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Hi all, Would this kind of method work?: Portfolio with 100 000 $ long in stocks 100 000 $ short in options (equivalent of 100 000$) if the market crashes (as an insurance) Will this work or is it not worth the effort because of the large cost of insurance you pay in case something bad...

Today I thought markets would be open, not the case. I hate it when the markets are closed, what do you guys do trading related when markets are closed? Any good suggestions? TIA

Thanks for the very clear answer!

Hi, Can someone explain what interest rates mean? I often see the terms rate hike and cutting rates, what does it actually mean for the stock market? Do stocks go up when they are cutting rates? I think rate hike means making interest rates higher? Cutting rates is to diminish the interest...

Yes, but the problem is when they are expensive what they mostly are. When you can get them very cheap I would certainly do that. But mostly it's not worth it I think because you have to gain too much if you doesn't need your insurance. So maybe moving stoploss much higher is an alternative. Or...

I understand you, but even if you have a plan how do you avoid drawdowns. I work with stoplosses, the most important thing to me is not losing money. And I am not losing money, I am just reducing profits. Sometimes you can't predict everything, sometimes it works out. Sometimes it doesn't. I...

I will never buy anything because all the info you need is free on the internet.

I planned this trade, I don't make things more complex than they are. It doesn't make sense to have rules that or worthless or if you don't follow them. It happens to the best traders also, reducing size I think that are solid answers, but just saying I didn't plan this trade is stupid. Tell me...

well I was up 25%, my stock took a hit down 9% today and 3% down last friday. i was aiming for 35% so now I'm back to up 13%. maybe my stop is too wide but I also want to be able to let my stock run so I give it some room. It's frustrating because my goal could be attained and now back to...

Hi, What's the best way to handle drawdowns? Sell early when you have some profit, but then you are not letting your winners run. Let your winners run and stand through the hard times of drawdowns? This is a hard paradox. What's the best thing to mentally handle these times. TIA

Is there a way how you can exactly see what type of option you have bought (american or european)?

Hi everyone, If you bought a call or put option. When can you exercise it? I've read you have american and european style of options, what's the difference between them and how can you know which type of option you have? If you want to exercise your option do you need volume or something in...

I'm from europe, so for me it isn't that important lol

How are you going to play election day volatility? Will there be any volatility?

Hi, My biggest problem with money management is accepting I could have made more. I'm trading a small size of my account and I get rows of wins but it's much slower in adding up when you use a small portion of your account. Sometimes I then think why haven't I invested more. I could have made...

I don't daytrade but a swing trading method to trade the spy for a couple of days would be welcome

I have question about exercising an option. Is it more profitable to exercise an option than to just sell the option back to the market? because when you exercise you pay the premium and the shares to buy the stock. Will this not always be the same amount than when you just sell the option to...

Is it possible to be good at stock trading but not at option trading? Is option trading more difficult than stock trading? What are your thoughts?

I bought the vxx 34.50 puts at 0,09 expiry friday. Currently at 0,26. Let's see how this plays out, fingers crossed.

Like buying a strangle on the open monday, isn't it a no brainer? win-win situation or not necessarily?