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If your margin account will be larger than $25K, than there is no worry about PDT. Since you have $50K available, no problemo. BTW Margin account is (from my point of view) better than cash account. You can trade like you have cash account, no one will force you to use leverage - only your own...

P&L speaks for itself, yeah... Should we post more long term P&Ls ?

I am making a living :cool: I am serious now... Of course volume, volatility and usual price action of everything have changed. But there is always lot of opportunities and we have to be able to adapt, to improve. Maybe I feel it wrong, but why are you so pesimistic? :D

TOS -> Setup -> General -> Display -> Volatility calculation mode -> Fixed volatility per expiration date Based on how exactly do you trade, this can make your greeks calculations in TOS more usable (if you will use it ever again). I think that default setting is "Individual Implied...

:) Because close to the money? :cool: My numbers show, that selling ITM verticals is much more profitable than OTM... why? Because all amateurs are selling OTMs, because they don't know how to correctly calculate win% and RRR with options, so they just play with high win%, they have their "hope...

Why do you believe? Do you have proves?

Heh, I have worked so hard in my beginnings (going over day charts) that I even had carpal tunnel syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpal_tunnel_syndrome) and effectivity of such approach was questionable... Better to study statistics and quantitave strategies, working with Excel or R or...

Send me PM with you email... I have made some of my equities public, so you should search thru all my posts and think about my trading approach. If we will make serious large enough bet or deal, I will even provide statements from broker :cool:

Yeah, I can definitely take it :D If market will stay like it is now for next 10 years, I will become from millionare to quadrillionare. :cool:

I have TOS open every (working) day. I see greeks calculations work as usual. Maybe local problem on your computer?

Thank you for your savings in future :-)

:D How much money (percentage of account) do you have in margins selling those OTM naked puts? Single trade wiped it all out and more? 20% of account? Seems like you are gambling little bit. Anyway selling puts is OK strategy, but it is important keep risk under control. How do you manage your...

Actually selling puts is (usually) statisticaly OK. But still it seems to me like you need more statistical and mechanical approach than "I better buys some nasdaq since it's up only 50 points..." :) How much money you have made from start of the year with pair trading only? Answer in % will...

Very well written. Maybe we can highlight word LIKELY in your post. One of my friends has presented system based on FAS/FAZ and was explaining that this is working because of time decay of leveraged ETFs. I have done some pretty crazy simulations and tests which proved, that his sytem, though...

a) BNO-FXI - hmmm, I have never had this pair in my screening as a good one. b) "Are there big market players at these extremes and s/r levels effecting price or is it just bullshit random price oscillations" - who knows, maybe both together :) c) "will traders effect the price of brent crude...

"How do YOU come up with trading ideas?" Lurking on forums, watching markets, live trading, improving existing strategies, statistical research of everything possible and unusal approach to everything. What have I discovered and what is working? 1. I am not trading most liquid futures...

Color of your Tesla? Definitely pink with light blue dots :D:D:D EDIT: Damn, just now I see picture you have posted - pink again!

Hehe, seems like you are another gambler, not serious trader focusing on large capital. Anyway I can be wrong, who knows :cool: I am just saying what is best for long term success and surplus of money from my experience.

Ufff, you have 1,003 posts and beginner? Maybe you should stop posting and rather try to make some money so you can afford market data subscriptions :)

Those strikes are just not listed by exchange. If there is no car, you can not trade any car... If you are not happy with it, you should find something else to trade :)