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    Conservative Options Trades

    MCD: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/mcdonalds-falls-short-warns-tough-year-19732582 http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/22/mcdonalds-2q-earnings/2574169/ http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MCD+Key+Statistics http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=MCD With MCD at...
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    Questions about credit spreads!!! Help me!

    It is a 'common belief' among option traders that option sellers, on average, do better than option buyers. They also believe that 'studies have shown this to be true'. Where did this belief come from? The book by Summa and Lubow is one of the early sources for that belief. The CBOE did a...
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    Questions about credit spreads!!! Help me!

    "Summa and Lubow present what they call a net selling approach to trading options. The authors persuasively make the case that option buyers (typically inexperienced traders) remain at the mercy of time-value decay, while option sellers have a built-in trading edge because they can profit from...
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    Questions about credit spreads!!! Help me!

    Best advice is: DON'T 90% of option traders lose money and wash out their account. Also 90% of what you read on this forum is pure insanity. Don't believe any of it. It is unlikely you will gain enough experience and judgment to be profitable before losing your shirt. If you really...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    TSLA: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/07/16/tesla-motors-3-numbers-to-watch.aspx http://www.cnbc.com/id/100890550?__source=yahoo%7Cfinance%7Cheadline%7Cheadline%7Cstory&par=yahoo&doc=100890550%7CTesla+shares+plunge+14+pe http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=TSLA Is it possible...
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    Questrade’s looking for your multi-leg ideas

    '...contribute something constructive or not bother posting at all' I'm sorry....should I have asked your permission to post here???? The tradition of this board is to discourage commercial posters who are trying to trump up business. But you wouldn't know that...
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    Questrade’s looking for your multi-leg ideas

    Your prices for options are too high. Your videos add nothing to the free material that is all over the internet. ...so, other than your own greed, why do you exist????
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    Conservative Options Trades

    BA: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-dreamliner-catches-fire-londons-231342973.html http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-bound-787-turns-back-after-technical-issue-2013-07-12?siteid=yhoof2 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-books-orders-67-more-190234303.html...
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    Options going into earnings

    http://www.theoptionsguide.com/buying-straddles-into-earnings.aspx There are literally hundreds of articles out there if you just ask GOOG.
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    Conservative Options Trades

    CCL: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-carnival-corp-ccl-045511662.html http://beta.fool.com/nmaithya/2013/07/05/carnival-corporations-recent-rebound-is-a-sucker-r/39256/?source=eogyholnk0000001 http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=CCL+Key+Statistics...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    BTU: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obamas-climate-plan-takes-aim-202540276.html http://www.watchlistnews.com/2013/06/17/peabody-energy-stock-rating-reaffirmed-by-zacks-btu/ http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=BTU&t=6m&l=off&z=l&q=l&c= With BTU at 15.03 Trade #1 Buy the Jan '14 15 put...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    ORCL: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracles-4q-earnings-line-revs-123002760.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-shares-fall-weak-4q-203646661.html http://www.thestreet.com/story/11958176/1/oracles-cloudy-future.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO...
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    IB Forced Liquidation on Defined Risk Options

    I also have had a account at IB for 10+ years trading futures and options. In all that time I have never had a problem of any sort. I have never been auto-liquidated. I don't think I have ever talked to customer service because I have never needed to. They are bare bones and cheap. To me...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    SFD: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/smithfield-shanghui-starboard-idUSL3N0ET0RU20130617?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews&rpc=43 http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/06/14/smithfield-profit-crashes-63-but-it-doesnt-really.aspx...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    GSK: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/health/experts-debate-plan-to-speed-antibiotic-development.html?_r=0 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fda-panel-positive-gsks-avandia-202002724.html http://seekingalpha.com/article/1472031-glaxosmithkline-value-growth-and-yield?source=yahoo...
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    Is option trading really profitable as a stand-alone trading practice?

    I believe the statistics are 90/10. i.e. 90 % of people who start out option trading as a primary activity lose money and wash out, 10% make a go of it. So it is possible, but highly unlikely that you will be able to make a profit trading options as a primary activity. I don't know if...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    HNZ: BRK and friends will close the acquisition of HNZ within the next day or so: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/heinz-buyout-close-week-143002169.html Acquisitions make for easy money if you know how to do it. It usually isn't worth just buying the stock but playing the options can be...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    RIO: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rio-tinto-downgraded-sell-170002267.html http://seekingalpha.com/article/1447781-mining-giants-face-reality-of-soft-global-demand?source=yahoo...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    TLT: http://finance.yahoo.com/video/buffett-bonds-terrible-investment-now-120200291.html http://www.bloomberg.com/video/gross-says-end-of-bond-rally-won-t-be-like-1994-lGoo5W0uTc~KLfV7H9gucw.html...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    BMY: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/business/melanoma-treatment-harnesses-immune-system-to-combat-cancer-cells.html?partner=yahoofinance&_r=0 http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=BMY+Key+Statistics http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/financial-statements?symbol=BMY...
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