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would you want to trade an index?? the SPY, DIA, QQQ, etc. are super liquid and do a ton of volume.

ryan, what research are you using that shows you a 100% of something happening within a certain time frame. I do believe that is not possible, 100% certainty, in the market.

if by high side you are referring to the higher strike price, then no. Because you will only be left with the lower strike calls, aka long those calls. If you legged out of the bottom and left your short calls in play and had to small of an account there is a likely chance your broker will not...

Look, I'm not saying that AAPL will grow at these levels forever, nor am I dismissing what the OP has stated in his post. But c'mon guys, I'm no perma-bull here or anything but why fight the trend? of course AAPL is going to pull back.. DUHH!! every stock and every index does eventually. you...

I would think a dip. Then again, I've been waiting for a dip in the overall market and we haven't gotten it..yet. It'll come if you're patient. there's always a dip. or always a top.

I'm not sure as I do not use IB but they are sophisticated enough where my assumption would be yes. All brokerage firms I'm aware of offer weeklies. Note: If you do not see them displayed it may be your options chain display settings. For instance mine by default only shows the monthly. I...

wow yeah. and it did some volume, so someone's on the hook for that one...OUCH!! would never take the risk on a stock like DMND to pocket that five cents. no logic to me

Correct. You can make another purchase with the unsettle funds, but cannot exit that position, until the first one has settled. You can avoid this by putting up double your position ($2000) and opening a margin account. This will allow you to enter and exit positions seamlessly without being...

DMND has earnings reports tomorrow, and as if the IV wasn't high enough already, They came out after the close today and announced that they were doing a shake up of the CEO and CFO, as well as restating their earnings for the last two years (i might be mistaken on the specifics). ANYWHO, the...

For instance, look at AAPL's chart today. Around 11:3- it bottomed, and rose all day long. I got in a little early but I picked up 3 Feb 460 weeklies for 11.90. I got into them a little early but was confident they would resume their uptrend. Eventually they did and closed at 16.65. I...

I've been waiting and waiting for a dip in apple to get long!! it hasn't come, but I keep assuming that it will come as soon as I get long :) haha Basically, what I've been doing instead of waiting for that dip is buying intraday, usually sometime around 10 or 11 because it seems as though...

are you just purely trading this? like is this an intra day sort of thing where you're looking to ride AAPL while cutting down on the cost to do it? IF so why not buy the Feb 460 call, it has a delta of 85 compared to the Mar 470 that only has a delta of 59. The Feb call is about 1800 bucks...

if it were me I would try by using the feb monthly options or the march ones, that way you can recover some premium if you're wrong. I mean that's just me but if you're using it purely as an options spec play then I guess it doesn't matter as much.

yes it would work like if it were stock. Assuming i read your post correct. If you had an order lets say to buy 1 aapl feb 400 call @1. GTC and the market crashed next tuesday and that feb contract fell to $1 then yes your order would go through, assuming it was a limited order held gtc...

not trying to be an a$$hole but goodluck with the salary part. There are tons of prop firms out there that will take you regardless of your accomplishments. Having a series 56/7 and some capital is all that it really needs. yes, bright, echo and the few others mentioned above are the best in...

Also a lot of times a company will have say (just for example) will have 1,000,000 "authorized" shares. OF that 1,000,000 shares there are often times issued and unissued shares, so just for example assume a half million of each, the issued shares go to the public for trading, which will...

oh ya i'm sure the IV is astronomical. There's your price hike (which you know of course since you pointed it out) but I guess about what you could expect on a stock like GRPN at the moment.

i think it's been mentioned enough on here. in fact I know it has. but a prop firm that doesn't require a license... well you know. just don't be surprised is all.

hahah. yeah they totally took me by surprise there. down 10%+ all night and morning..who'd a thought they'd be up?

again, quite dissapointing with apkt puts... Oh well. Taking Forex advice buying in the mid $26 range has made it a little easier to absorb. good strategy I think.