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It does seem to allow the ones I want in non-agressive mode but you always know when one is blocked. Also simply hitting control will bypass it. Hope it helps.

Just curious, what is wrong with tickdata.com?

The L/S is still up 200k since 2/12/01 but it continues to struggle the last 11 months. A profitable month though.

:D LOL. It's okay we have different opinions.

What if your clients sold the same number of puts as you would recommend them to buy of the underlying and sell calls against?

As others have said, covered calls have the same risk graph as a naked put. Yet selling puts is considered highly risky and cc's totally safe by brokers. imo brokers encourage covered calls because it protects them from the client and that is the only difference in the advice. The smart money...

A decent trading book nobody has ever heard of? That's easy, mine. :D TradingSystemDesign.com I've enjoyed the others here thus far also.

For those interested I've posted our actual daily fluctuations on my site since December 1st. The futures trading is currently in a drawdown but the options have performed decently in many different market environments. The option system is merely premium shorting. www.TradingSystemDesign.com...

While there are problems with it also there is the possibility of hedging with futures when that fateful day comes. It is what I do when the iv's rise too quickly. After 9/11 the spreads on atm options were 15 points, futures came in very handy at that time.

fx and greendog, I'm right there with you! Unless the 20 years of data becomes available they will drag me kicking and screaming to upgrade. :D

Nice Vhehn, perspective is everything.

Quite a bit, an acceptable PF and maxdd is essential to be successful. What about you?

I think you are correct, we're shorting junes and they are shrinking quickly. It would be interesting to see if the market flatlines for the summer.

I'm finding premium decay, particularly in the Julys, very small right now.

I agree, the 95% statement is clearly false. But selling options is still the smoothest equity curve I've ever seen.

Go back to ts6, let other beta test for you.

sp 500 future options and crude are highly liquid.

It has been some time but I recall going through every article on his site and all the code and could not get it to work. Perhaps that was my deficiency though.

I looked at the sites and it would be nice see some kind of report to evaluate the systems. Otherwise there might not be enough information to make a prudent decision.

...good post.