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    enter Thursday 3:55pm strangle/straddle with Friday weekly expiration (1 day trade)

    enter Thursday 3:55pm strangle/straddle with Friday weekly expiration (1 day trade)....does anyone trade the highest possible profit option straddle or strangle trade? Meaning, wait until 3:55pm EST on thursday and then buy a long straddle or buy a long strangle?...as they expire that Friday...
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    Which is better? Long Straddle or Long Strangle?

    Are you still trading weekly options? Which ones and still strangles or outrights?
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    Which is better? Long Straddle or Long Strangle?

    ooops...sorry...but, my point still stands :p
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    Which is better? Long Straddle or Long Strangle?

    I actually disagree with you here...if you sell a way out of the money strangle on the QQQ weekly for example...like 5 or so points below (put) and above (call) the current price level...it does not matter if it will go up or down as for the most 99.99% sure, the QQQ is not going to move that...
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    Which is better? Long Straddle or Long Strangle?

    to me, seems way too much cash needed (margin) to actually sell a strangle with less profit potential than actually buy a long strangle?...
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    Which is better? Long Straddle or Long Strangle?

    Which is better? Long Straddle or Long Strangle? I used to think the Long Strangle was better but now I am thinking that the Long Straddle may actually be. Please share your thoughts and comments.
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    Best Firm For Large Option Orders

    Here is the best www.optionsxpress.com
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    question for Russell (TF) experts

    go here and check out the daily range of the TF!!!...last 2 days...this is the BEHOMOTH of Index trading...even more than the DAX perhaps... http://www.mypivots.com/dailynotes
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    ES vs NQ vs YM

    There is perhaps one of the more "risk free" strategies somewhere within trading an ES/YM spread...what are some of the intraday strategies out there? To enter...when etc?
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    QQQ options VERY expensive

    Are you aware there are both weekly and monthly QQQ options and bit have high volumes? Probably what you are looking for...please research this
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    the comeback of IncreaseNow

    the comeback of IncreaseNow 2.0...started today... Traded live/real for the first time in about 3 months...traded futures. Options are not for me I decided. Traded today... YM NQ TF
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    BAC daily volume so high and beats others volume-why?

    BAC daily volume so high and beats others volume-why? What is it about BAC that the daily volume daily "clobbers" the volume of other stocks or even ETF's like SPY?
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    the comeback of IncreaseNow

    Still trying to find it! Bought all at 10 minutes before market close...fireplace, yes, for now I guess
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    the comeback of IncreaseNow

    got option demo trades overnight on... USO-straddle VIX-straddle VXX-straddle BA-calls CSCO-puts
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    Trading Long Straddles

    demo it...worth it...get a "mini" huge move and...ultimate profits!!!
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    the comeback of IncreaseNow

    biggest thing is it keeps me only making at most, only 1 trade per day :) ...no, will not have the $25,000 to daytrade options over and over...
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    Trading Long Straddles

    I believe long straddles work the best for the weekly options...why? ...short time until expiration = great option price movement per smaller underlying stock moves...I'd check out the weekly options. They are getting more and more popular... Google "weekly options"
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    the comeback of IncreaseNow

    thanks...focusing on options
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    Minimum and SPAN margins for options selling

    thanks...understood...so, long story short...the July CL strangle expiring 7/15, if none in the money, you walk away on 7/15 with $310 in total...this seems REAL likely as CL is not gonna pass 115.00 nor go below 75 by 7/15...hmmm...thanks...got me thinking...Short Strangles are the way to...
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