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Time I begin a new series at around 60 days.As soon as quarantined funds are availableTradeoff of reduced return per unit time for lower risk of all spreads on one side of the underlying instrument price going on life support simultaneously with trendingMore roll opportunities to make up for...

For me, an IC is an artifact, not a trading unit. The spread is the trading unit, not its legs. I don't care how the broker accomplishes my goals as long as I get the spread credit I am seeking or better.

I hope that I have the risks managed effectively. What period of time caused those you referred to, to endure massive losses. The 60 day choice over the 30 day choice is due to a couple of concerns. First, the knee of the time decay curve is generally thought to occur around 45 days. Second...

I have been running ToS for nearly a year. Five months of paper trading and 6 months of money trading. I've had problems only twice. Once with a new release which they had to roll back. And once as my old computer was committing suicide. And I can choose my data speed. Therefore, I am...

I don't recall seeing a cost factor in THE equation. And I remind you, when the idea of nuclear fission generated electricity was first proposed, they said it would be so cheap that electric meters would not be necessary. There is a mighty gap between the lab and scaling up for production.

The same as is available from current reactors using nuclear fission. No surprise there. :confused:

I'm beginning to suspect PICNIC. (Problem In Chair, Not In Computer).

I used a data set including 2005 through 2009. My method of backtesting is more complicated than normal practices to avoid "curve fitting." More details as time permits.

I'll answer more thoroughly in a day or so. I'm taking a friend to surgery just now. Page 20 references the Pages of this thread for which there are hot links at the top and bottom of this page. Second, I think much of the confusion centers around the idea of an Iron Condor as a unit. In...

I trade about 20 credit spreads a month. The only time I have ever seen a miscalculation on the buying power is when I was near another spread I had on and it mistook the new spread as part of a butterfly. They adjusted my buying power and the trade was completed. I get exemplary customer...

February?

Those of us who are old enough will remember the promise that nuclear generation of electricity would be so cheap that we would not need meters.

And then there is the wealth of the people's entertainment. Originally limited to movie stars but now encompassing sports and TV.

I have much more faith in the American people than you apparently have.

So you don't know either.

I make my living trading index options credit spreads. Am I serious? As serious as a heart attack. If you have information for me to keep me out of trouble it would be a generous gift to provide it. By all means PM me.

Cute, but not responsive. What broker would you recommend?

21 JAN 2010 Expiration Report NDX Iron Condor 15 - Yield 63.8% 35 CALL 4.2% Expired 33 PUT 8.1% Rolled 48 PUT 7.6% Rolled 52 PUT 1.0% Closed - Error in entering spread 64 PUT 5.3% Rolled 70 PUT 5.9% Rolled 74 PUT 5.6%...

I forgot how much fun Chuck Norris stories are. Any you guys have added some creative twists. Good way to end the trading day.:)

Cute, but not responsive. What broker would you recommend? If using ToS is like putting a gun to my head, then that's a new definition for yielding an average of 10% per month with an average time in the market for each trade of 19 days.