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I´m finding that now I am watching stocks, that my indicators ( home made ) don´t work at all in stocks, like they do in an index. Must be because of the large number of stocks you are averaging, or whatever. Whereas the players with a stock, are all over the board. This should please Don...

Well I took my break and just got back on the computer with an hour to go before the close. I tried to re-enter that calendar in PCLN again. This time I clicked on the sell of the March end of month weekly, it seemed to give me correctly a sell in March and a buy in April. I changed it to...

Just calculated IHS, it dropped 5% on the opening. I have no idea how you can predict this stuff?

Just checked LULU and IHS I had marked as Earnings today. Nothing on LULU so maybe that is after the close. But IHS dropped considerable.

Thankyou Atticus. I´m taking a break mon!

AARRGH! Been back and forth with the TOS help desk. Seems I have to click on the sell side first, then calendar puts. Supposed to automatically do the equivalent in April. Been going back and forth with the help desk. Think I know how to do it, but sweating and getting scared. Going to...

Ran into trouble trying to enter my first calendar with TOS First time, it refused the order said it was UNDEFINED. Second time it gave me an April May when I wanted an April March. Didn´t FILL, so I was able to cancel it. The undefined I expect was because I thought I needed to...

My mistake ATTICUS. I went back to re-read your post and you did say PUTS. When I copied on scratch paper, I never mentioned it. My confusion. I apologize. Okay I´m going to do this one contract in CASH and see what happens. Never entered a Calendar before, see if TOS lays it out...

Whoops! Sorry old boy. Got my stuff mixed up. I meant the ???? Calendar. I checked the chart and I show things turning down a bit. So do I do the Calendar in PUTS? I would do so by choice, but perhaps I´m missing something here?

Whhhhaaaat! You still talking to me ATTICUS? (Grin!) Will look that PCLN LONG STRADDLE UP. I read up on your short gamma comment. Turns out it was dynamic hedging. I vaguely remember doing that with Don a short while back. Forget now what it was about. Kind of adjusting Delta´s...

Well popped in to just say good morning guys and girls. Wanted to see if the ruckus was still going? ( grin) It is! This is a small part of my social life, such as it is. :) I put three orders in this morning that have not yet been filled. One for QQQ, one for VZ and one for CL. My...

:) I guess forex forex has you testy. Don´t let him get to you. Calm down and count to 21 and then back again, breathing deeply. ( grin ) I´m feeling my way into this calendar spread and trying to reason it out. It´s getting interesting reading with calendar variations. I...

ATTICUS Question on the Calendar. I´m looking at QQQ 67 strike. Buy the May 67 Call, @ 1.77 Sell the March Quarterly @ ,67 cents IV ´s work out according to instructions. HOWEVER, I am wondering if one can just as well move ITM and do the calendar on a strike like 63, further...

It is early evening here, had an afternoon nap. Just going through my Blue Chip pattern trading results on the winners. It did n´t turn out so good in analysis. Best case scenarios for exit with profit are below. BAC made net loss figuring in commissions and spread COF was the best of...

Well I will be 75 in a few months. This is my year. "To help with the thought process. Take a $50 stock, with a historical vol of 30. $50 x 30= $15 each way over the period of a year, right? So, if you divide by the square root of that time frame ( 1year ) which is about 19. So each day makes...

Don Margin, No! I never figured it out. If your secured as in a credit spread, it´s $500 bucks margin from your account for each contract if the credit spread is one strike apart. $100 per whatever tick? Don´t know what you call it. I do believe one time a year ago, I was informed I...

Atticus Right long volatility and short theta. Or some Greek or other :mad: Okay, I´ll take your word for it. Straddles are out. I had kind of thought of STRANGLES. I like ITM $4 premiums. You get a fast move in the price that way, and take off a .70 cents profit or so, each time...

Don Your a nice man. You have been kind and generous with your TIME, ADVICE and knowledge. I see on the internet you offer training commercially. I do appreciate these freebies you have been handing out here. Having done a lot of teaching in various trades myself, as Atticus just...

Don I appreciate your help and focus on SELLING options. I imagine you are trading with a million bucks or over? This allows you the freedom to SELL as you wish. With a $7000 account right now or so. I don´t have that freedom you have. SELLING NAKED is unlimited RISK. Hardly...

Okaaay! I confused myself a bit here, as I apparently did not make enough notes to jog my memory. Running too many ideas at one time. Not being familiar with trading options on stocks, I sort of wanted to try it first. So paper trading follows from a short list taken from the Blue...