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Well, those 2 restrictions are just totally at opposites. So your average risk per trade is less than a buck ? Ridiculous !!

Almost 40,000 open interest in VRX Call options @30 ending 6/17. Volume for those today is over 500 calls.

VRX continues to exhibit high daily trading volumes. Gotta be tons of daytraders into it.

At least OpenRangeTrading publishes their monthly results....which are extremely volatile !! Up $10k one month, down $1k the next. This smacks of instability in their approach IMHO.

I was in a trading room last week, but I came away from the experience disappointed: no trades were called, and no performance stats were provided. I did learn some things about the set-ups they were using however, and I was able to see the head-trader's screen. So I did some research, and this...

Actually MCD was a fabulous short when it hit a ridiculous price (and valuation) of 130. WTF....contrary plays are risky, but when they work, they're home runs.

I totally agree. Reliable historic option prices are one of the issues. Also, To make this work, the options that would be traded must have good liquidity.

$300/month cost (as of January 2016, for current rates click here) 3 month minimum term No minimum trade requirements Emini S&P futures exchange fee is: $0.92/rt for 0 – 75 RTs/day Suddenly, it's apparent these brokers are making a KILLING !!! WTF does "IOM" stand for ? I really hate all of...

I respect Jim Chanos, but he is not always 100% correct. No doubt, this could be an Enron deal.... it has all of the earmarks....crazy pricing, poor accounting, fraud, corruption. Can Pappa and Ackman counter these issues ? That's the big unknown....and will take a few more months to vet.

Rock 'n Roll Boyz...... Valient down today on huge volume....21 million shares so far. However, the whole biotech sector is getting creamed today. A Double bottom could be forming......25/35 debit call spreads may be the way to go with VRX.

Thanks for that....Just making sure I didn't miss something.

All I want to know is this: Does the $1.68 per side include the clearing fee and the exchange fee ? If not, the the TOTAL per-side cost is $1.68 + $1.17 = $2.85

Unless it's a long-term trading approach, don't even think about it for intraday trading. Reason: STA (Single Threaded Architecture). All of the popular platforms are multi-threaded....for a good reason.

Exactly. And notice how he never mentions specifics....re: "lacking other things". What things specifically ? These auto-trading platforms are hugely complex....I can't imagine the number of lines of code that comprise these systems.

Yepper....waiting until expiration day to close-out a trade is always hairy. Volatility can be crazy on the day-of.

While I am on the subject, is anyone using this particular journal which is built in Excel ? Comments on it ? To me, I am worried I will have to enter the trade information manually....ughh. I've asked the author if there is an import facility or whether it can be customized to have one.

http://trading-journal-spreadsheet.com/faqs/mfe-mae-bso/ The above article explains MFE and MAE, but doesn't really address how BSO is computed. I understand the concept.....BSO is the best theoretical exit one could have obtained in the trade. I've also seen where the best trades are where the...

http://www.streetinsider.com/Hedge+Funds/Citrons+Left+Says+Hes+Long+Valeant+Pharma+%28VRX%29/11637111.html Here we go boys...VRX up huge as previous put-heavy hedgie now goes long. We went north at 2:30 pm after all time lows today. CNBC Fast Money - talks about this tonite. Option premiums...

Seems excessive IMHO. Are you doing High Frequency Trading ? Is your average-time-in-trade in seconds ?

I compute the AMP rate at $1.68 for at least 2000 trades and $1.43 for 4000 trades. With a fixed-price deal, you must divide by the volume to come to a per-trade amount.