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Thanks for your thoughts - its always good to "debate" different ideas and strategies. I am definitely not out of the woods yet as DE can collapse anytime. Good luck with your Long Puts as well. I must say Options trading is probably the most difficult I have experienced so far, however the...

nice start - got filled for my 300 long, and stock relatively steady - not sure what happened to IV - will need to check tonight when I get home from work.

I mainly trade the Futures market. What percentage of your trades result in a profit? out of 154 trades, 34% were successful What is your average risk/reward ratio? profit factor is 1.10 What is your average profit/loss per trade? $3874 and avg loss is $2183 What is your average holding time...

With Point 1 - if stock goes up and I am long 300 stock, my delta will be 1 so I gain 1:1 however the short calls only gain what ever the DELTA is say 0.5-0.6. So I am covered sightly. If stock goes down, I lose on the Long stock but gain on the short calls (my loses come down), hoping IV does...

IV could go lower or could go higher I'm hoping it to go lower. I like the option of closing out the trade as well however looking at strategies to minimise my current losses. Off course if DE gaps lower I lose more. Cheers

I think going LONG 300 stock is the best risk adjustment strategy - I quickly did some calculations: IF GOING LONG 300 stock @93.40 stock drops to $90 loss is 3.40 * 300 = $US1020- gain on short calls = from $5.50 to 3.75 = approx 1.50 * 5 = $US750+ sold short calls at 3.00 - 3.75 = .75...

Ok thanks for your thoughts!

Hi All I went short calls 5 times on DE just before earnings SK90 SEP expiry. To my advantage IV collapsed however I am in the red. I was thinking of going long with 10 times OCT EXP on SK90 to cover and since IV is quite low. What would be another possible strategy? Thanks Shelton

Does this software work on Linux Murray? Shelton

Thanks Scott - yep the trailing stop will be different for the second position entered on the 4th compared to the one entered on the 1st Dec and both positions will be existed going back 20 days from the 4th. Cheers Shelton

Hi Scott I have another question. This relates to the 20 day exit. Say I entered the first position on 01 Dec and then the second position on 04 Dec - is the 20 working day Exit calculated from the first position being 01 Dec or the second position being 04 Dec if one is trading the 55 day...

Thanks Scott - just what I thought. Cheers Shelton

Given the data on your trades it seems to be a very good system! Regards Shelton

I thought it was - apparently it's not then. Cheers Shelton

Hi All I am little confused about what happens during a roll over to next month scenario. Just say I went short Crude Oil at $90 N was $2 so 2N (STOP LOSS) would be $4 or $94.00 I am trading with the 55 Day Low Entry and 20 Day High Exit (Take Profit) After 20 (working) Days have passed, CL is...

Nobody can predict the future so who knows?

Thanks for the link!

Hello Gentlemen. I am little confused what the relation is between the Dow Mini (YM) and DJIA index that is usually used as the benchmark. The confusion arises when I see the close of the DJ Mini which does not tally up with the close of the DJIA index. The reason I ask, is that if I go...

If you can find that paper that will be wonderful to read. My risk percent depends on the commodity - but it is in the area of 4% per trade, yes all my trades have a stop loss which is set as soon as I am in the trade. I hope I do not get too much of a drawdown, but if I hit 20k I am out of...

oh my! I thought futures is less volatile than stocks!