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it's obvious you don't understand how futures are priced first google a bit on theoretical pricing ...

Also you seem to be forgetting dividends

yes the topic of the thread was: is it easy ? those questions were easy, but a bit long (spot the difference ?), luckily it stopped you from opening an account with IB (by your own admission), it didn't stop me, so good they have those ... :D next time you try to be a wiseguy, try to be a...

So basically you are a moron, and IB is to blame for that ... :D

ym was earlier, not really sure but think something like 98 or 99

It isn't: you need both % return and abolute $ return ! one without the other means nothing ...

moron: you take ONE day and that proves a point ... ? ? ?

what are you going to use for volatility ? doesn't seem that easy to me ...

I doubt any such software does exist, options trade too infrequently to do such a thing.

why answer ? so you can start another thread tomorrow with the same stupid question ? ? ? ? ? :mad: :mad: :mad: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104167&perpage=6&pagenumber=1 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107684&perpage=6&pagenumber=1

I was doing my best to explain this was NOT true AT ALL if you are somewhat sophisticated about options.

[/B] you are using 1 min charts, when anekdoten specifically stated to not use them several times, how you missed this is beyond me

[/B] spend another week REREADING the thread it's obvious from the chart you missed the obvious

I see were you are going, but this nuance is lost on many retail-investors who are not too sophisticated about options: you can have high volatility without a really big directional move, so it's not quite the same ... if a stock just bounces around heavily for several days, you can make money...

You don't need to have an idea of direction to profitably trade volatility of options: you do it by delta-hedging NOT by buying straddles/strangles and waiting for a real big move

start reading the manual, it's really simple you don't seem to have a clue however ...

stop opening stupid threads, you have NO idea at all what you are talking about ... get a clue first and come back in six months or so

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104167&perpage=6&pagenumber=1 :confused: :confused: :confused: this thread does more than answer your question allready :(

1. Much more than you can handle 2. Much more than you will ever be able to trade

retire 45, I'm quite new to swing trading, gave it a try a few years ago , but that didn't seem to work out, I was probably doing things wrong. But I might be interested in giving it another try ... How do you define the 'right conditions', what is 'a great setup' ... Do you look at the...