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    Will you stay with Cyber/Schwab if they only offer per trade pricing?

    ive liquidated most of my account but am still not sure where to go. options/stocks/futures in order of importance. i used TOS and just didnt like the interface any ideas?
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    analyse a straddle

    for the love of PLEASE explain!! im not completely stupid but am confused "long some skew" "Vols were flat in light of a 2% move in the index." think i understand this one..but shouldnt volatility increase on a price decline? "Magnitude saved the position, not vegas." so its...
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    analyse a straddle

    forex.. please pm me.. im interested in your take on options education.. thx
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    analyse a straddle

    this was a long straddle.. an attempt to play the volatility. the volatility was there though notas much as i expected..
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    analyse a straddle

    BBBWWWHHAHHHA...:) no.. it wasnt a paper trade.. again I learn by doing... someone hit it on the head (forex?)... I would of been ok if i got a good fill.. I DIDNT.. actually i got screwed using scwhabs advanced option order entry... as for the volatility... the IV was lower than...
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    Will you stay with Cyber/Schwab if they only offer per trade pricing?

    yep, posted the same a few weeks ago in this thread. scwhab is obligated to route orders through UBS for a total of 8 years.
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    analyse a straddle

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    analyse a straddle

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    analyse a straddle

    May be dumb on my part but i learn by doing. opened a straddle today on QQQQ. 52 strike qqqxz *2 52 strike qqqlz *2 the options were ATM when purchased iv and hv were close. hoping for a move tomorrow. so what do you guys think? attached are the greeks from the time i...
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    Will you stay with Cyber/Schwab if they only offer per trade pricing?

    http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/nn/legal_compliance/important_notices/order_routing_execution/order_routing.html?cmsid=P-1028624&lvl1=nn&lvl2=legal_compliance&refid=P-1063162&refpid=P-1028666
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    Developing a profitable strategy

    GS - what yourlooking for is support not resistance. chart a 200 period SMA on a daily chart. you will see that the 200sma is whats holding the stock up. also note mid march to mid april there was a consolidation period where the stock sat on its 50 period sma. coincidentally that level is...
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    Developing a profitable strategy

    i use gut feel some times and adhere to the specific level other times. for instance look @ FCX and GRMN both have firm support and resistance levels but they get blown through regurlarly. you need to know the stock personality. is it a traders stock? SMA's in conjunction w/...
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    First big loss of trading career

    need more information:confused:
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    fundamental Delta question

    whats the difference in buying an ATm option w/ a delta of .50 or buying 2 options w/ a delta of .25? I hear people all the time that they only but ATM or DITM options my perception is sometimes its cheaper to buy multiple "cheap" contracts rather than 1 expensive contract. the only...
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    MB Trading - Are these guys serious?

    END THIS THREAD..:eek:
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    Will you stay with Cyber/Schwab if they only offer per trade pricing?

    thats strange, i get instant confirmation and i get a confirmation sent to my email also.
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    options 101- entry strategy

    awesome, thanks for the insight :)
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    options 101- entry strategy

    "This threadjack is fun and all, but I'm still curious as to how the original poster got "ripped off" with a limit order." Thanks fpr those who contributed valid informantion. I never stated "i got ripped off". I am familiar w bid/ask spreads. in this case it was .30. I set a limit...
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    options 101- entry strategy

    guys, need help, It seems like I get hosed when i set a limit order to buy an option. im familiar w/ greeks etc. i look at the underlying for support @ entry. watching NOV and OII today 2:30 and couldnt get filled. left a limit order @ what i was willing to pay and bam.. fills w/ a...
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