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so u say the majority who ACTUALLY WORK need to be conservative with their spending, because others are robbing them [legally] of their buying power. is that what u are trying to say?

thanx for the advice. sounds like a very sensible way to approach trading. any good books on the matter? I heard that Pairs Trading by Ganapathy Vidyamurthy is a good read. Any other good books for market neutral trading strategies?

i guess what he means is that we shouldn't put a a limit where profits are concerned. The amount is dictated by the liquidity in the market at that very moment. i dont think you can infer the same idea for losses. These should be thought of beforehand and controlled with stops or whatever...

imho market rallies tomm before going any lower.

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I want to ask a specific question: is it possible to pairs trade ONLY long positions on both call and put options? That is, purchasing calls and puts on a underlying index and profiting from discrepancies or mispricing between different market makers? I know it can be done if you...

ok. I understand. What would you recommend a novice to pick: a particular STOCK or a FUTURE of a certain index? I know that its a very subjective question, but IYO what would you recommend I start with?

I was just quoting Steve's words.

According to you then, what would you recommend a novice to do in order to start "learning the game"?

A quick bio of my current situation: Im a 23 year old student in spain currently finishing my degree in marketing management. I am really interested in the markets and follow the main futures, stocks and warrants in spain. My goal is to [eventually] be able to trade effectively and...

http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/41148 I would like your thoughts on this guy's views on the recent sell-offs.

I am not looking to collect premium for writing options / warrants. I basically am aiming for a method where I profit from intraday swings in a index price by going long both on call and put warrants. Maybe, the fact that investment banks are the market makers who write the warrants -...

Kindly explain what you mean by little interest. Thanx. Chirag

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Are warrants a better/worse choice than regular options? I ask because I dont have the margin requirements nor capital to establish good option trading strategies. So i buy long put and call warrants and trade with the trend. My problem is as follows: say I buy OTM call warrants with...

TheDudeOfLife, nice post.

I dont plan on trading intraday, unless there is some huge movement or something. You reckon then that I loosen up my stop losses then? How does one base the stop loss - solely on total risk per trade?

By the way, i will be trading a major stock index like you pointed out above. Could you please tell me what is VIX, and how it helps to gather info on historic premium / volatility pricing?

Thankyou makloda. So the only potential downfalls are a drop in the vega premium as well as loss due to theta as time approaches expiry. My current doubt is: suppose I get into a straddle, and index moves considerably in one direction. Either the calls or the puts will be stopped out...

44 views and yet no answer. could someone give me a hand over here? thanx.