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He learnt he was too big in 2015 and yet one year later he is still too big. :vomit: Wonder how he paid that mortgage with a 40% drawdown.

Percentage of wins is the least important factor in determining profitability. TT pretty much says it everyday or every "study". High winning % means nothing. The classic selling of premiums to reduce cost basis sounds great. What if your core position is long since the markets have upward...

Ahh the dichotomy of tastytrading. 1st you were convinced that you could always adjust your positions, until vol blew up you were out of margin. You were lucky to survive, others not so much. 2nd you've now found TopDogs to be the grail. Does not seem to follow the mantra of number of...

Even tastytrade doesn't like a 50-60% drawdown. https://tastytrade.com/tt/shows/tasty-bites/episodes/drawdown-effect-08-14-2013

I think there is no answer, thus no answer is forthcoming. ;)

You beat me to it! I have a close friend doing the same, we talk every week or so. Goes great then he gets stuck with a bad position that becomes part of the core until he runs out of margin and has to sit on his hands until hopefully things work out. Goofy IMO.

34. In the summer of 2015, Hope caused the HDB Fund to realize its losses. This resulted in more than a $30 million decrease in the “capital account” of Investor A. Seems she may have rolled positions and the August 2015 period killed her. 54. By 2014, the Funds were trading heavily in options...

I thought Cottle was the original brains behind the TOS software?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/td-ameritrade-to-buy-thinkorswim-for-606-million Ellis said Thinkorswim, with about 94,000 clients and $2.9 billion in client assets, has clients who trade, on average, 450 times a year. He said that drives about 60% of Thinkorswim's revenue. "Each trade runs...

Tastyboys doubling down in their support of Karen, nobody else understands. https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/talkin-with-tom-and-tony

Perhaps the early family and friends investors were designed to reel in Mr. Big?

How do we actually know that she ever made money?

I suspect that most who apply the tasty way are drawn to the fact that options decay. So they think selling them and "waiting for the theta to come out" is the way to do things. For those who seek to be in the "insurance business" of selling options; In early 2009, the State Farm Florida...

I have no link/source. A friend related the story to me, he got it from a guy in the know at a golf outing. While a hefty fee, it does dovetail with trade small and be very active. I don't know if it's true, that's why I asked here.

I wonder if the story of TD paying a 5 figure fee for every funded account that came through TT is true. I wonder how many accounts were opened due to Karen's story?

Unfortunately, regarding the supertrader, you look like the crybaby. No response required or requested. Move on.

https://tastytrade.com/tt/blog/2016/6/3/tastytrade-statement

You've been a Karen disciple since the beginning and even now can't come to grips with the fact that other people were ahead of the curve on her performance. Just stick with your original assessment of her and keep on rolling out. Should work well.

She was first featured mid 2012 and by 2013 was under investigation. Interesting.

I think as this unravels we will find there was very little profit at any point in her story. New money paying old monies. The pressure to try and keep it going resulted in her being where she is right now, in a lot of hot water. Bbbbut she seemed so nice.