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i have only traded very basic option strategies, covered calls and puts and credit spreads. i do not have an in depth understanding of the greeks so i never tried anything complicated. what i want to do is sell a call on an index such as the qqq and at the same time buy a call at around the...

buddy, you got to lighten up a little! looks like you got no sense of humor! if you still dont understand, the fellow was poking fun of you.

if i day trading options that have a week or two till expiration, should i take into account the theta and vega. or they mainly change during the market close and i should not worry about it changing in middle of a trade?

got an email featuring a webinar from roger scott and chuck hughes. decided to watch it for the heck of it. its unbelievable how anyone can get caught up in them.hughes is some old dull guy but i gotta say this scott guy does a good job as the snake sales man:vomit::caution:

i have a subscription to the motely fool for part of my portfolio. they are not going to tell you to sell unless they see the long term growth is not there anymore. what i have done is taken a small portion of my portfolio and bought a couple of stocks that they seemed very excited about. yes...

what are the criteria for stocks to have weekly, monthly and leaps options?

ok. dkng options that exp on jan 152021. currently dkng is priced at 50.5. the call 60 strike has bid ask of 1.45 1.5 and the 40 strike put has bid ask of .65 .75

nope. i actually did the call otm 5 dollars out and a put otm 5 out

i didnt check today but yeterday i noticed this on draftking

i noticed that on stock abc with a strike five dollars up and below there can be a decent price difference between the cost of the call to that of the put. my question is how do they calculate if the move will be more to the upside then the downside? and if it is priced in which way it will move...

was wondering if anybody here buys or sells options when they see these huge institutional orders. i noticed a stock that had a 211635 percent increase in option volume with a call put ratio of 332.7:1.0. what are the basic things i should know before i actually attempt a play on this type of...

actually, as of now biden is NOT the potus elect. within a couple of days they most probably designate him as the elect, but currently he is not. so yes, in a fair world where the laws apply to both sides of the aisle then he would end up in court, but as you well know that unfortunately is not...

when trading platforms calculate rsi do they calculate the close or the range of the whole day?

i have never researched divergences on the rsi. i recently noticed some big divergences. can someone that trades with then or studied them tell me how indicative the divergence is by itself. thanks

thanks for your response. i checked out this site it helped a little bit but it is very limited in what it can backtest. do you know of other sites (doesnt have to be free) that can do a better job?

!!!! i am only backtesting something i want to ADD to my strategy!

for now i am going to backtest basic things: ma crossovers on stocks

does anybody know of a site where i can backtest my strategies for free?

just look at a chart. if it is completely random then you would not see multiple support and resistance. it could be that it is to some degree random but it is not completely random

you are right that it can make big profits but by now its already skyrocketed and i think theres a bigger risk. but this is not to say that u cant make a killing. there ae other stocks out there that can make you a lot of money ( although probably not as much as quick that tesla did ) u just...