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OptionsPoncho, This is right up my alley. I am glad to see well planned ideas being generated out there. I have been a member of EliteTrader since 2001. I read often but rarely post. I appreciate your insight.

OptionPoncho, I think that is an accurate summary. I appreciate that his book was short and to the point. I have been running analysis on expiration day for about 3-months. I think it holds water.

Your comments make sense to me. Thanks for adding them! I wonder whether this "strike magnet" theory holds water in a magnitude substantial enough to base a trading strategy. I would like to believe so, however, I need to get more comfortable. Theories of prices holding around...

I recently read Jeff Augen's book on Trading Options at Expiration and would like to know whether anyone has had success creating any supporting empirical data to support the claims. I think it's an interesting approach and am willing to allocate capital to it but I can't seem to methodically...

If the setting and the subject is appropriate and productive, I may be interested as well. PM if interested. Thanks, Xicaju

Not sure I understand the comment. -Do you want historical data for the specific contract month?

Thanks Monty. Your link is better than what I have found so far. I am perplexed why this information is not readily available in text delim format on the web. strange. I would like run some analysis on average daily ranges and volatility.

Does anyone know where I can get daily historical data to download into excel? I was hoping to find something free through yahoo or similar. Any ideas? Thanks to all!

I appreciate your responses. The websites have also been informative. I have been through the lists and already bookmarked the one's of interest. There were many that weren't even on my radar. Thanks again, Xicaju P.S. to Brazilianwonder for his encouragement: Quem não tem cão, caça...

Jaytrade, Thank you for the website link with the list. I will go through them. Any suggestions on which of these might be expanding their trading room?

Dear Traders, After graduating from college in 1997, I went straight into trading with a boutique investment firm. After much punishment, I ended up with a small team within the company trading risk arb. I traded deals like SBC/BEL, AIG/SUN and MOB/XON. It was a profitable for me and the...

I started my trading career fresh out of school in the beginning of 1998. Man, it was a hard road. But I am still here and have traded several different markets over the past 10 years. One thing that I have learned is that some people make better traders. If I had a team of traders, more...

How profitable could this potentially be? I have doubts. Can someone explain what the advantages would be to assume the risk of neophyte traders blowing up your "trading floor?" It does seem like it could be fun though. I would be interested assuming the returns are there.

I have resurrected an oracle database that I had created back in 2003. It tracked around 60 pairs. For simplicity, I have weeded it down to about thirty pairs. They range the from brokers to oils to tech. I look at 3 mo, 6 mo, 1 yr & 3 yr spreads in coordination. If anyone is...

Is anyone here trading equity pairs using options only or combination of options and underlying? Short-term time frames. I am studying this possibility now and insight from others is greatly appreciated. Xicaju

I have been watching a slew of REITs lately trying to understand their characteristics (technical and fundamental). I have a friend who works for a REIT here in town. He's been giving some insight as to what the market is doing etc. Info like, "Based on empirical studies, they do provide...

bcavender, Thank you for an interesting post. What are your tolerances for risk using this approach?

Indextrader said: Is this just a comment or expertise?

Does anyone out there trade REITs? I was wondering whether anyone has heard of scalping strategies or other trading strategies relative to their NAV value. I see that most of the REITs trade on AMEX (and I thoroughly enjoy their specialists). Any comments or expertise on this subject?

Has anyone here done the cisco futures market profile courses? They seem relatively inexpensive. I was thinking of doing it but wanted to get some feedback first. Thanks!