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    bad trading habits list

    did a good research and prepared the trade, then suddenly abandoned it, swictched to a trade I do not have a good thought on it. today I am planning to buy JoY 65 call in the moring, when saw it shoots away from me, I suddenly abandoned my plan to buy it, switched to buy AAPL 605 call. kind...
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    Any plays on earnings - 10/29/12

    I hate play earning card. normally I will play after the earning out. only rare case, if there is confirmed setup lined up with the earning, I may try directional gap down/up bet. most time try to guess and hope does not work, and waste of time. I am buying some LVS 47.5 calls for the...
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    Binary options...better than 50/50 chance ?

    read the stuff. but not a good stuff. too academic. stupid people make simple things complicated, smart guys make complicated things simple made some on this kind of option? any good strtaegety?
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    anyone in penny stock HUSA

    loaded 10k, look at it as option. but the good part is there is no expiration in the near term.
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    Binary options...better than 50/50 chance ?

    what is binary option? kind of curious to know. example, please
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    Thanks for having me. Could use some advice.

    everyone knows those simple math. math does not mean anything here. count before hatching is stupid 1=1 1+3=4=2*2 1+3+5=9=3*3 1+3+5+7=16=4*4 ....... I used this formula to trade
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    Thanks for having me. Could use some advice.

    take out of 10% of account value for each try. for example start at $100, double it into $200 then put $200 into another trade, double it into $400 then put $400 into another trade, double it into $800 .... within less than 20trades, you will be millionaire. think all trades as "who...
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    Unexpected market closure and options?

    the market closure will not affect OPtion at all. the price is decided by the moment's supply and demand, primum/time decay just can be ignored. the price on last friday doe not consider the SANDY and closure. that is the beauty of the market. becuase of this unfactored in thing, someone...
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    80 % fail at trend trading

    people buy life insurance. the reason is not because of its probaility. based on statistics, people aveage live at 70~80 (high probability), a yound guys at 20, or a baby just born, it almost does not make sense to buy life insurance. the reason is the impact of death is huge or the loss...
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    80 % fail at trend trading

    most people do not know what a trend is most people do not know to identify a trend: the trend start, various consolidation/pullback phases, late stages, trend ending plus they do not know how to ride a trend trend does exist, but as efficient as it becomes, trend becomes fewer and...
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    I have 200k in my IRA, would like to trade it

    do not trade it, invest the money in those sound business.
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    Tough, caught in losing trend

    in my eye, AAPL option is the best. to avoid loss further more, stop trading totally. stop trading any symbol. in reality any symbol produces similar volatility. not the symbol problem, it is the market behavior pattern. AAPL option actually can be easily traded, but most time you need...
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    on the money option

    thanks god, my calls are not exercised. logically there is no sense to do that. if end up in the money, definitley they will exercise. hate to have the real stocks. I have bad experience with leaving ITM in experiation, I bought too much, IB warned me about my option trading privilege, that is...
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    Transaction costs (commission)

    that is cheap. I am with IB, I trade options as my major activity. 5000lot just $47.49, cheap, very cheap! IB has cancellantion fee, 100lot round trip in most case cost 100bucks~300bucks!
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    on the money option

    experts, today I have options expired on the money. the symbol is S. I bought 200lots of puts 5.5 at 0.01 Thursday, and I bought 200lots of calls 5.5 at 0.02 Thursday. I thought eitherway goes 0.1, I can make something. the market first jumped, wait for 0.1 jump and sell my calls, then...
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    AAPL trading and AMZN

    AMZN earning pattern is true. whether bad earning or good, it almost each time did that. drop, then bounce back and higher. the streets are not playing earning, they just play the pattern. AAPL is in down trend. any pop on this dog is a sell. at this moment, it may wiggle around 650~580 a...
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    AAPL: Buying the Dips!

    option in this case is not suitable. either way you will lose. AAPL is in downtrend early stage. plus tomorrow GDP data. I used low ball to buy, my limit order for AAPL at 531, way too low. my NQ limit order at 2603 almost get filled. bought it at 2623.5. made a quick 20points gain...
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    Anyone Betting on Facebook?

    the first time it jumps, sell, still long-tern down trend. I bought 25/24.5put after the earning jump. faded the move, it works. wall street is full of traps.
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    If you hold overnight positions/swing trade, how do you hedge against gaps up/down?

    1. do not use margin in overnight position. everything will be great. avoid futures, leveraged stock buying, short sales. 2. buy options just OTM. do not buy deep in the money options. also avoid stocks above 10 bucks and each position just represents a single digit percent of your total...
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    memory is sticky

    I saw thread BUY in AAPL DIPS, the trend is reversed, people still think and act like AAPL is in surge Now I saw thread 'mayday, mayday, black monday', are we in this kind of market conditions? people still have fresh memory of traumatitzed event (very rare event), they act and think in the...
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