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    Order not executing

    well who ever is making a market for me there I am very happy with. My fills look good, so I am happy for now, in this business things always change tho.
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    What books do you keep by your turret?

    last chapter of Pit Bull several quotes from livermoore "if you see red get out" I taped this to my monitor and read it right after every trade..:D
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    Order not executing

    well I trade AAPL and BAC option right now and they are pretty liquid. So I dont usually have a problem with execution near mid. You are probably right about other retail orders taking my orders , my execution report usually show odd lots adding up to my total. notice the 1 lots.
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    Order not executing

    amex usually give me the fastest execution when I buy or sell close to midpoint. cboe one of the worst. ise and box is ok
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    Order not executing

    I find that certain exchange execute limit spread order faster then other. Sometimes I find my spread sit even when I give them a .05-.1 credit above mid-point to execute.
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    Order not executing

    now this make a whole lot of sense.
  7. M

    Order not executing

    in my whole option trading life I have never seen legs of a spread get executed on different exchanges. find an example and prove me wrong.
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    Order not executing

    you're kidding right? that made no sense
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    "Improving" systems usually make them worse?!

    this is what we call curve fitting when there might not be any correlations.
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    Resistance or Bear Trap ?

    its weak today, when the strong becomes weak time to head for the hills.
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    long bull call spread, what to do if stock falls below break-even

    if the stock hit my short strike on wednesday or thrusday. I'll book a lost and move on. too short of a time to "repair" or average down and "pray" it will stay above your short strike.
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    Order not executing

    the market maker saw your order as a guarantee! they wait till they buy it cheaper and sell it to you at your limit.
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    Trading calls on a strong stock

    looks like now we know why the move up been so nice its going to be added to the sp500 soon. index fund are scooping this up and will drive it higher in the short term.
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    Resistance or Bear Trap ?

    in aapl we trust wait till it breaks and lookout below.:D
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    Trading calls on a strong stock

    thats too bad. do a calendar spread if you're doing OTM calls.
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    Trading calls on a strong stock

    are you doing OTM, ITM, DITM? and what is your risk reward ratio do you want? I would do weeklies on this one anything can happen in 3 months. it does a 5+ point dump every week and recovers. Use this to your advantage. do a spread 5 points below the previous week high, this is a good find...
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    Am I overlooking the risk?

    are you trading weeklies? or the regular monthlies? The weeklies might not be so bad but you're dealing with a 2+ beta stock here. Sell a spread instead it'll limit your lost on black swan events.
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    Am I overlooking the risk?

    too high maintenance on this type of position unless you're trading 1-2 standard deviation away. if you are closer to the money on high beta stock gaping or fast moving market will kill you.
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    help creating this

    come on let him borrow a few hundred million.
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    Best options strategy to avoid time decay?

    for calendars you want to buy OTM option at a strike and sell near term option at the same strike. so the best scenerio is for the stock to hit your strike and booked the differences in the premium of the option. If it never hit your strike but trade in a range you can continue to capture the...
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