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Let me guess--an SEC graduate? With that kind of writing, you must have graduated cum laude. I said that the Big Ten was academically superior to the SEC ("academically, it's not even close") Well, according to U.S. News and World Report's (it's a magazine, son) 2007 rankings, the top...

Or you could buy a deep OTM Jan 08 call instead of a deep ITM call. Higher strike calls probably would be "cheaper" in terms of vol. The deep ITM Jan 08 LEAP with a high delta could get whacked hard on a deep drop in the stock.

Yes, you are right, but selling puts aggressively is an invitation to disaster. The question is not if, but when. No free lunch (except the one I had at Applebees today thanks to a gift card). If one wants to sell 5 puts, then be prepared to buy 500 shares of that stock. Those who do not...

In this low volatility market, I find it hard to believe that anyone is making 10-15% a month in covered calls unless they're selling way out of the money and making the bulk of their profits on stock selection (buy at 25; sell a 27.5 call, and the call goes itm). There simply isn't enough...

50% a year is possible. Either in profits, or in losses. In the end, trading options is a zero sum game minus spread minus commissions. Those of us who trade options (my own hand is raised here) think we can make it into the winner's circle. And stay there. Only time will tell how...

But you HAVE increased your risk. If you buy back the 130 puts, that profit is booked. That trade is over. If you keep the 120 puts you bought for protection and then roll up by selling the 140 puts, this new position has twice the potential risk of the one you just closed. You still might...

Well put. If the system is robust, there should be no need for different parameters. That said, imo the underlying of the principle is sound and has been the basis of many systems, including Gary Smith's (not from the TS.COM)'s S&P daytrading systems. Nelson Freeburg had an issue of FORMULA...

Before the OSU-Michigan game, OSU was -7 against Michigan, I believe.

What about VIX? When volatility is low, countertrend tends to work better, but when volatility is increasing, shift to trend-following. Good luck. :-)

Wetzel's argument is compelling but flawed. 1. That Florida beat six teams ranked '"at kickoff"is irrelevant. Many teams are ranked early in the year are long gone by the end (pollsters are fools), and some teams not even ranked at the start prove themselves to be much better than expected...

You really have to calm the heck down. It's just football. Please, split the prozacs into two already. Big Ten is like the MAC? Ignorance may be bliss to you, but not to most. How many national title have Big Ten teams won? How many have the MAC won? Yeah, they're comparable. Perhaps...

Boise State is overrated. They run up the score on weak competition and then fold when they play someone tough (like Georgia, last year). When they schedule Michigan, USC, Texas, or Notre Dame non-conference, and WIN, then I'll be impressed. Love the blue field, though. :-)

Michigan played the 13th toughest schedule in the country. Florida played the 19th. Florida might have played a stronger conference schedule, but Michigan played a stronger non-conference schedule. Florida should be ashamed of itself for scheduling Western Carolina. Michigan played Notre...

Yo, numbnuts, I didn't say Florida played a weak schedule. I said that Sagarin's computers said that Florida's schedule was weaker. Look it up, at usatoday.com, if you like. Michigan played a tougher non-conference (gee, who's better? Notre Dame or Western Carolina? Tough one) :-) Big...

Western Carolina is so bad one of their two wins this year was against Chowan University, a Baptist College here in NC. Chowan is so bad they go thumped by a couple of Division 3 teams. They even got beat by the apprentice team of Newport News Shipbuilding. Chowan's the worst team in Division...

Jeff Sagarin's computers say Florida played a weaker schedule than Michigan. I have to agree. Western Carolina is one of the worst teams in Division I-AA, and Florida played them. The Big Ten is a more difficult conference than the SEC (this year, at least). Anyway, the discussion here...

Gee, I'm shocked. Wade Cook, and now Russ Whitney: two real estate gurus turned trading gurus who have problems with the SEC.

Small world. I just sold my Jan contracts at 62.3 without any idea that you had the same level. Why did you pick that number (just curious)? My reasoning? Low of contract plus 3 atrs (twenty-day atrs)= 62.3.

What you're describing here is pyramiding--simply increasing one's exposure. Trend faders call it averaging down. It is not a necessary element in trend trading. But it can lead to big, big winners, for the few who are lucky enough to cash in. Pyramiding can make what at the time seems...

Bull. George Allen ran a pretty desperate (pathetic) campaign too. And Steele did too. I am not saying that the Dems haven't pulled some dirty tricks in the past. But they won yesterday because they stuck to the issues that mattered. That Ford only lost by 3 to me seems that race is...