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thanks :-)

stopped out for -1.35% ... looking back I shouldn't have taken this trade ... not the best way to start a journal ... but I learned something ...

I will be posting my directional trades here in the above instruments. These will be swing-trades. I seriously doubt daytrading in the above instruments can be done by any human being consistantly over a longer period of time. The idea is post to reinforce discipline (which has not always been...

Faber does ...

what alternative do you propose ? you might also want to read this on Trump: http://www.forbes.com/sites/rohitarora/2016/02/29/why-donald-trump-would-be-the-worst-president-for-small-business/#f14c2db1c0fb...

there is not much substance in the article except for 'global socialism is coming' ... as I live in Europe where a lot of governments are partly socialist I am not too impressed ... it's not the end of the world ...

you need to take your meds ... your whole post has conspiracy theory written all over it ... what do you want central banks to do ? let the economy go to pieces ? why would you pay off your house as fast as possible when rates are so low ?

'a lot of insight' ... are you bonkers ? ... a quick look around the net says it's a scamsite ...

you should start a site called EliteSavers :D

who cares ...

well, I am going to refrain from further comment ... just wanted to point out that this (the mean reverting) might work for a long time in rather normal slow markets but when it gets wild it will totally stop working ... I gave some examples; this happens every few years or so and when it does...

this is not true whatsoever, read up in the inputs for option models ... there are other variables which influence the price ... overall the whole idea behind this whole thread sucks ... everybody that was around in in 2001 or 2008 or earlier when you had the Asian-crisis in the nineties knows...

if you think it so simple as that you most likely have not been very long around the block might be in for a very rude awakening ... sorry to say so but you are playing with fire ... been there done that ...

I still don't get what you are getting at ... volatility is not the same: it's a changing thing over time like you said: it varies with supply and demand that is guided by fear in the market (option buyers want protection)... so you just can't simply compare vol at different points in time ...

you have heard about the concept of option skew ? http://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/volatility-skew.asp and that's just a starting remark ...

I have no idea what you are going on about ... please reformulate into something that can be clearly (!) understood ...

overall your numbers aren't too bad allready ... wonder how much do you risk per trade ?

which underlying do you trade, which hours do you trade ?

I used to trade with interactivebrokers about 10 years ago, they were pretty good for options ... for you that should be: https://www.interactivebrokers.co.uk/en/home.php

why don't you just get an US broker ... ?