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    Have you bought an OTM option for the home run?

    put about 5k in amzn calls before earnings in 2015 sold them for about 25k the next day took half of the 25k and put it on goog calls the following october and made around 65k, i was only 23 when this happened so i was quite happy to say the least. Lost mabye 15-20k trying to do this over the...
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    2 Year Note Prices 8 decimal places

    Wow that's sucks, I would have thought they were gona go the other way.
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    illiquid stocks and growing pains

    the more profitable trades work quickly, after 2-3 days the chance of the trade working out is less than 40%
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    illiquid stocks and growing pains

    pretty much, its more of a art then science
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    illiquid stocks and growing pains

    Hi Jtunner, 1. I am focusing on the same stocks as i was before and trying to break into higher priced stocks. Looking back i think 2m would be pushing it, but I am exploring other options. When I first started i thought 100k would be the max. The issue is that in the tsx and tsx venture a...
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    Transition to full time trader quitting school and work

    Good point having a second income stream seems to take the pressure off a bit.
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    illiquid stocks and growing pains

    Unfortunately I have become a specialist in these stocks and cannot transfer what I have learned to other products. But I am still convinced there is a much larger edge here which is why I would rather my strategy go deep rather than wide.
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    Transition to full time trader quitting school and work

    On the good days you feel unstoppable and on the bad the days you question yourself if your doing the right thing and if trading is really for you. Its the change from highs to lows that kill me.
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    Transition to full time trader quitting school and work

    I still keep a part time job, helps my trading alot
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    illiquid stocks and growing pains

    I also forgot to mention that these are completely not marginable so you are always trading a cash account
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    Transition to full time trader quitting school and work

    Hey guys, Almost been 1 year since i last posted in this. I closed 2017 +35% and got a additional good chunk of cash to trade with. Unfortunately I am off to a not so great start in 2018. January was by far my best month of all time and February was my worst lol, April and May have just...
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    illiquid stocks and growing pains

    Hey guys, I have been trading illiquid stocks listed on the tsx and tsx-v (stocks under 1$ less than 200k volume a day) for about 5-6 years with fairly good success. But as my account grows I have been facing many challenges. I cannot increase my position size since there is no liquidity so...
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    Anyone ever listen to Trading Stories Podcast with Brandon Clay?

    chat with traders is the best podcast for trading, Aaron is cool kid too
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    Anyone in Montreal/Laval

    Yea that's what I've been told too. Jitney was probably the best option. I don't know if there's already a existing group in MTL but that would be great.
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    Anyone in Montreal/Laval

    the group at the jitney office is out since Christmas
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    Anyone in Montreal/Laval

    I Wanted to know if there is a group of traders that share office space here maybe 4-5 guys because I am losing my mind home alone. Or even if there's a group of traders that meet up once every so often here and work together.
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    Anyone in Montreal/Laval

    Have you traded with them deal maker?
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    Anyone in Montreal/Laval

    Anyone in Montreal/Laval Does anyone know of a physical office or trading group here?
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    Anyone trading with MGB Trading?

    yea last week sadly, I don't think Montreal has a big trading community most people went to Toronto
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    Anyone trading with MGB Trading?

    would like to know as well im in MTL too, sadly Jitney trade just closed that trading floor they had last week, they seemed to be the only reputable guys around
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