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Thanks for responding. That makes perfect sense, however I wonder if all or even MOST people who regularly use them would know an impulse wave if it hit them in the face. Your explanation may very well be THE explanation, but I would still love to hear from others who might have a different...

Maybe I'm reading the wrong stuff or it's too complex for my brain, but I can't find a definitive answer for this question: When putting fibs on a chart, how far back do you go and why? If I'm using 30 min charts do I go back 5 days? 10? 15? If someone could once and for all explain a...

You did, and gracious apology accepted.

Show me where I said I planned on doing anything but keeping it simple. I respect cliff divers, too, but have no intention of throwing my ass over a ledge. I asked one simple question, gave one simple compliment, and you turned it into a treatise on options.

Huh. Well, I don't see the incompatibility of them at all and assure you it's no joke in the slightest. Don't you tend to respect people who capably do things you can't?

Indeed.

While I do appreciate all replies, I'm feeling like I asked what time it was and people are telling me how to make a watch.

There you go, thanks.

Again, great tip, thanks very much.

That's very helpful, Nanook, I'm on my way now, thank you.

Appreciate the reply and additional information, thank you. But unless it went zooming over my head I didn't see a reply to my question: "Are there a few generally accepted and well-known products which offer good volume but higher volatility that I'm missing?"

Assuming RTH means regular trading hours, I still can't answer that question. I trade only /SI and as you probably know it's 8:25 until 13:25 but have no idea what % of time I'm in the market. If I had to make a reasonable guess it's 25-50% but that's the best I can do. And, no, I am...

I regularly trade /SI and occasionally place an option trade for giggles. Have been working on something I'd like to try with a bit more serious effort and need some advice. Love the liquidity of spy and the q's but prefer those that move more like goog/amz/bidu etc. Are there a few...

Well, frankly, if you know anyone who has 8 great setups please congratulate them on a regular basis. I would argue that if someone has 8 that with a gun to their head they still would be able to rank them 1-8. What is "wrong" with the other 3 is that they're not as good. Not trying to me...

Why wouldn't you just use THE best one, period? Sure, if you are a long-term investor that might get a tad boring, but for us daytraders, why don't we do that? Or maybe YOU do? Seriously, when this thought jumped into my head last week I felt, well, pretty damn stupid. Yes, I always try to...

Excellent points all. Thank you.

Very helpful, thanks, again.

So, options ARE traded to 4:15? For whatever reason I thought they only traded until 4 EST. Gee, can you tell I don't trade them? Thanks for the response.

Noticed that the daily closing price of options (at least the ones I checked) are different than the closing price at 16:00. Many seem to trade-or at least the price changes--up to 16:15. Could someone please explain 1) how that happens 2) can retail traders get in on it? I'm working on...

Yeah, well, I might have beaten you by about 45 minutes as far as how long it took me. But, yes, HUGE difference. I would absolutely encourage people to learn how to do it with confidence. Or without. :p