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get a trend following indicator (ema's for example) and an oscillator (stochastics) for example

a conservative approach is taking options 3 months out because closer get theta working way harder against you ... the wise thing to do would not to have options just before important news reports because implied vol can suddenly drop a lot after the event ... however that's not always possible...

get in contact with some other traders throught email and chat. Also get spotify, it helps to relax during the trading day with some good music in the background.

Write down your rules of trading untill it's a real algo (probably not computable but nevertheless). I myself trade gold and trade it differently in the European morning compard to the start of the noon-session going into the American session. I have well over 17 different setups and hard rules...

don't trade anything below the 15M timeframe. I learned that the hard way ... wasted tons of years on the 5M

suicide doesn't always need a reason. It can just be the chemicals in your brain that are off.

options as a strategic investment Mc Millan Mc Millan on options option volatility and pricing Sheldon Natenberg come to mind

better buy yourself some decent option books then or you won't know what hit you ...

ok, thanks for the info

what timeframe do you trade off ?

that's only going to happen in your dreams ...

you 'believe' this is doable ... wake up, this is 2019, all easy arbs are being done in a nanosecond by electronic eyes, no such thing as a free lunch

the dividend of sp500 is calculated into the emini (or micro) contract so you won't miss out on that.

you really should buy a basic book on options since this is really basic the way you put it's it's not understandable: if you are both short the call and short the put you have to add the short positive call delta (so a negative) and short the minus put delta (so both times a negative make a...

it's just index options that might be cash settled, at least if they are not options on index-futures or index-ETF's.

besides the intrest change there also were other things at play like the trade war between China and USA. That last one didn't help ...

The fact that he uses technical analysis was never a secret: just read market wizards and you know he is big into Elliot Wave.

Took another 15 points to the downside. I am not going to continue this journal: it's taking a bit of my concentration that I need for trading and I am satisfied with my system.

out +30

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