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well I guess its not a crazy market after all, what was i thinking?! Markets go up and down! Sounds like you have this current market all figured out... bet you are making a ton with that clarity and comprehension of direction, pull backs and consolidations. Congrats

then why did you post this: adamm2 Registered: Dec 2009 Posts: 279 11-18-11 03:11 PM You are long spy options... I don't think the market's going to go up . that isn't a prediction??!!

brilliant

That's not bad advice. I keep hedging and cutting into profits. Better to take a directional play and stop out if it doesn't work. What is with all these gap openings every day!! Is that the way it's been the last few years. crazy.

What does the mean to you?! Do you know or are you speculating about it's meaning. He is older and maybe he wants to avoid gift tax and/or probate, or as some other estate planning reasons. Further how do you know that is a FACT. Did you read it in the newspaper, or hear about it on TV...

Maybe the market(s) you are trading do not fit you... have you ever considered trading options or equities, ETFs or other futures? I am constantly looking for the best fit to trade. Started with 3-4 stocks to trade options on, and then over a few months have found better 'vehicles' that fit...

ask the The Girl From Ipanema which way oil is heading... she might get it correct. do you see the problem with picking tops... with no reversal signal or topping pattern? Unless you have deep pockets like Jimmy Rogers, Richard Dennis or Soros et.al.! However I doubt you had an actual position

Appreciate the feedback. But what if it "rejects' the order due to mistake; no remedy for that. Asked IB rep and he no answer, other than that's just the way it is.

i have used them recently in addition to other charts. Do you subscribe or use free charts with ads. My problem with them is how to get a daily chart for just a week or two. Do you know how ? TY

Hope its higher but I have both calls and puts... more calls than puts so far. Was also short spy calls today; closed them - - - hope to be able to re-enter. This week is expiry action. Next week is the real market.

thank you... i recall that on Series 7 test, that I got an 89 on! I have also traded span/portfolio margin that wasn't my Q though; why when I tried to sell more 80c did the IB computer say that there was margin increase when the above-mentioned positions were part of a fly with new calls...

I hear that Wow, so many opportunities but to partake you gotta leave your ass exposed. So I take both sides, and swing in and out, discretionary. Making good calls, only feel the need to hedge and spread thereby getting caught when APPL goes up 45 points and I make only 8 points. Of course...

Thanks. Why do you believe we get repeated selling in last 45-1hour like today and/or late buying. No one wants to hold overnight positions (long or short as the case may be) with an equivocal market, and economic uncertainty ??! Is this really typical chop with VIX at these levels ? Is...

Maverick think I need to attend a few of your meetings.

wow, i guess my view should be that these crazy moves are opportunities. My inclination is to reduce risk, by spreading and hedging. Every fricking time I do that it seems that I reduce the impact of a move (meaning profits get cut short). Today I scale in to OIH Dec 135p thinking I may have...

thanks Are you with IB? Not happy about these continued margin issues; clearly margin is not correct. I see this repeatedly. Then, you call them and they say "tough luck!" In that scenario if I sell the 7750c then the -80c would be on the stock. If I sell more 80c then the ones opened...

Just too much anger in this Country. Casey Anthony gets acquitted by a jury of her peers who heard all the evidence and we have Death Wish VI with people wanting to blow her brains out without actually knowing if she really did kill her girl or was just neglectful, and an accident occurred...

when I check margin to close -80c the system says no $margin change occurs - -- which led me to believe system was treating it as covered and not paired with 8750 or 7750 or part of a Fly

thanks for any input as to whether I am missing something in the following scenario. Front month options +8750c -80c +7750c +shares of underlying equal to number of short 80c when I go to lift (sell) long 7750c broker's system says margin increases by $750, per contract; when...

i just want to understand... you're mad because the markets are not doing what you think they should do... at least not today. Of course they could do what you think... next week, but by then you'll be doing business in the Asian markets. I find that frustration is easy to generate in these...