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I almost always sell weekly options. Sell them on Monday or Tuesday and wait till expiration on Friday. I always sell them naked using margin to juice returns. I mitigate the dreaded margin call thru diversifying amongst multiple positions. To be honest, Ive never experienced a situation...

I have been selling puts for a long time and make great money at it. 1% per week selling weekly options is not unreasonable assuming you are using close to 100% of your margin. Risk management is key as you don't want to get caught holding a dog for a long time if you take the stock. However...

Sorry I missed the seminar. I recently dropped an old email address for gmail and didn't update the account here so I never saw your response. If you have more please keep posting or zap me a message. Would love to jump in and learn more. Cheers.

whats tomorrows seminar Don?

whats tomorrows seminar Don?

Trading the airlines against USO is a great pair. They are negatively correlated.

Trying to capture spread between two stocks is a crazy game to play. You are essentially trying to scalp pennies nickels and dimes. You are better off trading a directional trend with pairs and using the relative weaker stock as a hedge to help eliminate volatility. Get say from the idea if...

Hi Jackdog, what is your trading firm and how do you differ from Bright.

I would also add that if you have a 25% drawdown, you are not managing your risk very well as a trader and probably swinging for the fence. After years of chasing returns, Ive learned that it's best to focus on how much you can lose versus how much you can Make Can't control how much the...

Last I checked, IB was advertising 100k for PM. But you could be right regarding drawdowns. I also think IB was advertising 1% for PM

Not much difference between prop and IB if you have 100k to open an account. IB will provide portfolio margin and plenty of leverage. IB also provides the interface to do on open and close type orders etcs and route orders to different exchanges. Plus deep discounted trades per share if you...

still infected. My browser still detecting potential malware.

Looks like there site is down or has been hyjacked. Hence my question if they are still in business.

Can't find their website online anywhere....

market neutral spreading strategy with ETF's. Any more info you can share regarding your strategy? I've been trading market neutral spreading strategies using equity ETFs versus us treasury etfs. I am curious if Bright could offer the 30:1 leverage with negatively correlated pairs. For...

Lescor, just curious. Do you have a retirement account set up and how do you manage the money inside of that? Bonds stock mutual funds options? I assume you do not trade it the same way.

Given he has 50k days at An average of 10 cents gross, He must be exposing at least 3-5 million a day in the market.

I completely understand where you are coming from. I'm just asking the question from a business model perspective and trying to flush out what might be the best model. When you look at all the big asset management companies like Fidelity, Merrill, Schwaab, Morgan Stanley etc., the trend...

Just a simple question? Maverick if you have a strategy or group of traders that are consistently profitable and making above market returns, why not simply get into the business of raising capital and offering investors a return on capital?

At least you get the concept. So many don't. Sounds like you made a good trade. Lol