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I have seen advice on folks recommending waiting the first few hours to see the mood of the day before jumping in. But I've also seen people say that the morning volatility is the best time to trade. Different strokes, different folks. Perhaps you are more overeager in the morning, and then...

Especially once you start factoring in iceberg orders, which I believe count as separate orders, the exact population gets obfuscated. Assuming volume stays constant, the difference between one 1000 lot trade and 100 10 lot trades or 1000 1 lot trades is a problem left to the reader...it could...

I feel like there is a semantic issue here. I don't understand how one can divorce timing from a strategy. Time is a factor in every trade. At this time in the market, these set of circumstances triggered my system. Your objective, factual trading signals come in the stream of time. Aren't we...

I am wondering then, how you define "timing the market." vs making a trade otherwise.

We're told that we have to be able to sit through a little bit of pain to profit, but is this just because our timing of the trade was simply off? If the initial direction of the trend is correct, but timing is off, there will be a slight negative drawdown before profiting. However, the...

What is the point where you would scratch the trade?

They seem purposefully obtuse at this point, possible just a troll.

The value of an option is directly tied to the movement of the underlying.

Why buy the underlying at 38 vs 38.5?

Is there support at one vs the other? is one of many possible reasons.

The crowd buys it for their own reasons. You have to have some speculative reason to buy anything. You've decided you want to buy an option. Why? What do you think the underlying will do? Or what do you think it might do?

Picking strike prices involves predicting the underlying. Start by navigating that.

Pick strikes based on your strategy. What's your strategy? The question is too general, thus all the bits and jokes. Might as well ask how to make money or buy low and sell high.

What is streaming analysis?

I think we can at least agree that the effect of young voter mobilization is non-zero. While you imply that it is negligible, what actually leads you to believe this beyond an anecdotal assumption? And would you strategize a campaign ignoring that? If you truly believe it is negligible, I...

Am interested in what was meant by allowing the economy to run hot?

The amount to risk should be tied to the frequency and degree of system-related drawdowns. No one is right 100% of the time, and too high of a risk would wipe you out with variance, even if your system exhibits long term profitability. Low risk enables you to survive moments of bad variance.

Would love to see some actual stats from either. No thoughts re: old people, but Facebook has mobilized voters in a large way this cycle, most fb users trending young and liberal.

Yes, you're saying what I meant. Hillary campaign can't get lazy, or else voters stay home. Even if Campaign A thinks they have it in the bag, they cannot let that be known. They must persist that the race is tight, otherwise the situation you have described will happen. Voters will stay at...

This is a much broader question than you realize. What is "long term?" What is "win?" Would coming out with a single dollar everyday be winning? Is it related to a percentage growth on your capital? How much of a drawdown is acceptable?