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on thu 3/10 after market closed I did a limit order for a spread trade, fri 3/11 morning the market gapped up and I was filled, could have got a better fill if I would have traded live. don't think I will do this any more.

on mon 3/7 paper trade for a SPY wkly diagonal spread, SPY @ $200.63 long mar 18 203 call short mar 11 201 call credit$.15 on thu 3/10 I could have closed the short leg for a profit and let the long ride, but I did not and now it looks like we will have a loss on this trade

trade plan for SPY BPS trade an index to avoid single stock suprises. trade SPY, better understanding of it than the futures options with euro-type expiry. look for a support level and place the BPS below it. use BB as the main T/A study. look for a dime, or a nickel credit on a dollar...

so, do you have a suggestion as to what you would do to help offset cost of a protective hedge?

are you serious? I thought you cant do that?

yes, watching volatility is important, and it is misunderstood by a lot of traders.

is anyone using SPY puts to hedge and using SPY credit spreads to offset the cost?

Why trading Has Meaning To work with love is to charge all things you do, with a breath of your own spirit. We explore trading as an activity that brings peace – to the one who trades, to the elemental beings, to the environment. We also consider trading in relation to aspects of the karma of...

I am reposting this with correction, see post 93 ....here is a tactic i am looking at, it is a SPY/TLT swing trade with a longer term time frame. (got the idea from a guy at stockcharts) you can be into one side or the other for weeks or months at a time...

I am getting concerned about the fomc supposed rate increase. first the current rate is not zero as everyone seems to think. it is "0 to .25%". the effective rate is .12%. you can go to the fed web site at .gov and check this stuff out for yourself, read thru the actual minutes and reports and...

sounded fishy, hft guy

here is an actual trade I put on late last fri with SPY at $194 Nov wk3 205/210 call for $.70 it has been taking heat since I put it on, today, tue, it was at $1.07 comments welcome

on seeking alpha and stocktwits there are some good discussions on the vix related etfs and etns, make sure you are clear on contango and backwardation, I got burned bad on selling puts on svxy, had a couple of good trades, and then got careless, so I am trying to dig out of a big hole.

aug 15 is the august 2015 expiry, the monthly expiry, the 15 as in 2015

ok, this is getting good now, I am getting the pop corn, don't quit now guys, bring it on and step it up, we need a winner as my buddy Charlie says....

AMZN e/r is July 23, consider the following, I am NOT in the trade, from Thu June 25, Jul wk 4 490 call @ $3.77

are you writing as a spread or cash/margin secured? have you considered rolling time or strike? have you considered being assigned and writing a covered call? I don't use stops, I do cash secured and if I sell strikes far enough out I can usually close early, if it moves against me i either...

take a look at FCX and SLB, weeklys on these can have some pretty good moves.

FINVIZ link just get a quick over view, not sure why only AAPL got the hot link. I picked these because there is a lot of trader interest on these stocks, the info also came from a noram asset webinar with Tim Reazor http://noramassetmanagement.com/