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    The first step [for the pros only]

    I've been using Livevolpro for over a year. its very good for analyzing skew amongst other things. yet you need to have been trading a while before it becomes practical for you to use- its $100@month. if someone is new to trading and is barely scraping by, they're not going to have the money for it
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    The first step [for the pros only]

    nope. they have given multiple presentations in a trading community I belong to, and open interests distribution hasn't rated even a "minutes time" compared to the over 15 minutes they spent on the charts using multiple forms of TA. and yet the TA was only one of many factors in their...
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    The first step [for the pros only]

    3 of the more profitable options traders I know of :one has 100 million under management and one trades $500,000 in his individual account both use technical analysis alot. its not everything but it certainly has utility
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    The first step [for the pros only]

    that's one way. quite a few people will also get also ex marketmakers to coach them. I can suggest two and no I don't get any financial incentives to do so. contact me at jimr_77024@yahoo.com1234 if you want(note the munged address). put "deltahedge" in the subject line
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    The first step [for the pros only]

    Every one in this forum,whether they know it or not, trades the level IV especially if they are a nondirectional trader(read:sideways markets)using calendars, flies, or IC's your comments imply you have been primarily a d-i-r-e-c-t-i-o-n-a-l trader so i.e you trade based on whether you...
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    Prop Trading firm for equity options

    KIngofshorts what do you know about Tibra and Optiver that makes you "recommend" them? you used to work as a trader with them?
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    Question for Institutional Market Makers

    re:"Before we get into the whole "how long and how much" thing, you gotta realize that there are two separate types of MMs - there are automated market maker and institutional market makers. The differences between these two models are huge and, for practical purposes, these are different...
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    help? for people researching options training

    Atticus you sure have a "chip on your shoulder" about marketmakers/ex marketmakers and iron Condors, nevermind Sheridan Obviously you decided you couldn't learn anything from them. others over the years strongly disagree with you. some of those include individuals who have been...
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    help? for people researching options training

    Swag I already have an edge compared....... to beginners. whether you do or not, I don't know. what I do recognize is that you are a "know it all" who clearly thinks there is only one way to educate. while I don't mentor people, I do advocate it because I had one. if you don't like that...
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    help? for people researching options training

    Maverick74 respectfully YOU don't have to like the choice of mentoring. and YOU don't have to like that others offer it or or that it didn't meet YOUR criteria . yet discouraging other individuals from looking into it or doing thorough due diligence into the training(beyond what might be...
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    help? for people researching options training

    meeting Dan doesn't mean you know him-it just means you met him. while you are may not be here "to damage his reputation, it also means you really can't speak credibly about the course-only his sales pitch. yes there are plenty of books written on option trades, and not just the iron...
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    help? for people researching options training

    in another thread, an individual posted an inquiry seeking comments, info about certain option education programs. I replied and because of the "noise" and posted by certain other individuals, suggested that the individual contact me by private email regarding the training source(I completed...
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    Options education question

    forexforex and exactly how have you helped the poster with his inquiry? (you've had to look up what an certain trade is on wikipedia. and your "research" was limited to reading an Internet ad from the option training organization). you and BWolinski must be drinking buddies
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    Options education question

    yes I'm familiar with Dan Sheridan's program. as there are individuals in this thread that clearly are prejudiced against mentoring( or know much less than they claim about options trading), just contact me privately. and be advised that the returns you seek are very aggressive and not very real...
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    Best firm for options order execution?

    Jeb your criteria,evidently, for best firm for options order execution is the one that has the most choices for option routing. yet that doesn't mean they actually execute the best. although this does get start to get off topic,when IB can offer similar analytics and do multi leg orders...
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    Best firm for options order execution?

    re:"Interactive Brokers is the obvious choice for serious options traders. IB sents options orders to 8 different exchanges." IB only has some advantages - their analytics and ability to do multi leg orders is only fair at best. to say they are the obvious choice considering all the other...
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    Gold- What say you?

    I think that if you have to even post to an options forum and ask the question that you don't know enough yet about how options are really priced to determine when when they are "undervalued", "evenly valued", or over priced NEVERMIND that you are asking for yet another person study what/how...
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    My option trades

    lucky for you BBY gapped down to $25 . and from your posting you evidently think that one trade makes you some kind of trading "wizard" I'll give you a well deserved congratulations when you get interviewed by Expiring Monthly, or some other Industry Publication.
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    My option trades

    if you paid 1.27 for Dec 28 put (with a B /A of 1.10/1.14 EOD)_ the day before an earnings release, then you way overpaid on IV spiking the day before the release. and those options expire in 4 days. if you by chance sold them, then you better hope for your sake that BBY has some really good...
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