ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

Lawrence Chan · Jan 30, 2009

No gap down

jmoo · Jan 30, 2009

840.75 out

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843.50 short

jmoo · Jan 30, 2009

scalp long 836.75

jmoo · Jan 30, 2009

+1

Quote from jmoo:

scalp long 836.75

volente_00 · Jan 30, 2009

Quote from wave:

Still a sell up here, next buy 836s-830s

I think I faintly hear that 10:30 crew stirring.

startraitor · Jan 30, 2009

rolling down a big hill here 807-13 could be in sight.

volente_00 · Jan 30, 2009

âIn the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.â

startraitor · Jan 30, 2009

That would of sounded better if you said "profitunity"

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âIn the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.â

BoyBrutus · Jan 30, 2009

Quote from volente_00:

I think I faintly hear that 10:30 crew stirring.

10:30 crew unite?

829

volente_00 · Jan 30, 2009

Great thread going on in the option section right now about the game the lions play.

The question

Quote from kjb1891:

I've seen it numerous times where someone will something along the lines of "options are predicting an X% move for XYZ stock".

How would you go about determining that? Do you look at specific signs from volume, open interest, IV, B-A spread?

The answer within an answer.

Quote from MAESTRO:

This is the Holy Grail of intelligent trading. Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to revile this phenomenon but I can tell you that once you discover it you will improve your trading by factor of 5 at least. it has been a corner stone of my research for more than 10 years. It is the only alternative to price/time series that has additional info that makes huge difference. Good luck to you. You are on the right track!