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    Long regular Option trade and your Breakeven point ?

    Don't know why I still don't know the answer to this question, but what is the Breakeven point on a regular Long Call option trade ? If we buy a ATM option and the Option costs us $2 and also, the spread between the bid x ask is .35 cents So is the Breakeven $2 Or Is it $2.35 ? Thanks for the...
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    Placing 2 ( near 100% ) Un-Correlated tades at same ime .....

    Something came to me yesterday, and wanted to get other traders input on. Say we get a Long Entry on EUR/USD What if we also put on a Short trade on a piar that was as UN-CORRELTED from EUR/USD as possible ? My thinking is ...... if we get a fantastic entry to go say Long on a pair, then...
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    Futures Market trading " pre-Market " on CNBC .....

    Thank you Gruber This is the kind of information I was looking for. I appreciate you posting the link
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    The MAJOR Bonds/T-Notes ( Futures ) ........

    Good Morning, I'm wanting to post on here, a few different Price Movements from the 4 majors ( 30,10,5 and 2 year ) If other traders could please chime in and help me out with the correct Pnl , as well as how much each one's " Change " is worth, in real dollars for the 30 Year, I show a move...
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    Futures Market trading " pre-Market " on CNBC .....

    Just looking for some clarification on what it means when we hear that the Futures Markets ( Dow, S&P, NASDAQ, etc. ) are up 200 points ..... at 7:30 cst. ? Who is trading at this time, to make the Dow be up by 200 points , before the market has even opened ? Are these regular traders like...
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    Same PnL on all the Major Finacials ......

    Good Evening, I want to post the same Pnl " Move " , and associate it with the Four major Financials , and ask for help in giving the Actual Pnl ( in $ terms ) for each. The PnL " Move " we will use for all of the Four Financial is ... 0.05 So what would this be in $ terms for...
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    When SPY Sells off 5% in Two Days

    cdcaveman , good recommendation I'm going to pull up the recommended Credit spread this weekend and see and do TorS Thinkback and see what the Credit spread would have looked like on Tuesday .... all the way up until the close today ( Friday ) Then again, if someone was in a Bear Call spread...
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    When SPY Sells off 5% in Two Days

    Anyone know what Deviation levels the SPY/SPX hit over these last few days during this huge drop / selloff ? Just wondering for Selling Credit spreads, if selling at strikes that were 3 SD OTM would still have you " Safe" in your position Thanks much
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    Interpreting BOND/T-Note Quotes from 3 Different Sites

    websites. I have posted questions in the past, relating to Bonds and the calculations on how to figure out what my PnL is on a trade. What I am needing help with currently, is to take the Four main Financials ( Bonds and T-notes ) .... ZB, ZN, ZT and ZF I need help in writing the same Quote...
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    Hang Seng Index , CAC-40,DAX, FTSE ..... Where to trade ?

    I have heard the Interactive Broker has virtually every Market available to trade that there is I'm leaning towards opening an account with them I also really like Amp , the only hang up , is that ( as of this year ) have stopped any new members/accounts from being able to use NinjaTrader ...
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    Hang Seng Index , CAC-40,DAX, FTSE ..... Where to trade ?

    Good Afternoon, Wondering if someone can recommend any Brokerages that they know of, That offer all of the following Indexes ? I think that Interactive Broker , offers most of them but curious if there are other Brokerages out there that also offer them NinjaTrader offers the Nikkei, DAX , CAC...
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    Wedge " pattern development " and explanation .....

    Here is the question that the programmer put to me, and asked me to define..... " We'll certainly need something tractable to build out your wedge algorithm. I.E. How is the wedge determined? Is there something mathematical that we can use? Can you describe why something is a wedge and other...
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    Know where to find charts of .......FGBL, FGBM, FGBS ??

    lexia , Thank you for the Link Much appreciated
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    Know where to find charts of .......FGBL, FGBM, FGBS ??

    Good Morning, Can someone enlighten me please, on where I can find charts for the forementioned European Financials ( FGBL, FGBM, FGBS ) I use FINVIZ.com at the close of every day , to do some of my chart analysis , and unfortunately they don't have these three products ( they do have charts...
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    Married Put strategy with a " Twist " .....

    I was reading through a few articles regarding the topic of using Options to trade " Directionally " . In doing some research, I came across the following post and wanted to get other Traders thoughts and opinions on the aftermentioned strategy . Here is the Post ...... " Have you heard of...
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    Regular Log Calls and Puts , opinions please .....

    stepandfetchit , I really appreciate your reply and contribution to this thread Wanted to ask a few more questions in relation to what you wrote . 1. I like the 40 - 120 day range as well Usually ( of course not always ) , but when I get certain setups, the move I'm expecting happens almost...
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    When to Place Option orders ( When the Market is Closed ) ....

    Is there any drawback to putting in an order when the Market is cosed ( at night and or pre-market ) , as long as you place a Limit Order as well as a Stop order ..... Both at the sametime that you place the trade ? And I assume that the order won't get filled during these hours, as the market...
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    Ratio Back " CallSpread " ... Just a few questions

    Adding on to the Backspread strategy as a whole ..... If we use the tools that are provided through TorS trading platform ( other platforms may have these features as well )..... Then if we look to put on a Backspread trade, with at minimum ..... 45 - 60 days till expiration , we can look at...
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    Ratio Back " CallSpread " ... Just a few questions

    Robert, I appreciate your contribution to the thread and for your reply Yeah, I can see what you mean about doing these Backspreads , when I am Bearish on a stock vs Bullish ..... as a stock tends to always fall faster and harder in one fail swoop , as it does when it goes upwards in price. I...
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    Ratio Back " CallSpread " ... Just a few questions

    I was reading n article written on trading Ratio Back CallSpreads , and it mentioned only doing them when you are expecting a BIG Move to happen in the stock. In reading the article and taking notes.... I still want to get clarification on a few things and make sure I am understanding...
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