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It seems like everyone is gearing up for high volatility. That is why it won't happen. The most people lose when it goes sideways. Range bound through the end of the year, then January Effect.

I know the feeling, I also do a great job of selling lows. Please let us know when you give up that MNQ. All 'down-trends' get busted. They are all fake-outs. They are generated by short-sellers, Not long positions exiting the market.

I could easily lose $100K on trying to be a pro golfer.

People are scheduling tests, not showing up to the tests, then receiving positive test results?

TSLA is also spacex, also boring, also solar, also neurolink?

Zoom your chart out to get more reliable formations. Whether they are reversals or continuations, that neck-line is highly trade-able. I've been thinking that any TA on charts faster that 30 mins are all fakeouts. I've even been considering changing to 1 hr charts for day trades.

Adding to the number of total shares makes each share worth less. Pretty easy fundamental to understand. However it only adds fuel to the demand fire. Market makers having a field day raising the price as the line to purchase has snaked around the building. This can continue for a long or short...

What does it really mean for the issues leaving? They become less hedge-able with an index future? All three are down on the news, but why? What really changed for them?

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Long stock and Short Call = Synthetic Short Put. Is that really what you want?

The US government would not intervene, we have a conservative in office.

Federal reserve is in charge. Politicians all do the same thing

In your first example the call delta of .20 is called 20 Delta. It is like being long 20 shares of the underlying. Long one 20 delta call and short 20 shares gives you a delta neutral position. Long volatility.

I think people are buying TSLA because they cant buy SpaceX. When SpaceX goes public the value will move from one to the other.

I think the market is good at teaching you how to do something that doesn't work anymore.

you have a lot of work to do, please tell me you are paper trading for practice first

I still use them on the daily & weekly charts. Kinda like a road map for potential price moves. I think it is interesting to see the price react around the pivots. Like when the close lands right on tomorrows pivot.

Has anyone hedged their QQQ option volatility with this? Say you wanted only directional exposure with your options.

I think the name also has something to do with the trend it is in and/or the candle right next to it.

What is the volatility of the underlying for the time frame you trade? Find that out then put your stop 3x beyond that to keep your stop outside of the noise. Then make your 3x stop level less than 5% of your portfolio value. If you have a 12% stop and 5% profit, you would have to pick right...