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It's funny. I guess in a round about way I am learning at least. I stood to blow out my full account in Jan, stand to blow out half my account in April, and one can only assume 25% in July. Lol. I have pretty bad luck market-wise even if i don't trade like an idiot. I first got in the market...

I'm an idiot and i need advice. I'm a fairly new options trader (about a year). I was making good money selling iron condors on the indexes, but in Jan I almost wiped out my account. I re-evaluated my strategy and started trading the VIX almost exclusively. I made back all my money and then...

I'm long june 10 calls. I'm not boasting about gains. I'm in the hole about $500 now. Bought 20 calls for .45 and 10 for .25. Looks nice (from 10am on lol)

Well, as I said, I do agree with you. I bid on June 10 calls AH, we'll see if I fill tomorrow. I'm just not too sure of a new guarantor stepping in right away, but that is what my bet is placed on. Hence not a large bet for me.

I kind of agree but do you think a company like Goldman would place a $236 million long shot bet? I think they would. They stand to make billions, stand to lose $236 mil. It's smart money but it's also a drop in the bucket on Q2's 8k if it goes under. I agree it's a good long shot bet, just...

i disagree only because this move is news based, i can only see slamming shorts when there is not crazy news.

Why is C up after hours? I don't understand. They're getting .90c on the dollar for awful loans. Sure it's nice to get rid of bad risk but don't people realize it's costing > billion$ ??? What am I missing? Seems like all crappy banks (C, WM, LEH) are desperately trying to pull shit to keep...

Should have added: I figure this is a good way to average down when in bear markets and a way to get better pricing in bull markets. I'm thinking long term here.

I really have no way of backtesting this, but hear me out. Say you can generate $1000 a month to invest regularly. Now lets say you buy 1 share of SPY on every down day in the market. At 3:55pm if the S&P is down, you buy 1 share. Sure some months you would not have enough negative days to...

What, did you all forget about our 400 point Tuesday rallies? lol. I actually wouldn't be surprised to see more green this week, as next week is bank numbers. Bulls might be taking next week off. I'm short the market so I can only hope.

I read somewhere they lost big on BSC. Somewhere around a billion. That could account for half their losses, but don't quote me on this

goldman cut financials today too. a lot got lost in the rally

Anyone comfortable enough to talk about real trades they plan on entering? Maybe without flaming everyone if you disagree? I entered a complex (at least for me) vix spread today. I'd be glad to message details if anyone is interested. I also got burned on my vix 27.5 calls today. I doubled up...

now i get it. that was pretty funny. good point though.

You just have to look a litte more.

An all or nothing is exactly what i want. Now i have to be very relaxed with my price limits so i'm sure to be filled. I use the "one triggers other" feature but i'm still not guaranteed to fill if market moves quick.

Just a quick question for TOS users. I want to enter two options spreads, but i want them to fill simultaneously. Is that what the blast feature is for? The way they described it in the flash demo it sounds like it just enters them simultaneously, but not necessarily fills them simultaneously...

I'm not trying to be rude here, but i have no idea what you're trying to say.

Last day of Q1 right? Maybe we give gains back tomorrow. ...just a theory.

doesn't it piss you off how many people have insider info.... look at the chart for the day. bastards. i don't have a position in leh, but if i did i'd be pissed.