after the first trade my funds are unsettled until the next morning. This way I can make 5 day trades per week with less than 25K. I use a 10% stop.

I hear a lot of people say that you can't do well daytrading options because of the spread. I day trade index options (1 trader per day, holding time 20min-4 hours). I use a limit order and go in between the bid and ask for entries and exits. I don't understand the problem.

I do 1 trade per day. Daytrading index options using a cash account. I can't put on another trade because my funds are then unsettled until the next morning. This mean that I try to find the best setup and I can't get into a loosing streak, for the day.

I use a limit order and go in between the bid and ask. I aim for half way in between and this usually works.

Which stocks make the largest interday swings and have adequate option volume for liquidity?

I was listening today and the guest was talking about Investor decision making. In summary he said: 1) Buy low sell high 2) Don't buy "hot stocks" 3) If you want to buy a stock wait 2 weeks 4) Investors close loosing positions too quickly! I think this guy is full of crap and has...

The low of the day has formed and we will move up into the close.

The rest of the day will likely be uptrending, in my opinion, based on the reversal up at 11:10.

I daytrade with less than 25k

In a cash account, trading index options 1 round turn per day. Options settle the next day, unlike stocks.