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I've had quite a few people mention that already. Sounds extremely sensible to focus on a basket of underlying that are highly liquid and do some work on them. I get the feeling that it would remove the need for "scanners" of any sort for the time being. Noted!

If it's cheap, buy it- kinda like buying cheap vol. Won't lose much. If it is expensive then think about it- very very carefully. Could it be worth it? I mean, it's like ridiculously high premiums during options expiration- sure you might score a huge winner but the vol collapse will eat you...

Well I made a $100 loss on SODA too. Rather than sell the Iron Condor, I bought a Butterfly. Didn't go my way so I closed it. I never hold on to losers- even if there's a chance it might turn around. But I let my profits run. I finally closed some apple calls and made a handsome sum on it.

You bought a MAY Strangle? So you're expecting a $5 move from now to sometime in May on the quids? Bold move...

Why would you even ask a question like that? What is wrong with you?

I made myself clear about where I stand in the very first post of the thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=237122 There was nothing of material in those emails. If anything I gave YOU more of my OWN information that anything else. Besides, even if I'd told you...

respectfully, IVTrader, I see no reason for you to make people to email you, only to give them Dan Sheridan and Mark Sebastian's websites. I was appreciative of you responding to my questions and thanked you. Still will- so thank you! When I started my first thread here and got your response...

As far as I can tell, they don't. I used to and still do (albeit for options with a lotta volume) some coding to "scrap" the data from yahoo finance and other websites. I'd use yahoo or morningstar if you take that approach- basically using regular expressions (a previous poster mentioned...

I got the feeling that maybe you wanted a more elaborate answer... that was all...

What I've learnt here is to ask questions that are simple to understand. Answers might be complex, but the questions definitely have to be simple...

HAHAHAHAHAHA I dont think the people commenting in that article are selling apple short. But you're right Robert, these kinds of services are what's wrong (and so juicy so laughable) about the internet.... This comment from Steve555 is absolutely hilarious: "The author here, T. Kee...

And to answer your question: Never buy on ask on sell on the bid if the spread is too wide. Always try to see if you can squeeze in a few points here and there- most brokers' software allows you to do that- especially if they allow spread trades. Example of an OTM Call vertical: Strike...

On that note, here's a new member: I'm not tryna make fun of anyone. I'm a newbie too- with some amount of experience but nonetheless years of experience to gain. It's just that some of these handles seem like they are coming straight out of playing Call Of Duty and somehow registering for ET

A 9 year old can give you free education too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsz_y_DXWB0&feature=related

Exactly. I'll still make money on PCLN regardless. I've been focusing on it and Apple for the past two weeks. My two big money makers. Profits are always so lopsided...

Come on, give the guy a break. He's just starting out. Although the title- EliteTraderNYC does sound very "the Situation" like from the Jersey Shore- would have helped if he was already a member of the Gurkha squadron of traders.

Humility never hurts...

Like I said a post ago: I took a small $100 hit. Edit: SODA also has a short sale restriction in case some of you were thinking about doing a paper trade and doing a "simulation" of what would happen in case you shorted it. Well, you can't. Just letting paper traders in ThinkOrSwim know

Not if it's a vertical- sure there's a chance of a serious blow to the account but a blow-up. Of course you'd probably need to have a portfolio margin account to do so with any profit margin- which atticus probably has and is able to directly short naked contracts that are safely OTM or...

Since we've deviated from the main topic- how the professionals/ succesful traders here start their hunt for profitable opportunities, anyone else wanna add in their 2 cents?