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    " High " Implied Volatility and Buying Long Options .....

    optioncoach: What is your time frame for the expected move? 1. Most of the time ( depending on the timeframe of chart that the trigger for the entry occurs ) it is...... within a few days ( if the entry occurs on a Daily or 2 day chart .... where each candle on the chart represents 1 day and...
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    " High " Implied Volatility and Buying Long Options .....

    Hi 2rosy, I thought about just putting on a Bullcall ( debit spread ) , and then making sure that the strike that I " Sell " is within the expected price movement/range based on the month of the spread that I place ( 30 days till expiration, or whether its 45 days to expiration, etc. ) TorS...
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    " High " Implied Volatility and Buying Long Options .....

    I had a quick question please, regarding what to do when ..... you get a great setup to ( go long ) in this example, BUT , the Implied Volatility is high on the stock that we just got one of are top entries to go long on ...... how would we play this via Options ? I trade options off of the...
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    Currency ETFs .... EUO and YCS in particular .....

    I have never heard of these two ETFs until today They each have a " Short " attached to them , so would this basically be a way to go Short " the Stock " on the Euro or Yen , as a way to trade these currencies if you are Bearish on them ? Since Shorting a stock outright can be risky, as well...
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    ProShares UltraPro QQQ ...........

    I was wondering if someone could please shed some light , on what the ProShares UltraPro QQQ , as well as the ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ ETF's actually are, and the when and why behind a trader may want to look into trading them ? I found them under the " Major " ETF's via CNBC.com...
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    Help please, with two " Standard Deviation " questions ......

    Thanks to everyone for all of the input and replies I think the Light Bulb has finally gone off and clicked on my forementioned question :) I have attached a screenshot of the Options page on BIDU ( with boxes drawn around the 16% and 84% OTM strikes, as well as the corresponding Deltas with...
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    Help please, with two " Standard Deviation " questions ......

    Good Evening, I was reading up on Probabilities and Standard Deviation, Volatility, Implied Volatility, IV Rank , etc. for Options trading, and 2 statements that I came across, still have me a bit confused..... mainly on what is meant by them and how to calculate them out . The first one is...
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    anyone uses IB's us server to trade HK or SGX future?

    Hi jetq, Can you recommend a broker ( or two ) that allows for USA residents to trade the Asian Indexes .... HK and the SGX ? And what are the Symbols for these two ? Or are HK and SGX the futures symbols for each ? Thanks
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    Futures trading hours ( correct ) .....

    I've had some help with confirming the actual trading hours for the Future Indexes before, but a few different scenarios have come up, with each conflicting one another Here's what has me confused .... 1. I trade on the TorS platform , and at 3:00 p.m. cst. The Bell goes off and rings (...
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    Corn , Wheat and Soybean correct reading of PnL ......

    Just need someone to confirm my interpretation of calculating out the actual PnL ( Price changes ) in the forementioned Grains I have attached a screenshot , showing the Price changes on the various " Months " Which of the following , are the correct ways in calculating these " Moves " in...
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    NADEX's Bid x Ask , and how to interput it ......

    NADEX 50 at the bid and 50 at the ask ? I am just curious as to what the 50's represent exactly ? I imagine this is NADEX's way of showing the " MAX " amount of open interest for that particular BullCall spread ? I have Demoed trading the BullCall spreads on NADEX twice now, and always tried...
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    Regular Log Calls and Puts , opinions please .....

    Thank you for all of the replies and the advice/input Jones75 , could you please give an example of a " ER long straddle " Thank you With trading and buying the Weekly options ..... is there a big difference in the number of Volume and Open Interest in these vs the regular month options ? And...
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    Regular Log Calls and Puts , opinions please .....

    Good Evening, I want to get some other members feedback on the issue of Buying regular Calls and Puts ( mainly ATM ) I know that buying Options is said to be a losers " bet " and that the real money is made in Selling Options for Premium, but putting that aside, please induldge me for a sec...
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    Price change ( PnL ) for Wheat, Soybeans and Corn ....

    EPrado , Thank you again Great explanation I think I finally have grasped the way in which the Grains are quoted :) I really appreciate your help
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    Price change ( PnL ) for Wheat, Soybeans and Corn ....

    Hi EPrado , Thanks for your reply .... much appreciate it Just wanted to ask/run by one quick thing please, and that is..... to make sure that I am calculating out the correct PnL from the forementioned price changes on the Grains Wheat = -0.50 which is a loss of .005 cents ( -$25 ) ? And...
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    PnL plotted next to the Trading DOM

    Thank you for the replies I try not to focus on and base my entries, solely on a PnL dollar amount Just looking for a way to have a quick visual , to see the Price level that is associated with my max risk per trade " tolerance " level , and see if that Level coincides with a major support...
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    PnL plotted next to the Trading DOM

    I found the following application on another platform ( NT ) , and would love to have this implemented and coded for TorS , since it is the platform that I use for trading I think that it could really help , in giving us a visual in the sense that ..... Say we only want to risk $200 per trade...
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    Interest Rate " Price Change " help ....

    I have noticed that certain financial websites, have different ways in which they post the price changes for Bonds and T-Notes So I am trying to take all of these different ways that they can be written, and keep them in my notebook, so that I can quickly refer to it when I see these price...
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    Price change ( PnL ) for Wheat, Soybeans and Corn ....

    I was looking over CNBC.com website, looking at the quotes for the Futures , and saw that they list the PnL of the Grains in a different way, then other websites I have seen ( I have attached a screenshot ) If I am breaking it down correctly, for Soybeans for instance ..... it showed 970.75 as...
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    CurrentDayOHL with Average Daily Range for TorS ......

    Good Evening, I am wondering if the following Indicator is available for TorS ? Here is a brief breakdown of what I am looking for , within the Indicator And I have also attached a screenshot , showing the Lines on a chart ( from another trading platform ) CurrentDayOHL with Average Daily...
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