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I'm thinking I'll just have to go with Bull Put Spreads (same month, different strikes). Take the reduced premium (due to put purchase). And If 3-5 out of 15 move against me my profits will be lower (profitable nevertheless), yet the managing of the losers can be a no-brainer - since these...

I outlined why I don't like selling the put. Scenario great market (call), great stock, great premium. 100k account. From now to expiration - say 6 weeks, I want to make $6000...spread out between 10 positions. OK forget covered call writing - I don't want to manage the stocks - some...

Hello gents: Here is an idea I been thinking of, but am unsure. Can calls be sold short on stocks with just cash to secure the possibility of an exercise? For instance, I like the market trend and the stock that say is trading at $48 and think it will continue to trend higher. I also...

Also, I am going to (once we get a 'sound' market bottom) leverage my fund with some e-mini trades with perhaps the use of "rolling stops" and buying (with stop loss targets) dips during the next uptrend. The 5x instruments may be a considerable "enhancement" along with my call sells. I do...

2Atticus: Thank you. I agree. I can tell from an equity curve most of the risk/reward nature of the manager. Unfortunatlely, as a "C2 vendor", I get A LOT of flack regarding specific statistics. My guess is things do pan out in the end. Either a losing manager or a winner. You of course...

No, no, no. C2 reprorted drawdown "correctly" at 23% with one "leg" of my DJX spread tread quoted from 'last trade' or 20 minutes before the market close (the other leg was quoted close to the close) - hence an addition 3-4% "drawdown"! That is why my equity curve is so sharp at recent...

My win/loss ratio sucks because C2 makes me "leg into" spread and buy-write trades. The short sells subsequently are deemed as losses, when in fact these are for the most part successful trades. Collective2 hasn't taken any action over the years to properly account for these types of...

Concerns about the subprime mortgage market and tighter credit standards continue weighing on Wall Street. Thursday, Accredited Home Lenders warned it may go out of business. Shares plunged 35%. Its acquisition by buyout firm Lone Star is now in doubt. Week in Review: Market Analysis (cont.)...

The market shifted toward the biggest, bluest of the big-cap names at the expense of smaller companies, as stocks closed a volatile session with a positive reversal Wednesday. Stocks again traded in an uneven pattern Thursday, as another round of late-day gains lifted stocks fueled by a...

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Pekelo: You are right, what is that a 10-month chart? By perpetuating that return over say 5 or even 10 years could put you in some good company. Let's see...100k to 125k, then drawdown ~44k= 44k/125k or 35.2% Then a nice rocket ship up to 200k, so by repeating pattern... (1-.352)...

Update: Naked Index Call=$$$$ thread is off just 15% as "top" call seems to now be coming to fruition. Of course, we use WOTM Index 'Spread' and have managed some gains (after DrawDown) with C2 acocunt. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1563898#post1563898 C2...

Not that I am in it, but we are GAINING traction with our WOTM Index Spread Strategy. This is an update: This trader has gotten a 'reprieve' with his "top" calls that kept going awry. Stop loss methods work, however and so do the indicators (all the way back to Feb/most recently in Jun-Jul...

Reality may impede your goal: http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/06/markets/privateequitybubble.fortune/index.htm pays

why quote Stcktrdr?: Take the wax out of your ears. This 'trader' went from being fully vested the week ending 20-Jul-2007 to <20% 27-Jul-2007. I have since been in cash AND YES (see C2) have profited from QQQ WOTM spread trade initiated 24-Jul-2007 (closed yesterday) for 9% gain in...

It's a "Stop Loss" signal, idiot. That means make NO NEW BUYS until the market confirms it is back into an uptrend or "new rally". Of course, if you held past the previous Thursday - YOU HAVE NO CHOICE braniac. You are sunk holding the bag. So like I said Go Ahead, catch a falling...

Same reason all markets correct - they don't always go up. It is actually healthy for the market to wring out the excess froth. The loftier it gets the more severe the correction will be. Needless to say, new highs will eventually be reached. But if >95% of traders understood this basic...

so what is your point ST? you don't trade options so you are smarter than MS. You are still losing your shirt - worse yet with stocks. @MS who cares if we go down 25% - expect it. It will be best for all (except the hold-and-hopes) who should've already been washed out. Just expect...

How about this response: Well...it has just GOT to go up - doesn't it? Stocktpper

I'm glad I don't read this crap everyday. Stcktrder is a LOSER. Each statement never ceases to amaze me - dumber than the next. Like clockwork this trader (been in the game thru the late-90's and early 2000's) has been seeing the signs since late May - early June. Or for that matter...