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interesting link Kim posted on another thread about the XIV losses, thought us option traders should see this, https://steadyoptions.com/articles/the-incredible-winning-trade-in-svxy-r331/

https://www.investingdaily.com/41102/selling-options-lets-you-win-just-like-the-vegas-casinos-2-3

1. Shut out the noise and get focused. Avoid "Story stocks" and trade using current objective market trends and patterns. 2. Follow the leaders – traders who actually use their own strategies, and created their instruction based on real trading experience. 3. Learn first, trade second. Complete...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-07/how-two-tiny-volatility-products-helped-fuel-sudden-stock-slump

update on vol switch trade the signal had been short vol with caution, on Mon Jan 8, signal switched to long vol and we went to cash, selling 12 shares of XIV for $144.33 ea, total $1,731.96 signal is still long vol as of Fri Feb 2 account starting value, $502.90 jan, 2017

follow up to trades made, Jan 25, Thu, AAPL, BTO, feb/2, 175 call $2.44 AAPL, BTO, Feb/2, 180 call $1.16 plan to close these the day before e/r, e/r is Feb 1 max loss on these calls, trade went bad right from the start, looking at a trade set up I also follow, should not have put this trade...

some thughts for week 2 of FEB week 2 option expiry week is the "pit bull low" week gov funding thurs will be on the menu, check out predictit dot org watch the 10 yr rate, moving in on 3%??? traders almanac says fri low? mon low!, see how that goes

selloffs?...pull a weekly chart, look for red candles, apr, jun, aug, nov, all political related,

if you look at all the sell offs in the market over the last year, you see they are all related to some political event...ignore at your risk...may not like it, but it is waiting to sting...

SVXY, March seasonality is strong, checking the option tables, looks like some one may have made the following trade, Bull put credit spread, Apr/20, 120/125 put spread, $1.98 Cr, risk, $3.02, possible return, 66% there was also some volume in the following Apr/20 OTM call strikes, could have...

Jan 26, Fri, QQQ, Feb/9, 170 call entry, $1.57 closed the QQQ option for $2.49 $.92 gain, 59%

Kim, did you leave?

3 trades made today, Jan 25, Thu AAPL, BTO, feb/2, 175 call $2.44 AAPL, BTO, Feb/2, 180 call $1.16 plan to close these the day before e/r, e/r is Feb 1 QQQ, BTO, Feb/9, 170 call $1.57

January is proving that it can be a rough trading month, lots of option related movement and big player repositioning.

as they say in Southern Ohio and Texas, you got that right...lol

read your thread, approach is interesting, i want to go to a more simple, focused method going forward. Fewer underlyings, move away from individual stocks, use simple strategies, avoid repair methods, keep hedges simple. willing to exchange ideas....

thanks for the reply, I just want to really up my game this year, pressure helps.

spy guy, like your response, maybe we can swap some ideas if not do a challenge I prefer calls and puts and my front bench is SPY, SVXY, UVXY, VXX. I will also do some vertical spreads and sell some cash secured puts. Check out my journal here, trading in luxury, to see what I have been doing in...

who is the best options trader in this forum ? I want to enter a challenge with you to up my game.

vol switch trade signals used to switch mainly derived from the following, action of stock indexs, positive action, stay short vol junk and hiyield bond etfs, positve action, stay short vol contango/backwardation, ( structure, M1, M2}, contango, stay short vol Thinking being that as long as...