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finding individual stocks like defensive ones that won't get killed when the rest of the market does probably exist, however you are at the risk of that individual stock getting bought out or some bad news. Guess thats why you won't a whole bunch of em to offset that risk, an ETF would be your...

I don't think you will find what your looking for as there aren't any ETFs that are priced low with options that are liquid which also contain uncorrelated stocks within it. You would be better off reducing your criteria to an ETF with liquid options thats from a sector that is less volatile...

Yamana suits the criteria. very tight spreads with a 1-3c spread, high volume with lots of liquidity and a great range. Also works well for margin being in it's teens.

Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Do what most do and call it a loan with a set interest % you will pay them, make it better than the bank rate but not to big and guarantee they will get their capital back plus whatever interest they would've made if put in a bank account. That way no one gets upset and everyone wins.

What I like most about this thread is the diversity of opinions, which is what in itself answers the OPs question... society is very judgemental so if you define yourself by the opinions of others you will be one confused individual. A few facts: I have been trading successfully out of an...

I did it in 2. Why do you think it will take you so long?

its been rangebound for the last 2 years and will most probably stay that way. Go long at 12s and short at 13s

Its a heavilly daytraded stock with lots of shares

Glad to see such enthusiasm on this thread. However, it should not be caled 'most liveable'. Having lived in Melbourne most of my life and now living in Vancouver it puzzles me how Vancouver keeps getting rated so high every year. I could discuss at length why it doesn't belong on the list but...

Looking for good reasons as to why I'd be better off shorting straddles whilst hedging with the ES as opposed to trading ICs outright?

Theres more to it. I bumped into him again, seems he uses the one account to go both long and short on the same stock as well as writing options. Says the margin gets flattened by the opposing positions.

ammo, thats pretty close. Sounds like you know the guy Im talking about. PM me if you do.

Relax ghost.. insecurity is so passe

He was a lon term investor for 20 years which didn't serve him well, hes only been doing it for 3 years, so am sure his luck will run out soon :) I don't know much about scalping but he seems to be good at what he does, so maybe there are traders out there that are capable.

Thought the same thing but hey if it works for him then I won't knock him. I don't know about the margining but Im guessing it works to his favor.

He does run too accs, one for longs and other for shorts. So what he does is scalp for pennies as the sp fluctuates up and down, he writes his calls and puts and also scalps them. So he is essentially day trading one stock by taking lots of small profits allday, if there is a big move on either...

Why no takers?

Im not a day trader but this piqued my interest. I came across a guy who scalps one stock both long and short at the same time (obviously 2 accounts are involved) allday long, he also writes options OTM on both sides to apparently hedge his positions. He makes money but doesn't seem to use...

Have tried making contact through the open forum and will continue to do so via email, thanks for the support. Starting to think it might be something from my end if others are'nt experiencing any problems.